Famous Quotes & Sayings

Henry B. Eyring

Our Heavenly Father wants our hearts to be knit together. That union in love is not simply an ideal. It is a necessity

Henry Adams

Probably the institution of marriage had its origin in love of property. Both men and women were united in this--that whatever they loved best, they wished to possess. The usual theory holds that the communal system would not permit the gratification of this desire at the expense of communal rights, and that therefore men were driven to gratify their passion by purchasing or by capturing women from neighboring and hostile tribes.

Henry Adams

Every one who marries goes it blind, more or less.

Henry Adams

Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.

Henry Adams

The capacity of women to make unsuitable marriages must be considered as the cornerstone of society.

Henry A. Kissinger

I go out with actresses because I'm not apt to marry one.

Helen Gurley Brown

I think a single woman's biggest problem is coping with the people who are trying to marry her off!

Henry Ford

Minicars produce miniprofits.

Laurence Sterne

Courtship consists in a number of quiet attentions, not so pointed as to alarm, nor so vague as not to be understood.

Gary Chapman

Many couples have never learned the tremendous power of verbally affirming each other.

Jon Bon Jovi

Find an independent woman-who loves you for you and will be your best friend. I got it right the first time and was very, very lucky.

Jon Bon Jovi

As for his secret to staying married: "My wife tells me that if I ever decide to leave, she is coming with me."

Johnny Carson

Never marry a girl named 'Marie' who used to be known as 'Murray'.

Lynn Redgrave

I don't want marriage. You know why? Because I did that. I did it for 32 years.

Lu Xun

Women have a mother-nature and a daughter-nature; there are no women with a wife-nature. The quality of wife is an acquired character; it is a combination of mother and daughter.

John Ciardi

Men marry what they need. I marry you.

John Boehner

Protecting the institution of marriage safeguards, I believe, the American family.

You could characterize me as a very nervous bull. I think the market is running out of steam.

The market had discounted this (election) news so we had a little profit taking,

The margins are positive, but sales are eroding,

Jenna Morasca

The truth is many people see a marriage vow as the only way people are going to stay with someone who is sick.

The true picture is market value, ... I think there's merit to that approach.

John Boehner

And protecting the institution of marriage safeguards, I believe, the American family.

And it is meant to make people think, 'How in the world did we do that? And isn't it a marvelous thing that we did,'

The geopolitical tensions are still there, but the market is getting desensitized to it.

Eric Hoffer

There is a radicalism in all getting, and a conservatism in all keeping. Lovemaking is radical, while marriage is conservative.

Eric Hoffer

Marriage has for women many equivalents of joining a mass movement. It offers them a new purpose in life, a new future and a new identity (a new name). The boredom of spinsters and of women who can no longer find joy and fulfillment in marriage stems from an awareness of a barren, spoiled life. By embracing a holy cause and dedicating their energies and substance to its advancement, they find a new life full of purpose and meaning.

Enid Bagnold

After forty years of marriage we still stood with broken swords in our hands.

Enid Bagnold

Marriage. The beginning and the end are wonderful. But the middle part is hell.

Napoleon Bonaparte

I have never loved anyone for love's sake except, perhaps, Josephine - a little.

Marriage is the only known example of the happy meeting of the immovable object and the irresistible force.

Don't over-analyze your marriage; it's like yanking up a fragile indoor plant every 20 minutes to see how its roots are growing.

If you are really Master of your Fate, it shouldn't make any difference to you whether Cleopatra or the Bearded Lady is your mate.