Marriage Quotes - page 13

Rituals, anthropologists will tell us, are about transformation. The rituals we use for marriage, baptism or inaugurating a president are as elaborate as they are because we associate the ritual with a major life passage, the crossing of a critical threshold, or in other words, with transformation. (Abraham Verghese)
Psychology is much bigger than just medicine, or fixing unhealthy things. It's about education, work, marriage - it's even about sports. What I want to do is see psychologists working to help people build strengths in all these domains. View quote
Martin Seligman
If she could find a man who could feel and laugh as well as desire, she might even think about thinking about marriage. View quote
Melanie Rawn
I'm the only man in the world with a marriage licence made out to whom it may concern. View quote
Mickey Rooney
Maybe the point is that any marriage is work, but you may as well pick work that you like. View quote
Mindy Kaling
Marriage is overdone. As long as there are people, people are going to find it interesting. View quote
Augusten Burroughs
The mark of a good marriage is partnership and continuing to feel inspired by your spouse. I had that with Tao. But the end is not necessarily the tragedy. Staying in a relationship that is no longer working is the tragedy. Living unhappily - that's the tragedy. View quote
Olivia Wilde
The difficulty with marriage is that we fall in love with a personality, but must live with a character. View quote
Peter De Vries
You have to rise above the squabbling and chaos, and keep believing. You have to always keep your goals in mind.” -Hera, goddess of marriage. View quote
Rick Riordan
I would much prefer their minds to be engaged in the deadly arts than clouded with dreams of marriage and fortune, as your own so clearly is! View quote
Seth Grahame-Smith
The principle of plural marriage was revealed to the Mormons amid much secrecy. Dark clouds hovered over the church in the early 1840s, after rumors spread that its founder, Joseph Smith, had taken up the practice of polygamy. While denying the charge in public, by 1843 Smith had shared a revelation with his closest disciples. (Scott Anderson)
It devastates me now that I have been reduced to a Hollywood statistic - another joke marriage. View quote
Sophia Bush
For a few thousand years, women had no history. Marriage was our calling, and meekness our virtue. Over the last century, in stuttering succession, we have gained a voice, a vote, a room, a playing field of our own. Decorously or defiantly, we now approach what surely qualifies as the final frontier. View quote
Stacy Schiff
When a woman thinks her husband is a fool, her marriage is over. They may part in one year or ten; they may live together until death. But if she thinks he is a fool, she will not love him again. View quote
Philippa Gregory
Despite the myth that men are less committed, they are predisposed to desire marriage. View quote
Helen Fisher
In America, we are demanding everything from our marriage. View quote
Helen Fisher
A hundred years ago, if you had a child out of marriage, you'd be a social disgrace. Today women feel comfortable enough economically and culturally to bring up a child without a recognized commitment from a man. View quote
Helen Fisher
I have a terrific marriage, but unlike a lot of relationships where they ebb and flow, no matter what happens you fall deeper and deeper in love every day. It's kind of the best thing that can happen to you. It's thrilling. View quote
Hugh Jackman
Ive learned this is a very long marriage doing a television show. I like the people that I work with to be people I enjoy, so you want to cast people who are as excited and enthusiastic as you are. View quote
Shonda Rhimes
Marriage isn't a carnival ride. View quote
Aisha Tyler
For someone to say that marriage is only about procreation is a joke. I didn't marry my husband to have children. I married my husband because I love my husband. (Aisha Tyler)
I've often thought if I didn't make my marriage work, I would have failed at my one true shot at happiness. View quote
Bethenny Frankel
I have been doing marriage counseling for about 15 years and I realized that what makes one person feel loved, doesn't make another person feel loved. View quote
Gary Chapman
Marriage is like a well-built porch. If one of the two posts leans too much, the porch collapses. So each must be strong enough to stand on its own. View quote
Deb Caletti
It's not someone else's responsibility to honor my marriage. It's my responsibility. View quote
David Duchovny