Quotes About Marriage

I married her after knowing her eight days, and I was happy. That was my baby. At the same time, with us being so spontaneous, we did it backwards. Maybe she won't admit it, but I will. We should have got to know each other and then got married. The relationship kind of dissolved, but we're still going to be friends. I love her.

I have a wonderful husband, sportswriter Peter Talbert.

Before I go on selling the joy of working with your spouse, I should make something clear: Although we have a great marriage, it is as trying as anyone's.

It's never as easy to keep your own spouse happy as it is to make someone else's spouse happy.

I think, for women in particular, it's kind of like you're expected to get married, have a child, and then you get to be a person. But you don't need someone else - be it a spouse or child - to complete or validate your existence. Being human is enough and should be enough, and I hope that we all come to a point where we can accept that.

Marriage will not change your spouse. It will not make him or her more mature, more loyal to you, or better at housework.

To see your spouse in a parental role is one of the most incredible things.

The idea that your spouse or your parents don't know where you are at all times may be part of the past. Is that good or bad? Will that make for better marriages or worse marriages? I don't know.

I feel what a spouse can do for you, no child or parent can. Just that if you get the right connect with your spouse, you get it going right.

If you're closing in on age 62 and intend to apply for a former spouse's Social Security benefit, don't remarry. You have to be single at the time you apply.

Academia is very flexible, but I had a spouse who was very committed to being a completely full partner in our marriage. I think if you counted up how many hours each one of us logged in, he certainly gets more than 50%.

No American should be forced to choose between their spouse and their country.

I have a great spouse, Andrew Cockburn, who's also a journalist.

What could be more important to the pursuit of happiness than the right to choose your spouse without asking a Washington politician for permission?

If you're a parent, love your children. If you're married, honor your spouse instead of looking on the Internet for love in all the wrong places. I'm talking about real relationships, not false intimacies.

No one should be denied the opportunity to choose his or her spouse. It is a basic human right and deeply personal decision.

The beauty of being co-founders with your spouse is that we run our business and family together.

Learn to accept your spouse's point of view, and allow them their emotions because you'd expect the same thing in return.

When your spouse becomes a congressperson, you have to adjust your entire life if you want to stay married.

Sometimes new spouses don't fully process the commitment they've made until after the deal is done, and then they panic.

People feel better when their spouses have good friendships, over and above the effects of their own friendships.

I'm glad my parents found a perfect match for me in Sonalika. The secret to our successful marriage is that we give each other respect and space. We are friends and not just spouses.

A fun rumour I would like to spread is that Salman Khan is getting married to me.

Some people may long for an era when divorce was still hard to come by. The spread of no-fault divorce has reduced the bargaining power of whichever spouse is more interested in continuing the relationship. And the breakup of such marriages has caused pain for many families.