Quotes About Marriage

Because I come from such a close family, my natural instinct is to marry and have kids as soon as possible.

I married young. I had an instinct that this man was going to really wear well, and he has. For me, this is what worked. I always admired Helmut because he was, A, very smart, B, very sure of himself and very, very funny, and so that combination of things.

Marriage is an institution, and you must be fully committed to it.

Marriage, as an institution, is as dead as the dodo bird.

I don't think marriage is in the cards for me. I think it's an archaic institution.

I never believed marriage was a lasting institution. I thought that to be married for five years was to be married forever.

I believe in the institution of marriage. I want to get married and start a family.

I think we will have full marriage rights in Colorado. But in 1992, there was a very hateful Amendment 2 that basically made it legal for any institution to deny gays and lesbians access, whether it's hospitals or restaurants or employment. Anybody could fire you or not let you in a restaurant because you were gay.

I'd like to have a successful marriage, not for the sake of labelling or branding, but because I believe in the institution of marriage.

In many ways, the crumbling of the institution of marriage is the real 'war on women.' Marriage is the civilizing influence for men and for families.

I like being married. It's an institution that I like.

It wasn't until I set out to write a novel about marriage that I realized how little I knew about the institution.

Yeah, I think that social conservatives recognize that they didn't just lose the debate about same-sex marriage. They lost the debate about the institution of marriage, and those two things were sort of connected to each other. The way people thought about marriage changed.

There were many years when I didn't even know if I wanted to get married. I don't know if I believe in that institution, really.

I never believed in the institution of marriage, because ever since I was young, I had only seen marriages fall apart, or remain stuck in a rut.

I know many men who say they are not meant for marriage - they don't believe in the institution. I respect them more than someone who cheats behind your back.

A lot of what I listened to growing up was blues, but also folk and indie music. So there's this marriage of songs that structurally are quite bluesy. Sound-wise, there's a lot of indie as well. But you can't really say I'm pop-blues, because that's insulting to blues. It just can't exist.

After we were married, we were broke. Flat broke. Not only did we not have health insurance, we could barely keep a roof over our heads, let alone have the kind of coin to throw around on onesies and Pampers.

Love is a lot of magic and madness followed by marriage. These are the three M's for me. I think these three keep life intact. I am a very filmi person and would like the magic and the madness to remain in my marriage forever.

Even now that I'm married and 28, my room's still intact the way it was when I went to high school.

I want intelligence in my wife, but not too much she might see through me.

I married up. He's an intelligent and kind soul.

I respect that my husband makes decisions he feels are sensible and intelligent... It's not my place to give him political advice.

Seriously, I do not think that a marriage can be successful in which either the husband or the wife is far more intelligent than the other.