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Marriage Quotes


"I rise today in support of Bill C-38, the Civil Marriage Act. I rise in support of a Canada in which liberties are safeguarded, rights are protected and the people of this land are treated as equals under the law."


"It's not always been a happy marriage. I guess I wanted a quick fix."


"The most important thing for a good marriage is to learn how to argue peaceably."


"Another argument, vaguer and even less persuasive, is that gay marriage somehow does harm to heterosexual marriage. I have yet to meet anyone who can explain to me what this means. In what way would allowing same-sex partners to marry diminish the marriages of heterosexual couples?"


"I firmly believe in marriage. It's a real important decision that takes a lot of dedication and time. If you're thinking about divorce. You shouldn't get married."


"The clearest explanation for the failure of any marriage is that the two people are incompatible; that is, that one is male and the other female."


"Marriage is like wine. It is not be properly judged until the second glass."


"It is helpful for a woman artist not to have a husband."


"Sensual pleasures have the fleeting brilliance of a comet; a happy marriage has the tranquillity of a lovely sunset."


"Marriage is one of the most sacred human institutions. I asked our Senators, as many South Dakotans have done, to protect marriage as a union between a man and a woman."


"I left my marriage knowing I'd have to work. I have."


"Isn't that the ultimate homeland security, standing up and defending marriage?"


"Marriage is like twirling a baton, turning hand springs or eating with chopsticks. It looks easy until you try it."


"Marriage is a financial contract; I have enough contracts already."


"I'm certain that most couples expect to find intimacy in marriage, but it somehow eludes them."


"Writing and singing does give me some kind of release from the demons of my past, it is a therapy of sorts, but to be honest, my marriage played a more important role in the acceptance of myself than performance has ever done."


"In interviews I gave early on in my career, I was quoted as saying it was possible to have it all: a dynamic job, marriage, and children. In some respects, I was a social adolescent."


"Marriage is miserable unless you find the right person that is your soulmate and that takes a lot of looking."


"Anything outside marriage seems like freedom and excitement."


"Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage."


"The biggest surprise about our marriage is that Erin was out there."


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


"Our marriage is strictly in name only. It has never been consummated."


"A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day."


"Our Nation must defend the sanctity of marriage."


"I'm 0 for 3 with marriage - the scoreboard doesn't lie, never has. So what we all have is a marriage of the heart. To sully or contaminate or radically disrespect this union with a shameful contract is something that I will leave to the amateurs and the Bible grippers."
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