Marriage quotes

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.

I think one reason for a successful marriage is laughter. I think laughter gets you through the rough moments in a marriage.

Any sex outside of the marriage bond between a man and a woman is violating God's law.

Marriage is something that needs to be worked on every day. I don't know if I'm the one to give marital advice since I've only been married for a little over a year, but marriage is certainly easier if you are open, trusting and loving.

You have to work for everything. Marriage should not be any different.

Marriage is too interesting an experiment to be tried only once.

Same-sex marriage would eliminate entirely in law the basic idea of a mother and a father for every child. It would create a society which deliberately chooses to deprive a child of either a mother or a father.

I had a very wise person tell me that he thinks marriage, when you're younger, you keep thinking you can fix things. That's what people do. And you can't really fix anything. It shouldn't be a massive difficult thing every day. Life's difficult enough.

Marriage to Fernando offered shelter and security, but the shackle was the price I'd pay.

The secret of a good marriage is forgiving your partner for marrying you in the first place.

I don't do marriage. I think it's incredibly naff. And I don't like vulgar displays of ostentation.

Marriage can be expensive, and if I lose millions then it'll be the best millions I've spent.

I'm always told that what I say is controversial. Why is it controversial? Because I speak from a tradition that has now fallen out of favor with the dominant media in this country. And so when I say things like marriage should be between one man and one woman, I'm called a bigot.

It is statistically proven that the strongest institution that guarantees procreation and continuity of the generations is marriage between one man and one woman. We don't want genocide. We don't want to destroy the sacred institution of marriage.

The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults.

I support gay marriage. I support gay marriage because I believe Conservatives support the institutions of commitment.

Marriage is the mother of the world. It preserves kingdoms, and fills cities and churches, and heaven itself.

I don't want marriage. You know why? Because I did that. I did it for 32 years.

There were times after my marriage ended where, you know, I really felt like I was at the bottom of a mountain, there was a great big, fog up there, and I'm never going to cross to the other side.

Success is hard in general for most women. We now have such busy lives, and we're told we can do everything - you know, we can have the relationship and the marriage and the kids and the career.