“The rule with marriage is the less you talk about it the better, as far as I can tell.”
Marriage is a long conversation, and these quotes capture many of its chapters — the romance, the compromise, the arguments, the inside jokes, and the deep comfort of being truly known by another person over decades.
“Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which before their union were not perceived to have any relation.”
“The rule with marriage is the less you talk about it the better, as far as I can tell.”
“He's the kind of man a woman would have to marry to get rid of.”
“I love John Irving's stuff. It's that marriage of comedy and tragedy. It's really terrific.”
“Whether it be a matter of personal relations within a marriage or political initiatives within a peace process, there is no sure-fire do-it-yourself kit.”
“In almost every marriage there is a selfish and an unselfish partner. A pattern is set up and soon becomes inflexible, of one person always making the demands and one person always giving way.”
“I don't think there's anything they can say about me that I haven't said about myself already. And I would be an absolute total liar, and my fans would not respect me, if I said that my life and my marriage are perfect. But we absolutely love each other we have fun together - it's great.”
“I'd love to have First Lady Michelle Obama over and ask, 'How do you make your marriage work?' I think the president is sexy as all get-out, but he has got to get on her nerves some kind of way. He's this wonderful, powerful man, but she sees him leaving his socks on the floor.”
“Marriage is not just spiritual communion, it is also remembering to take out the trash.”
“It's nice to be able to work I'd love to be able to do another TV show I could do in Chicago so I could live and work in the same place. It's hard being a parent and being in a good marriage, and it all takes a lot of work, but if you're not there you can't do any of it.”
“There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends.”
“I'm not for gay marriage, but I'm not for discriminating against people.”
“I was gone so much in my first marriage. I love the moments when I engage with my youngest daughter now. It's not my thing to sit on the ground and play tea party, but I'll do it because it's a moment that will stick with me forever.”
“I find it disturbing that the media keeps referring to my marriage, since I got divorced in 1979. But the media never wants to let me forget.”
“Books and marriage go ill together.”
“The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults.”