“Never ever discount the idea of marriage. Sure, someone might tell you that marriage is just a piece of paper. Well, so is money, and what's more life-affirming than cold, hard cash?”
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.
“I realize that of all people, I am no expert on parenting or marriage.”
“Never ever discount the idea of marriage. Sure, someone might tell you that marriage is just a piece of paper. Well, so is money, and what's more life-affirming than cold, hard cash?”
“A liberated woman is one who has sex before marriage and a job after.”
“Marriage is sacred and protected and has nothing to do with violating our civil rights.”
“I think even in a good marriage, especially if you stay together long enough, there are going to be events that happen.”
“Well I think in a marriage you have to be honest and ask yourself, you know, what is my role? What is my responsibility?”
“It was a perfect marriage. She didn't want to and he couldn't.”
“I've had an exciting time I married for love and got a little money along with it.”
“In marriage, it's always that give and take and rebalancing that we have to do in how we can help each other. But, I have been known at times by my sons, that is the name that they call me-the Mitt stabilizer.”
“I like being independent. I don't think that marriage means you're not independent, but right now I'm very comfortable, and I'm probably the happiest I've ever been. I feel solid. I feel safe.”
“After marriage, a woman's sight becomes so keen that she can see right through her husband without looking at him, and a man's so dull that he can look right through his wife without seeing her.”
“The ceremony took six minutes. The marriage lasted about the same amount of time though we didn't get a divorce for almost a year.”
“Feminism is dated? Yes, for privileged women like my daughter and all of us here today, but not for most of our sisters in the rest of the world who are still forced into premature marriage, prostitution, forced labor - they have children that they don't want or they cannot feed.”
“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.”
“A marriage doesn't have to be perfect, but you can be perfect for each other.”
“My father was very big on marriage.”