Famous Quotes About marriage

Like me, the great majority of Americans wish both to preserve the traditional definition of marriage and to oppose bias and intolerance directed towards gays and lesbians.

Marriage is a great institution.

Almost no one is foolish enough to imagine that he automatically deserves great success in any field of activity yet almost everyone believes that he automatically deserves success in marriage.

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.

Always remember that the most important thing in a good marriage is not happiness, but stability.

Getting married, for me, was the best thing I ever did. I was suddenly beset with an immense sense of release, that we have something more important than our separate selves, and that is the marriage. There's immense happiness that can come from working towards that.

I've often thought if I didn't make my marriage work, I would have failed at my one true shot at happiness.

Marriage is wild. I thought it was this perfect land of happiness and joy. Wrong! After you say you do, you don't for a long time.

The thing is, when I had my first success it did coincide with the end of my first marriage, and because I went on to have a very, very unhappy two years, I don't think I equate career success with personal happiness.

I've done an informal, anecdotal survey about marriage, and I've found no evidence that it brings happiness.