The Bible is clear - God's definition of marriage is between a man and a woman. Billy Graham on marriage
Marriage is a very good thing, but I think it's a mistake to make a habit out of it. W. Somerset Maugham on marriage
I have not supported same-sex marriage. I have supported civil partnerships and contractual relationships. Hillary Clinton on marriage
Every marriage is a mystery to me, even the one I'm in. So I'm no expert on it. Hillary Clinton on marriage
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. Rowan D. Williams on marriage
I respect the fact that many denominations have different points of view with respect to gay marriage and they can hold that in the sanctity in the place of their religion and not bless them or solemnize them. Colin Powell on marriage
Marriage brings one into fatal connection with custom and tradition, and traditions and customs are like the wind and weather, altogether incalculable. Soren Kierkegaard on marriage
Even in the common affairs of life, in love, friendship, and marriage, how little security have we when we trust our happiness in the hands of others! William Hazlitt on marriage
A woman asking 'Am I good? Am I satisfied?' is extremely selfish. The less women fuss about themselves, the less they talk to other women, the more they try to please their husbands, the happier the marriage is going to be. Barbara Cartland on marriage
Staying married may have long-term benefits. You can elicit much more sympathy from friends over a bad marriage than you ever can from a good divorce. P. J. O'Rourke on marriage
Brought up to respect the conventions, love had to end in marriage. I'm afraid it did. Bette Davis on marriage
Romantic love is an illusion. Most of us discover this truth at the end of a love affair or else when the sweet emotions of love lead us into marriage and then turn down their flames. Thomas Moore on marriage
Even though people may be well known, they hold in their hearts the emotions of a simple person for the moments that are the most important of those we know on earth: birth, marriage and death. Jackie Kennedy on marriage
One should believe in marriage as in the immortality of the soul. Honore de Balzac on marriage
Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage. Marcus Tullius Cicero on marriage
First love is first love, first marriage is first marriage, disappointment is disappointment. Maximilian Schell on marriage
After marriage, a woman's sight becomes so keen that she can see right through her husband without looking at him, and a man's so dull that he can look right through his wife without seeing her. Helen Rowland on marriage
In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before the body then thou hast a wife, a friend, a companion, a second self. William Penn on marriage
Marriage is give and take. You'd better give it to her or she'll take it anyway. Joey Adams on marriage