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Quotes About Unmarried

There is something so INEVITABLE about seven-and-twenty; it is decidedly on the wrong side of the decade for a lady, particularly an unmarried one.
~ Stephanie Barron
Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men.
~ Francis Bacon
I have heard many a young unmarried lady exclaim with a bold sweep of conception, "Ah me! I wish I were a widow!" Mrs. Keith was precisely the widow that young unmarried ladies wish to be. With her diamonds in her dressing-case and her carriage in her stable, and without a feather's weight of encumbrance, she offered a finished example of satisfied ambition.
~ Henry James
She sometimes felt a sort of passion of tenderness for memories which had led no other merit than that they belonged to her unmarried life.
~ Henry James
Mrs. Keith was precisely the widow that young unmarried ladies wish to be.
~ Henry James
I live in Harlem, New York City. I am unmarried. I like 'Tristan,' goat's milk, short novels, lyric poems, heat, simple folk, boats and bullfights; I dislike 'Aida,' parsnips, long novels, narrative poems, cold, pretentious folk, buses and bridges.
~ Langston Hughes
They were white, because the U.S. Army in World War II was segregated. With three exceptions, they were unmarried. Most had been hunters and athletes in high school.
~ Stephen E. Ambrose
A strong Protectionist, believes In everything but Heaven. For entertainment, dines, receives, Unmarried, 57.
~ Hilaire Belloc
Countries with lots of unmarried young men are the most vulnerable to sudden upheavals - this is what fueled the Arab Spring.
~ Tyler Cowen
The stigma of being an unmarried mother was something we can't comprehend today. It was not uncommon that you'd go off somewhere to have your child, then give it up for adoption.
~ Michael Ashcroft
As for unmarried women, I have no idea where they are buried. For a very long time, in Korea, no one talked about them.)
~ Suki Kim
In short, he was twenty-eight, and a bachelor.
~ Thomas Hardy
The group most likely to see themselves as lonely, stressed out, and concerned about the future is the unmarried, whether divorced or never headed to the altar.
~ George Barna
The best work, and of greatest merit for the public, has proceeded from the unmarried or childless men.
~ Sir Francis Bacon
Though religious houses had long had a reputation for being both prisons and hotbeds of vice, they had always served as homes for the many surplus, unmarried, dowerless women who, lacking families to support them, would otherwise have lived out their lives in lonely, hopeless poverty.
~ SUSANNE ALLEYN
A kingdom single is defined as an unmarried Christian who is committed to fully and freely maximizing his or her completeness under the rule of God and the lordship of Jesus Christ.
~ Tony Evans
Miss? Miss Phryne? Are you all right?' 'Come in, Dot. I'm fine. Some son of unmarried parents just tried to kidnap me.' 'What did you do with the body, Miss?
~ Kerry Greenwood
I demand for the unmarried mother, as a sacred channel of life, the same reverence and respect as for the married mother; for Maternity is a cosmic thing and once it has come to pass, our conventions must not be permitted to blaspheme it.
~ Ben Lindsey
All reformers are bachelors.
~ George Moore
Since the law prohibits the keeping of wild animals and I get no enjoyment from pets, I prefer to remain unmarried.
~ Karl Kraus
Well, no, not married as such, but yes, there is a specific girl that I'm not married to.
~ Douglas Adams
I am firmly of the opinion that a large number of unmarried men, over the age of 24 years, is a dangerous element in any community.
~ George Q. Cannon
I earn and pay my own way as a great many women do today. Why should unmarried women be discriminated against - unmarried men are not.
~ Dinah Shore
Marriage has worked better for men than for women. The two happiest groups are married men and unmarried women.
~ Gloria Steinem