“I've always been suspicious of TV, I've always found music and video to be an unhappy marriage.”
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.
“Marriage! Nothing else demands so much of a man.”
“I've always been suspicious of TV, I've always found music and video to be an unhappy marriage.”
“Books and marriage go ill together.”
“I think like any marriage, especially when you've had divorced parents like myself you want to try even harder to make it work.”
“If I get married, I want to be very married.”
“If I felt, in the event of a royal wedding, inspired to write about people coming together in marriage or civil partnership, I would just be grateful to have an idea for the poem. And if I didn't, I'd ignore it.”
“I have married thriteen couples. I'm about to do a marriage next month.”
“Marriage is a very sacred institution and should not be degraded by allowing every other type of relationship to be made equivalent to it.”
“I don't see any reason for marriage when there is divorce.”
“I think the institute of marriage is a noble thing. The idea of a partner for life is incredibly romantic. But now we're living to 100. A hundred years ago people were dying at age 37. Til death do us part was a much different deal.”
“Independence doesn't - doesn't equate to moderates. Millions of independents are pro-life. Millions of independents believe marriage is between a man and a woman.”
“If we change the definition of marriage to be more inclusive, then it is logical to argue that we should broaden the definition so that won't exclude anyone.”
“Marriage is not just spiritual communion, it is also remembering to take out the trash.”
“Marriage is not simply a romantic union between two people it's also a political and economic contract of the highest order.”
“Marriage is really tough because you have to deal with feelings... and lawyers.”
“There were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded.”