Famous Quotes About Marriage

In honor of the Chris Rock comedy I THINK I LOVE MY WIFE we tested the history books for what some people past and present have had to say about the world's oldest institution, marriage. Find out who you agree or disagree with among the world's voices -- and feel free to share your comments below!
  • "By all means marry. If you get a good wife you will become happy, and if you get a bad one you will become a philosopher."- Socrates (BC 469-BC 399) Greek philosopher of Athens
  • "Both marriage and death ought to be welcome: The one promises happiness, doubtless the other assures it." - Mark Twain (1835-1910) U.S. humorist, writer, and lecturer
  • "No man was ever shot by his wife while doing the dishes." - Unknown
  • "Marriage is like a pair of shears: Oft times working in opposite directions, but punishing anyone that comes between them."- Sydney Smith
  • "Marriage is the only war where you sleep with the enemy."- Gary Busey, Actor
  • "The more you invest in a marriage, the more valuable it becomes." - Amy Grant, Singer
  • "Someone once asked me why women don't gamble as much as men do and I gave the common-sensical reply that we don't have as much money. That was a true but incomplete answer. In fact, women's total instinct for gambling is satisfied by marriage." - Gloria Steinem, Best-selling author and women's rights advocate
  • "Marriage is not a word; it is a sentence." - King Vidor
  • "Defense of Marriage? It's like the old V-8 commercial. As though if this act didn't pass, heterosexual men all over the country would say, [smacking head] 'I could have married a guy!'" - Barney Frank, U.S. Representative
  • "I think men who have a pierced ear are better prepared for marriage. They've experienced pain and bought jewelry." - Rita Rudner, Stand-up comedian
  • "Getting married for sex is like buying a 747 for the free peanuts." - Jeff Foxworthy, Best-selling author and stand-up comedian
  • "Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards." - Benjamin Franklin
  • "Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out." - Michel de Montaigne
  • "There's only one way to have a happy marriage and as soon as I learn what it is I'll get married again." - Clint Eastwood
  • "They say love is blind ... and marriage is an institution. Well, I'm not ready for an institution for the blind just yet." - Mae West
  • "The conception of two people living together for twenty-five years without having a cross word suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep." - Alan Patrick Herbert
  • "Love is an obsessive delusion that is cured by marriage." - Dr. Karl Bowman
  • "All married couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of making love. Good battle is objective and honest-never viscious or cruel. Good battle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marrriage the principal of equal partnership." - Ann Landers, Advice columnist
  • "A great marriage is not when the 'perfect couple' come together. It is when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences." - Dave Meurer
  • “The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happily married life.” - Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) Irish Poet, Novelist, Dramatist and Critic
  • “How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being?” - Oscar Wilde
  • “To be happy with a man you must understand him a lot and love him a little. To be happy with a woman you must love her a lot and not try to understand her at all.” - Helen Rowland (1876-1950) English-American writer
  • “Women marry men hoping they will change. Men marry women hoping they will not. So each is inevitably disappointed.” - Albert Einstein (1879-1955) German born American Physicist & Nobel Prize Winner
  • “Why get married and make one man miserable when I can stay single and make thousands miserable?” - Carrie P. Snow
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all his years with my favorite band the Frames, working his tail off to get places, especially here in Chicago , the award winner he is today.

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Can it with the god talk, we

Can it with the god talk, we don't need it

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It's only in marriage

It's only in marriage ...
"When you're with me, you're killing me.
When you're not, I'm dying."

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that goods i like it

that goods i like it

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WIFE means Wonderful

WIFE means Wonderful Instrument For Enjoyment.

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your mum is ugly

your mum is ugly

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I just want a pretty ring

I just want a pretty ring

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Marriage is a three-ring

Marriage is a three-ring circus... the engagement ring, the wedding ring, and the suffering.

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knock knock whos

knock knock

whos there??

just answer the door.

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All the defenses of marriage

All the defenses of marriage are coming from women (especially Christian women), and the offenses of marriage are coming from men with experience. Perhaps people are not meant to be monogomous anymore than most of the other animals in our food chain and society and religion favors the monogomy (monotony) advocated by most women desiring stability over excitement. Quantity of life over quality of life.

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i smeel a fatty

i smeel a fatty

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i smell bull shit hae ben

i smell bull shit hae ben guess who dis is where are u

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i really think marriage is

i really think marriage is only a blessing when you are happy,with your decision.Find that beautiful heart not the pretty face,then you will laugh bigtime in your marriage,till you are old.
-ANDREW MABELE(SOUTH AFRICA,GAUTENG)

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every married person is

every married person is sorely mismatched and in the end only one partner struggles to keep the flame alive as the other watches from a distance at the useless draconian efforts of his partner

Victoria

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Marriage is a pain in the

Marriage is a pain in the butt, It works and it don;t work

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this is a cool site. i have

this is a cool site. i have come to learn somethings bout marriage!

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marriage is over-rated. it

marriage is over-rated. it is a boring life that needs some juice now and then. That juice mostly can be provided by physical adventure with another woman

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Not necessarily, I love to

Not necessarily, I love to take new adventures with my husband. We both enjoy teh new things we both introduce into our marriage that keeps the flame getting hotter. The only reason I feel mates in a marriage decide to venture out is because either they ar emissing something at home and just do not want to face the facts or they are just prone to care out the over-the-edge desires of their flesh. If both keep the communication going and try to come to a common ground on pleasing one another, it all works out (of course keeping God first!).

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For us guys,the wedding is

For us guys,the wedding is the crime and the marriage is the life sentence.

-Shawn Murrell

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IF THATS HOW U FEEL!

IF THATS HOW U FEEL!

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naw... do not look at that

naw... do not look at that way. I look at as a new journey with someone that is exciting, loving, and to share life with. I love the idea that my husband and I are there for one another especially during the roughest times in life. The serious stuff that we deal with in life, especially loss of a loved one or material possessions that are necessities; having him by my side makes it all worth while. If we pray for God to guide us to our mate, you will be hooked up with the person you were destined to be with. Although you will have troubled times, your love for one another can grow with time and also overcome any hardship (love conquers all).

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Married and bored, single

Married and bored, single and lonely - Chris Rock-star

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What's a life without a

What's a life without a wife?

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...anticipated.

...anticipated.

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Marriage is like a box of

Marriage is like a box of chocolates, "You never know what you're gonna get"
- Adapted from original quote from Forrest Gump, Philosopher of Paramount Pictures

100% of all divorces have the same beginning, Marriage.
- Unknown

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You must take the good with

You must take the good with the bad.

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Marriage should be like

Marriage should be like a drivers license ...
You should get to renew it every 3 - 5 years ...
or not .....

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MARRIAGE IS NOT LIKE IT

MARRIAGE IS NOT LIKE IT SHOULD BE.THE MAN AND THE WOMEN MUST WORK AT THE RELATIONSHIP IN ORDER FOR IT TO LAST,THERE MUST BE A OPEN DOOR CONVERSATION FROM BOTH SIDES IN ORDER FOR IT TO GROW AND LAST FOREVER,FOREVER...

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You are so right. It is

You are so right. It is easier to quit than it is to try. Men are missing the keys of being the lead, but yet yielding to God. Some are not sensitive enough for a woman's needs.

Women are missing the keys of not being submissive to God so they cannot be submissive to allow the husband to lead. Some are too head strong and will not let their guards down (especially some coming from a single parent home).
-we all must allow God to teach us how to be one rather than society, for he is the one that designed us all.

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Marriage: The state or

Marriage: The state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress and two slaves, making in all, two.
- Ambrose Bierce

It destroys one's nerve to be amiable every day to the same human being.
- Benjamin Disraeli

One good husband is worth two good wives, for the scarcer things are, the more they are valued.
- Benjamin Franklin

When a wife has a good husband it is easily seen in her face.
- Goethe

Let the wife make the husband glad to come home, and let him make her sorry to see him leave.
- Martin Luther

The best friend is likely to acquire the best wife, because a good marriage is based on the talent for friendship.
- Nietzsche

When you see what some girls marry, you realize how they must hate to work for a living.
- Helen Rowland

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Well done Glen and Marketa

Well done Glen and Marketa and everyone thats been involved in them becoming the stars they are now today. They truly have taught us what is going on in their hearts, and shined brilliantly on Oscar night as they do on stage together most nights.wholesale lingerie I have to say what others have not said so far and that is that without Mar, and her symbiotic musical love for/with Glen, this would never of happened. "if you love me" on its own was/is Oscar worthy IMO. She makes him, or has made him aftersexy lingerie all his years with my favorite band the Frames, working his tail off to get places, especially here in Chicago , the award winner he is today. I guess sometimes it takes a special person to make someone more special, and in this case it could not be more true

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