Bring a wife home to your house when you are of the right age, not far short of 30 years, nor much above this is the right time for marriage. Hesiod on marriage
Even if you plan a marriage and a family, you are never quite prepared for the reality versus how you imagined it. In a lot of ways it's better, and in a lot of ways it's worse. That's life, right? Katherine Heigl on marriage
The problem for those who assert biblical authority in support of traditional definitions of marriage is that one could, with equal validity, assert that the lending of money or certain kinds of haircuts are forbidden by God, or that slavery and the subjugation of women are authorized by the Lord. Jon Meacham on marriage
My mother had a son from previous marriage and her husband died in Second World War. Mikhail Baryshnikov on marriage
Let a man do what he will by a single woman, the world is encouragingly apt to think Marriage a sufficient amends. Samuel Richardson on marriage
Love before marriage is absolutely necessary. Samuel Richardson on marriage
Sobering up was responsible for breaking up my marriage. That's what it couldn't stand. James Taylor on marriage
Our marriage is strictly in name only. It has never been consummated. LaToya Jackson on marriage
You know, I believe that marriage is between a man and a woman. Carly Fiorina on marriage
Never ever discount the idea of marriage. Sure, someone might tell you that marriage is just a piece of paper. Well, so is money, and what's more life-affirming than cold, hard cash? Dennis Miller on marriage
I don't know of many evangelicals who want to deny gay couples their legal rights. However, most of us don't want to call it marriage, because we think that word has religious connotations, and we're not ready to see it used in ways that offend us. Tony Campolo on marriage
But I think it's up to a local congregation to determine whether or not a marriage should be blessed of God. And it shouldn't be up to the government. Tony Campolo on marriage
Marriage should be viewed as an institution ordained by God and should be out of the control of the state. Tony Campolo on marriage
President Bush once said that marriage is a sacred institution and should be reserved for the union of one man and one woman. If this is the case - and most Americans would agree with him on this - then I have to ask: Why is the government at all involved in marrying people? Tony Campolo on marriage
If marriage really is a sacred institution, then why is the government controlling it, especially in a nation that affirms separation of church and state? Tony Campolo on marriage
You know what's funny? I don't ever feel the need to escape. I have a strong marriage. I like my life. You hear about these guys having midlife crises - I don't see that happening to me. Harry Connick, Jr. on marriage
Unfenced by law, the unmarried lover can quit a bad relationship at any time. But you - the legally married person who wants to escape doomed love - may soon discover that a significant portion of your marriage contract belongs to the State, and that it sometimes takes a very long while for the State to grant you your leave. Elizabeth Gilbert on marriage
The submission of her body without love or desire is degrading to the woman's finer sensibility, all the marriage certificates on earth to the contrary notwithstanding. Margaret Sanger on marriage
Right now, I'm not really thinking about marriage. Adam Lambert on marriage
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. Dionne Warwick on marriage