“I do not think that marriage is one of my talents. I've been much happier unmarried than married.”
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.
“Well I think in a marriage you have to be honest and ask yourself, you know, what is my role? What is my responsibility?”
“I do not think that marriage is one of my talents. I've been much happier unmarried than married.”
“After a few years of marriage a man can look right at a woman without seeing her and a woman can see right through a man without looking at him.”
“I believe marriage is between a man and a woman. I am not in favor of gay marriage. But when you start playing around with constitutions, just to prohibit somebody who cares about another person, it just seems to me that's not what America's about. Usually, our constitutions expand liberties, they don't contract them.”
“A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.”
“I think men who have a pierced ear are better prepared for marriage. They've experienced pain and bought jewelry.”
“Marriage is actually really terrifying. It doesn't work for many people.”
“So many people prefer to live in drama because it's comfortable. It's like someone staying in a bad marriage or relationship - it's actually easier to stay because they know what to expect every day, versus leaving and not knowing what to expect.”
“Men who have a pierced ear are better prepared for marriage - they've experienced pain and bought jewelry.”
“Woman, or more precisely put, perhaps, marriage, is the representative of life with which you are meant to come to terms.”
“No man should marry until he has studied anatomy and dissected at least one woman.”
“Before marriage, a man declares that he would lay down his life to serve you after marriage, he won't even lay down his newspaper to talk to you.”
“The real act of marriage takes place in the heart, not in the ballroom or church or synagogue. It's a choice you make - not just on your wedding day, but over and over again - and that choice is reflected in the way you treat your husband or wife.”
“There is, hidden or flaunted, a sword between the sexes till an entire marriage reconciles them.”
“Love before marriage is absolutely necessary.”
“I could be wrong, but I think heterosexual marriage is threatened more by heterosexuals. I don't know why gay marriage challenges my marriage in any way.”