Famous Quotes & Sayings

Susan B. Anthony

Marriage, to women as to men, must be a luxury, not a necessity; an incident of life, not all of it. And the only possible way to accomplish this great change is to accord to women equal power in the making, shaping and controlling of the circumstances of life.

Tracy McMillan

Yes, I have 'failed' at marriage - a lot.

Brigham Young

Any young man who is unmarried at the age of twenty one is a menace to the community.

Dennis Rodman

I think marriage and athletes is a bad combination.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

It is in vain to look for the elevation of woman so long as she is degraded in marriage.

Dionne Warwick

There was a time in the marriage when I could no longer look at myself in a mirror, couldn't feel I was a nice person. A bad relationship can do that, can make you doubt everything good you ever felt about yourself.

Drew Barrymore

Both of my marriages have taught me the same lesson twice over really harsh: listen to your instincts. Don't be a people pleaser.

Don Herold

A woman's hair net tangled in a man's spectacles on top of the bedroom dresser.

Andre Maurois

Marriage is not something that can be accomplished all at once; it has to be constantly reaccomplished. A couple must never indulge in idle tranquility with the remark: "The game is won; let's relax." The game is never won. The chances of life are such that anything is possible. Remember what the dangers are for both sexes in middle age. A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.

Linda Hall

Primarily it's women who will come in and say, 'These are the things that I am wanting, and I want to register for them so when my husband comes in he knows what I want,'

Amy Levy

A lover may be a shadowy creature, but husbands are made of flesh and blood

Christopher Moore

Next out of the hall came the sisters and their husbands. Before I could say anything, the captain had clamped his hand over my mouth and was lifting me off my feet as I kicked. Cornwall made as to draw his dagger, but Regan pulled him away. "You've just won a kingdom, my duke, killing vermin is a servant's task. Leave the bitter fool stew in his own bile." She wanted me. It was clear.

Daniel Tosh

Men who don't understand women fall into two groups: Bachelors and Husbands.

William Shakespeare

No worse a husband than the best of men.

Michael Ondaatje

Women want everything of a lover. And too often I would sink below the surface. So armies disappear under sand. And there was her fear of her husband, her belief in her honour, my old desire for self-sufficiency, my disappearances, her suspicions of me, my disbelief that she loved me. The paranoia and claustrophobia of hidden love.

Mary Tyler Moore

Three things have helped me successfully go through the ordeals of life -- an understanding husband, a good analyst and millions of dollars.

Mary Elizabeth Winstead

To those of you looking at photos I took with my husband years ago in the privacy of our home, hope you feel great about yourselves,

James Huneker

Married men make the best husbands.

Dan Ariely

When you get a checking account, you should have a savings account, and the number for the savings account should be one off of your checking account.

Sonny Bono

I'm not a lawyer, and maybe I should have used more specific legal language.

Sri Aurobindo

An aimless life is always a troubled life. Every individual should have an aim. But do not forget that the quality of your aim will depend the quality of your life. Your aim should be high and wide, generous and disinterested; this will make your life precious to yourself and to others. Whatever your ideal, it cannot be perfectly realized unless you have realized perfection in yourself.

Michelle Obama

Women should have the freedom to do whatever they need to do to feel good about themselves,

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Everyone should have their mind blown once a day.

Patrick Henry

O sir, we should have fine times, indeed, if, to punish tyrants, it were only sufficient to assemble the people! Your arms, wherewith you could defend yourselves, are gone; and you have no longer an aristocratical, no longer a democratical spirit. Did you ever read of any revolution in a nation, brought about by the punishment of those in power, inflicted by those who had no power at all?

Mitt Romney

Now workers should have the right to join unions. But unions should not be forced upon workers. And unions should not have the power to take money our of their members' paychecks to buy the support of politicians that are favored by the union bosses.

Joseph Pulitzer

Newspapers should have no friends.

Elias Canetti

Justice requires that everyone should have enough to eat. But it also requires that everyone should contribute to the production of food.