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Quotes About Marriage

Only choose in marriage a woman whom you would choose as a friend if she were a man
~ Joseph Joubert
I never married because there was no need. I have three pets at home which answer the same purpose as a husband. I have a dog which growls every morning, a parrot which swears all afternoon, and a cat that comes home late at night.
~ Marie Corelli
Marriage is the process of finding out what kind of man your wife would have preferred
~ Unknown
The formula for a happy marriage? It's the same as the one for living in California: when you find a fault, don't dwell on it
~ Unknown
There is no perfect marriage, for there are no perfect men
~ French proverb
Marriage is that relation between man and woman in which the independence is equal, the dependence mutual, and the obligation reciprocal.
~ Unknown
There are two times when a man doesn't understand a woman - before marriage and after marriage
~ Erica Jong
Sometimes it was worth all the disadvantages of marriage just to have that: one friend in an indifferent world
~ Erica Jong
Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.
~ Mae West
Some husbands are living proof that a woman can take a joke.
~ Unknown
Don't marry the person you think you can live with; marry only the individual you think you can't live without.
~ Unknown
The great secret of a successful marriage is to treat all disasters as incidents and none of the incidents as disasters.
~ Harold Nicolson
Marriage is when a man and woman become as one; the trouble starts when they try to decide which one
~ Mae West
Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly
~ Voltaire
Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory.
~ Abraham Lincoln
Marriage is not a noun; it's a verb. It isn't something you get. It's something you do. It's the way you love your partner every day.
~ Barbara De Angelis
Marriage is a wonderful institution...but who wants to live in an institution?
~ Groucho Marx
Happy marriages begin when we marry the ones we love, and they blossom when we love the ones we marry.
~ Unknown
Remember that a successful marriage depends on two things: (1) finding the right person and (2) being the right person
~ Unknown
More marriages might survive if the partners realized that sometimes the better comes after the worse.
~ Doug Larson
The problem with marriage is that it ends every night after making love, and it must be rebuilt every morning before breakfast.
~ Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The dread of loneliness is greater than the fear of bondage, so we get married.
~ Cyril Connolly
The most dangerous food is wedding cake
~ James Thurber
Always remember that the most important thing in a good marriage is not happiness, but stability.
~ Gabriel Garcia Marquez