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Quotes About Responsibility

In marriage, a man becomes slack and selfish, and undergoes a fatty degeneration of his moral being.
~ Robert Louis Stevenson
Although marriages traditionally begin with I do, when they fail they invariably end with You dont.
~ Judith Viorst
Why do men so eagerly take the leash of marriage into their mouths as if it was going to be just a walk in the park.
~ Robert Graves
Who of us is mature enough for offspring before the offspring themselves arrive? The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults
~ Peter De Vries
A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing.
~ William Somerset Maugham
Marriage is the mother of the world. It preserves kingdoms, and fills cities and churches, and heaven itself.
~ Jeremy Taylor
He that takes a wife, takes care
~ Benjamin Franklin
Marriage is a great institution.
~ Elizabeth Taylor
Whoever said Marriage is a 50-50 proposition laid the foundation for more divorce fees than any other short sentence in our language.
~ Unknown
Marriage is not just spiritual communion, it is also remembering to take out the trash.
~ Unknown
This is what marriage really means: helping one another to reach the full status of being persons, responsible beings who do not run away from life
~ Paul Tournier
I've been married to one Marxist and one Fascist, and neither one would take the garbage out.
~ Lee Grant
People stay married because they want to, not because the doors are locked.
~ Paul Newman
Marriage is about the most expensive way for the average man to get laundry done
~ Burt Reynolds
The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults.
~ Peter De Vries
Marriage is a bribe to make a housekeeper think she's a householder
~ Thornton Wilder
Every man who is high up loves to think that he has done it all himself; and the wife smiles, and lets it go at that.
~ James Matthew Barrie
Marriage is not just spiritual communion and passionate embraces; marriage is also three meals a day, sharing the workload and remembering to carry out the trash
~ Unknown
Success in marriage is much more than finding the right person; it is a matter of being the right person
~ Arabian Proverb
Get married, but never to a man who is home all day
~ George Bernard Shaw
A marriage certificate is just another word for a work permit
~ Helen Rowland
Marriage is the miracle that transforms a kiss from a pleasure into a duty
~ Helen Rowland
Marriages may be made in heaven, but man is responsible for the maintenance work
~ Bertrand Russell
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