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Marriage Quotes


"The facts are plain: Religious leaders who preside over marriage ceremonies must and will be guided by what they believe. If they do not wish to celebrate marriages for same-sex couples, that is their right. The Supreme Court says so. And the Charter says so."


"Marriage has a unique place because it speaks of an absolute faithfulness, a covenant between radically different persons, male and female; and so it echoes the absolute covenant of God with his chosen, a covenant between radically different partners."


"Marriage is a financial contract; I have enough contracts already."


"It became plain very soon after our marriage that ours was to be a literary partnership."


"There's only one way to have a happy marriage and as soon as I learn what it is I'll get married again."


"As you gave the ring to one another and have now received it a 2nd time from the hand of the pastor, so love comes from you, but marriage from above, from God. As high as God is above man, so high are the sanctity, the rights, and the promise of love. It is not your love tht sustains the marriage, but from now on, the marriage that sustains your love."



"Marriage is not about age; it's about finding the right person."


"Inspirations never go in for long engagements; they demand immediate marriage to action."



"Whether it be a matter of personal relations within a marriage or political initiatives within a peace process, there is no sure-fire do-it-yourself kit."


"For after my marriage I had made various attempts to write fiction. They were clearly failures."



"I left my marriage knowing I'd have to work. I have."


"While 45 of the 50 States have either a State constitutional amendment or a statute that preserves the current definition of marriage, left-wing activist judges and officials at the local levels have struck down State laws protecting marriage."


"I voted for the Defense of Marriage Act but I do not believe we should institutionalize a form of discrimination against any minority by amending the Constitution."


"One should believe in marriage as in the immortality of the soul."


"The most important thing in marriage is not happiness but stability."


"Now I'm a wife and a mother of two. It's a really different role. I always referred to No Doubt as a marriage, because that's what it's like to be together for so long and go through what we've been through. I can't really have that relationship with them anymore."


"The great secret of a successful marriage is to treat all disasters as incidents and none of the incidents as disasters."


"Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who wants to live in an institution?"


"I feel strongly for gay marriage to be accepted."


"Marriage is a team effort. Both of us share that philosophy."



"Since 1970, relationships can be more volatile, jobs more ephemeral, geographical mobility more intensified, stability of marriage weaker."


"Politics doesn't make strange bedfellows - marriage does."


"There may be good, but there are no pleasant marriages."


"Marriage to Fernando offered shelter and security, but the shackle was the price I'd pay."
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