Famous Marriage Quotes (page 2)

"A man in love is incomplete until he has married. Then he's finished"

"Caesar might have married Cleopatra, but he had a wife at home. There's always something"

"By our Heavenly Father and only because of God, only because of God. We're like other couples. We do not get along perfectly; we do not go without arguments and, as I call them, fights, and heartache and pain and hurting each other. But a marriage is three of us"

Barbara Mandrell, Musician

"Daddy was real gentle with kids. That's why I expected so much out of marriage, figuring that all men should be steady and pleasant"

Loretta Lynn, Musician

"One was never married, and that's his hell; another is, and that's his plague"

Robert Burton

"An ideal wife is one who remains faithful to you but tries to be just as charming as if she weren't"

Sacha Guitry, Director

"Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could"

Abigail Adams, First Lady

"If it were not for the presents, an elopement would be preferable"

George Ade, Playwright

"He that loves not his wife and children feeds a lioness at home, and broods a nest of sorrows"

Jeremy Taylor, Clergyman

"Marriage should be a duet - when one sings, the other claps"

Joe Murray, Artist

"In marriage there are no manners to keep up, and beneath the wildest accusations no real criticism. Each is familiar with that ancient child in the other who may erupt again. We are not ridiculous to ourselves. We are ageless. That is the luxury of the wedding ring"

Enid Bagnold, Author

"In every marriage more than a week old, there are grounds for divorce. The trick is to find, and continue to find, grounds for marriage"

Robert Anderson, Soldier

"Marriage - a book of which the first chapter is written in poetry and the remaining chapters in prose"

Beverley Nichols, Writer

"Marriage is a mistake every man should make"

George Jessel, Judge

"I've had two proposals since I've been a widow. I am a wonderful catch, you know. I have a lot of money"

Ruth Rendell, Writer

"The only good husbands stay bachelors: They're too considerate to get married"

Finley Peter Dunne, Journalist

"Don't marry the person you think you can live with; marry only the individual you think you can't live without"

James C. Dobson, Psychologist

"Married people from my generation are like an endangered species!"

Patrice Leconte, Director

"A wedding is a funeral where you smell your own flowers"

Eddie Cantor, Comedian

"There's nothing like a good cheating song to make me want to run home to be with my wife"

Steven Curtis Chapman, Musician

"Marriage is a financial contract; I have enough contracts already"

Linda Fiorentino, Actress

"A psychiatrist asks a lot of expensive questions your wife asks for nothing"

Joey Adams, Comedian

"Protecting the institution of marriage safeguards, I believe, the American family"

John Boehner, Politician

"I've had an exciting time; I married for love and got a little money along with it"

Rose Kennedy, Author

"A dress that zips up the back will bring a husband and wife together"

James H. Boren, Public Servant

"Married couples who work together to build and maintain a business assume broad responsibilities. Not only is their work important to our local and national economies, but their success is central to the well-being of their families"

Melissa Bean, Politician