“The wedding took place in Vermont, where they have legalized gay civil unions, and I married a woman.”
A wedding is a beginning disguised as an event. These quotes capture the romance, nerves, joy, and deeper meaning of the day two people stand up in front of everyone they know and make an improbable promise.
“It gave me a lot of pleasure and pride that 90 percent of the crew for 'Monsoon Wedding,' and most of my film, are women. We get the work done, you know, much lesser play of ego... And I really believe in harmony, I believe in working in a spirit of egolessness and that the film is bigger than all of us.”
“The wedding took place in Vermont, where they have legalized gay civil unions, and I married a woman.”
“I wanted to define the vocabulary of a wedding both visually and intellectually. The book is about more than weddings or wedding dresses. It's a metaphor for women's lives, their creativity.”
“I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well.”
“Most kids don't get to go their parents' wedding.”
“I hadn't been in Vegas 20 minutes when I got word that the bookmakers were offering three to one that Frank wouldn't show for my wedding.”
“In Hollywood, brides keep the bouquets and throw away the groom.”
“I don't think it's possible to have a wedding without it being stressful!”
“I myself have never been enchanted by the dream of the white wedding, and, heaven help us, the expectation that this exquisitely catered event should be 'the happiest moment' of one's life.”
“I love a black wedding dress.”
“I remember when I was in school, they would ask, 'What are you going to be when you grow up?' and then you'd have to draw a picture of it. I drew a picture of myself as a bride.”
“We were pretty good mates until the Beatles started to split up and Yoko came into it. It was more like old army buddies splitting up on account of wedding bells.”
“O month when they who love must love and wed.”
“When I had a job catering, I catered a wedding for the Smashing Pumpkins bassist in Indiana. And I served Billy Corgan shrimp off a tray.”
“A man's got two shots for jewelry: a wedding ring and a watch. The watch is a lot easier to get on and off than a wedding ring.”
“I've never crashed a wedding. When I was a kid I, of course, used to crash parties. Crashing a wedding is difficult though because you have to have the suit, and you have to have information in case someone catches you. You have to know at least some names and something.”