Marriage Quotes - Page 18

• In Hollywood a marriage is a success if it outlasts milk.

  Rita Rudner

  Funny, Success, Witty

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The woman who does her job for society inside the four walls of her home must not be considered by her husband or anyone else an economic "dependent," reaching out her hands in mendicant fashion for financial help.

  Mary Barnett Gilson

  Fashion, Jobs, Wall

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• In olden times sacrifices were made at the altar - a practice which is still continued.

  Helen Rowland

  Funny, Sacrifice, Practice

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• Marriage is a great institution.

  Elizabeth Taylor

  Institutions

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• There is a rhythm to the ending of a marriage just like the rhythm of a courtship, only backward.

  Erica Jong

  Rhythm, Courtship, Marriage And Divorce

  Erica Jong (1995). “How to Save Your Own Life”, N A L Trade

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• I've had bad luck with both my wives. The first one left me and the second one didn't.

  Patrick Murray

  Love, Funny, Hilarious

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• This is a way to kill a wife with kindness.

  William Shakespeare

  Kindness, Wife, Way

  'The Taming Of The Shrew' (1592) act 4, sc. 1, l. [208]

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• A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the last to awake in the morning.

  Honore de Balzac

  Inspirational, Good Morning, Husband

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• Bride: A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Happiness, Wedding, Inspiration

  Ambrose Bierce (2013). “The Best Of Ambrose Bierce: The Damned Thing + An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge + The Devil's Dictionary + Chickamauga (4 Classics in 1 Book)”, p.48, e-artnow

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• Courtship is to marriage, as a very witty prologue to a very dull play.

  William Congreve

  Witty, Play, Dull

  'The Old Bachelor' (1693) act 5, sc. 10

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• The majority of husbands remind me of an orangutan trying to play the violin.

  Honore de Balzac

  Funny, Witty, Husband

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• Sometimes it was worth all the disadvantages of marriage just to have that: one friend in an indifferent world.

  Erica Jong

  Loyalty, World, Sometimes

  Fear of Flying ch. 10 (1973)

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• A happy marriage perhaps represents the ideal of human relationship -- a setting in which each partner, while acknowledging the need of the other, feels free to be what he or she by nature is: a relationship in which instinct as well as intellect can find expression; in which giving and taking are equal; in which each accepts the other, and I confronts Thou.

  Anthony Storr

  Expression, Giving, Needs

  Anthony Storr (1961). “The Integrity of the Personality”

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• Men have a much better time of it than women. For one thing, they marry later; for another thing, they die earlier.

  H. L. Mencken

  Funny, Relationship, Wedding

  Chrestomathy (1949) ch. 30

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• Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then.

  Katharine Hepburn

  Love, Break Up, Wedding

  Quoted in PeopleWeekly, 11 Oct. 1976

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• Marriage provides the solace of worked-on friendship and the joy of being known profoundly.

  Imogen Stubbs

  Love, Joy, Solace

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• Marriage is the hardest thing you will ever do. The secret is removing divorce as
  an option. Anybody who gives themselves that option will get a divorce.

  Will Smith

  Divorce, Giving, Secret

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• One of the first things a relationship therapist learns is that couples argue to burn up energy that could be used for something else. In fact, arguments often serve the purpose of using up energy, so that the couple does not have to take the courageous, creative leap into an unknown they fear. Arguing serves the function of being a zone of familiarity into which you can retreat when you are afraid of making a creative breakthrough.

  Gay Hendricks

  Couple, Creative, Energy

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• Behind every great man there is a surprised woman.

  Maryon Pearson

  Sarcastic, Wedding, Men

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• I have never heard about any perfect marriage. They say perfect marriages are made in heaven. Nobody comes back from there so maybe it is true, but what kind of marriage will those perfect marriages be? There will be no tension, there will be no individuality in the man or in the woman. They will never collide, they will never fight. They will be too sweet to each other. And too much sweetness brings diabetes! Marriage is an institution that teaches a man regularity, frugality, temperance, forbearance and many other splendid virtues he would not need had he stayed single.

  Rajneesh

  Sweet, Fighting, Men

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• My mother once told me that if a married couple puts a penny in a pot for every time they make love in the first year, and takes a penny out every time after that, they'll never get all the pennies out of the pot.

  Armistead Maupin

  Mother, Couple, Years

  Armistead Maupin (1989). “Tales of the city ; More tales of the city ; Further tales of the city: an omnibus”, Vintage

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• One of the greatest gifts you can give your husband is your own wholeness.

  Stormie Omartian

  Love, Forgiveness, Husband

  Stormie Omartian (2014). “The Power of a Praying® Wife”, p.25, Harvest House Publishers

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• My marriage had its ups and downs like anyone's, but when it came down to it, I knew it was solid. I miss that sort of security, and that sort of connection with someone.

  John Scalzi

  Missing, Connections, Ups & Downs

  John Scalzi (2014). “Old Man's War Boxed Set I”, p.182, Macmillan

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• What we love about love is the fever, which marriage puts to bed and cures.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Funny, Witty, Humorous

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.22, BookBaby

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• Dammit Sir, it's your duty to get married. You can't always be living for pleasure!

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Married, Pleasure

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