Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest. George Eliot on marriage
Whenever the people are for gay marriage or medical marijuana or assisted suicide, suddenly the 'will of the people' goes out the window. Bill Maher on marriage
Children are supposed to help hold a marriage together. They do this in a number of ways. For instance, they demand so much attention that a husband and wife, concentrating on their children, fail to notice each other's faults. Richard Armour on marriage
An affair now and then is good for a marriage. It adds spice, stops it from getting boring... I ought to know. Bette Davis on marriage
More belongs to marriage than four legs in a bed. Rainer Maria Rilke on marriage
A wife lasts only for the length of the marriage, but an ex-wife is there for the rest of your life. Jim Samuels on marriage
I'm so wrapped up in my work that it's often impossible to consider other things in my life. My marriage ended in divorce because of this, my relationship with Holly has suffered by this. Jim Carrey on marriage
Another argument, vaguer and even less persuasive, is that gay marriage somehow does harm to heterosexual marriage. I have yet to meet anyone who can explain to me what this means. In what way would allowing same-sex partners to marry diminish the marriages of heterosexual couples? Ted Olson on marriage
I'm most proud of the longevity of my marriage, my kids, and my grandchildren. If you don't have that, you really don't have very much. Bob Newhart on marriage
A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises. Andre Maurois on marriage
Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads, which sew people together through the years. Simone Signoret on marriage
A man's friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage - but they are also no less invalidated by the marriage of his friends. Samuel Butler on marriage
In terms of the legal matter of creating a contract between two people that's called marriage, and allowing them to live together with the protection of law, it seems to me is the way we should be moving in this country. Colin Powell on marriage
Marriage is distinctly and repeatedly excluded from heaven. Is this because it is thought likely to mar the general felicity? Samuel Butler on marriage
I'm also interested in the modern suggestion that you can have a combination of love and sex in a marriage - which no previous society has ever believed. Alain de Botton on marriage
I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine marriage and a career. Gloria Steinem on marriage
I like marriage. The idea. Toni Morrison on marriage
I could be wrong, but I think heterosexual marriage is threatened more by heterosexuals. I don't know why gay marriage challenges my marriage in any way. Elizabeth Edwards on marriage
Never again! I can see no reason for marriage - ever at all. I've had it. Three times is enough. Ingrid Bergman on marriage
Marriage is a reflection of your life in general: how you treat people, how you argue, how secure you are in your own thoughts. How vehemently do you argue your point of view? With what disdain do you view the other's point of view? William Shatner on marriage