Quotes About Partnership

Marriage, I have always held, is a serious affair, to be entered into only after long deliberation and forethought, and suitability of tastes and inclinations is the most important consideration.

Marriage is called all sorts of things, a haven, and a refuge, and a crowning glory, and a state of bondage, and lots more. But do you know what I think it is?' 'What?' 'A sport!' 'And a damned good sport too,' said Tommy.

Profesi suami yang paling baik bagi wanita adalah arkeolog. Karena semakin tua si wanita, suami akan semakin tertarik kepadanya.

I married an archaeologist because the older I grow, the more he appreciates me.

There is too much talk about sex, too much attention is paid to it. I do not mean that anything about sex is wrong. That is nonsense. But sex cannot take the place of love, it goes with love but it cannot succeed by itself. To love means the words of the marriage service. For better, for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health. That is what you take on if you love and wish to marry.

I wonder if husbands know as much about their wives as they think they do. If I had a husband, I should hate him to bring home orphans without consulting me first.

When a man has a charming, gracious, intelligent wife, he's no business to treat her badly.

The happiness of one man and one woman is the greatest thing in all the world

but you see we've got to lead a queer life together, you and I. It's not going to be the life that you've led and it's not going to be the life that I've led either.

You and I, Hastings, are going hunting once again.

Why, if it isn't Mr. Poirot!" cried the Inspector. He turned to the other man. "You've heard me speak of Mr. Poirot? It was in 1904 he and I worked together — the Abercrombie forgery case — you remember, he was run down in Brussels. Ah, those were great days, moosier.

Thank you, mon ami, I should be delighted to do so. You include Hastings in your invitation, I hope? Japp grinned. What do you think? Where the master goes, there the dog follows...

Katherine gave him the name of Lady Tamplin's villa. Poirot made her a little bow. "You permit that I see you again, mademoiselle?' he said. 'Or have you so many friends that your time will be all taken up?' 'On the contrary,' said Katherine, 'I shall have plenty of leisure, and I shall be very pleased to see you again.' 'Excellent,' said Poirot, and gave her a little friendly nod. 'This shall be a "roman policier" à nous. We will investigate together.

Tampoco creo, por mi parte, que esté yo dispuesto a hacer tal cosa. Tuppence y yo no hemos llegado todavía a ese extremo. Los asuntos los emprendemos y los acabamos juntos. Al decir aquello tenía fija en la mente una frase pronunciada hacia el final de la Primera Guerra Mundial: «Una aventura común». Así había sido su vida con Tuppence y así sería siempre… «Una aventura común…»

Marriage isn't a carnival ride.

We should always be grateful for the faults in our partner because if they didn't have those faults from the start, they would have been able to marry someone much better than us

Even though marriage is doomed, if you turned it into a job you like and really work at it - it can be salvaged.

The only way marriage can work is if a man respects the woman and she is a thinking woman and he wants to work on the marriage.

you can't be value free when it comes to marriage

What is fascinating about marriage is why anyone wants to get married.

As full and equal partners Adam and Eve were responsible to tend the garden, to be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth, to subdue the earth, and to rule over the creatures. In other words, together they were given stewardship of the earth because they were equals.

This work is, as I said, improvisation, so we use whoever's around, if we can trust them.

You were thinking maybe you two could share a room

We're a team, you and I