If someone talks about union, fidelity, a monogamous relationship, love, blessing I would say it sounds like marriage to me. And blessing, you see, I think is undermining our sacrament of marriage. George Carey
It is better to be unhappy in love than unhappy in marriage, but some people manage to be both. Guy de Maupassant
Marriage, laws, the police, armies and navies are the mark of human incompetence. Dora Russell
My first marriage was very traditional, in the church, and then we left the church and went to the reception hall. So this time, I'd like to go fairy tale all the way. NeNe Leakes
My parents had a great marriage. Interestingly, it made it harder for me in relationships because I knew what a good relationship looked like. Candace Bushnell
I refused David Letterman's proposal of marriage for obvious reasons, but thanks for asking. Teri Garr
Who of us is mature enough for offspring before the offspring themselves arrive? The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults. Peter De Vries
I am hoping this is my year to have children. I understand that I am possibly more European in my views of marriage. I am not going to say I'm not going to get married, but it's not my priority. Emily Procter
My mom and my dad were married 56 years, and the fact that I reconciled with my dad I think made their marriage a little bit better as well. Larry Elder
Love is not weakness. It is strong. Only the sacrament of marriage can contain it. Boris Pasternak
I believe I went through a divorce. My relationship with Ellen is no less significant as a marriage than my relationship to Coley. Anne Heche
Isn't that the ultimate homeland security, standing up and defending marriage? Rick Santorum
Every society in the history of man has upheld the institution of marriage as a bond between a man and a woman. Why? Because society is based on one thing: that society is based on the future of the society. And that's what? Children. Monogamous relationships. Rick Santorum
The Obama administration now has regulations that tells them that they can no longer promote marriage to these young girls. They can no longer promote marriage as a way of avoiding poverty and bad choices that they make in their life. They can no longer even teach abstinence education. They have to be neutral with respect to how people behave. Rick Santorum
You know for many elected officials they all started in the same place. You know marriage is between a man and a woman, but they understand that they are moving inevitably, catching up to the American public. James McGreevey
Civil union is less than marriage. Marriage is a sacred and valued institution and ought to be afforded equal protection. James McGreevey
My parents' marriage was very rocky. They were always arguing. When they split up when I was in my 20s, my brother and I were both delighted because we knew they weren't good for each other. Gail Porter
Of course, the simple explanation of the fact is that marriage is the most important act of man's life in Europe or America, and that everything depends upon it. Lafcadio Hearn
French novels generally treat of the relations of women to the world and to lovers, after marriage consequently there is a great deal in French novels about adultery, about improper relations between the sexes, about many things which the English public would not allow. Lafcadio Hearn