I was sent to a nice Church of England girls' school and at that time, after university, a woman was expected to become a teacher, a nurse or a missionary - prior to marriage. Kate Adie
Well, you know, the definition of second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience. George Will
Seeing unhappiness in the marriage of friends, I was content to have chosen music and laughter as a substitute for a husband. Elsa Maxwell
How do you explain the bond between man and wife? Well, for one thing, it's private. What people do in their own marriage is their own business. Robin Gibb
My first marriage was totally unsuitable and shouldn't have happened. It was a whirlwind, rebound thing. I was 23 or 24 - a baby. Carol Vorderman
Above all, we must have great respect for these people who also suffer and who want to find their own way of correct living. On the other hand, to create a legal form of a kind of homosexual marriage, in reality, does not help these people. Joseph Ratzinger
I find it disturbing that the media keeps referring to my marriage, since I got divorced in 1979. But the media never wants to let me forget. Bianca Jagger
My marriage had been impulsive. That marriage should have been short-lived instead of the 23 years it spanned. Joseph Barbera
The Amateur Marriage grew out of the reflection that of all the opportunities to show differences in character, surely an unhappy marriage must be the richest. Anne Tyler
Well, marriage doesn't function in the way it used to in terms of deciding our fate, but it's in our heads, and it determines a lot of our actions. Like, right now, if you think about gay marriage - and they just started having the first gay marriages in New York - it shows what a potent idea marriage remains for people. Jeffrey Eugenides
It is a fact that all women contribute more to marriage than men for the most part they have to change their place of living, their method of work, a great many women today changing their occupation entirely on marriage and they must even change their name. Agnes Macphail
Do the bishops seriously imagine that legalising gay marriage will result in thousands of parties to heterosexual marriages suddenly deciding to get divorced so they can marry a person of the same sex? Malcolm Turnbull
There is no greater excitement than to support an intellectual wife and have her support you. Marriage is a partnership in which each inspires the other, and brings fruition to both of you. Millicent Carey McIntosh
A successful marriage isn't necessarily one that lasts until you're dead. Ellen Barkin
I was very influenced by the musicals and romantic comedies of the 1930s. I admired Gene Harlow and such, which probably explains why, since the end of my marriage, I've dated nothing but a succession of blondes. Hugh Hefner
I haven't been faithful to my wife. Our marriage has been tainted with my infidelities. I was irresponsible. David Boreanaz
I should have been out there having a wild time like all the other girls my age, but I wasn't. I was going home every night to what was, initially, a very happy marriage. Amanda Holden
How long before we have, not just homosexual marriage, but homosexual unions between adult men and small boys? Randall Terry
Obviously, marriage is not a synonym for morality. But stable marriages and families do encourage moral behavior. Gary Bauer