A woman ought to tell her husband everything – don’t you think so, dear? – Bram Stoker Dracula, Chapter 5. Lucy Westenra to Mina Murray. The two engaged girls like to discuss ideas about the roles of husbands and wives.
Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage. – William Shakespeare Twelfth Night, Act 1, Scene 5. Lady Olivia’s clown Feste make this witty reply to Maria when she warns him that Olivia will “hang” him or kick him out for his absences from work. There is a double meaning to Feste’s quip, as he suggests a “well-hung” man can stop a bad marriage by pleasing his wife in bed.
Day 3 without sports. Found a lady sitting on my couch yesterday. Apparently she is my wife. She seems nice. – Unknown Some men found life without sports tough during coronavirus lockdown.
If I get quarantined for two weeks with my wife and I die. I can assure you it was not the virus that killed me. – Unknown
‘This is f***ing bullsh*t.’ I feel that with religion. I feel that with acting. I feel that with marriage. I feel that with being a parent. I’m constantly filled with doubt, regardless of what I’ve accomplished. It doesn’t mean anything. You still don’t know how to do anything, really. – Adam Driver
Marriage is like twirling a baton, turning hand springs or eating with chopsticks. It looks easy until you try it. – Helen Rowland
I have never wanted a family. I don’t believe in marriage, though I obviously believe it should be legal for everyone who wants to do it. But it is not something I believe in, nor do the characters in my book, nor do any of my friends. – Hanya Yanagihara
I’m done with men… I’m going to be alone. I have no luck with relationships. I don’t think I’m made for marriage. – Halle Berry
A bride at her second marriage does not wear a veil. She wants to see what she is getting. – Helen Rowland
Marriage must incessantly contend with a monster that devours everything: familiarity. – Honore de Balzac
I always say now that I’m in my blonde years. Because since the end of my marriage, all of my girlfriends have been blonde. – Hugh Hefner
I’ve had marriage proposals, invitations to military balls and even a few prom offers from 18-year-old boys. – Hope Solo
I don’t see the point in marriage: if you make a commitment, you make a commitment. Fidelity is important to me; it’s about honouring that commitment. – Greg Wise
Our marriage is between us. If we decide to continue being together or not, it’s our business. – Gwyneth Paltrow
Mr. Christ, I read you as an infinitely patient entity who, as they say, often works in mysterious ways, a rebel unafraid to take the tougher, less traveled paths. Seems to me you’re playing the long game. Is that why more states are coming out in favor of marriage equality? Is that why the Affordable Care Act is now with us? – Henry Rollins
Anyone who thinks that the vice-president can take a position independent of the president of his administration simply has no knowledge of politics or government. You are his choice in a political marriage, and he expects your absolute loyalty. – Hubert H. Humphrey
A lady of forty-seven who had been married twenty-seven years and has six children knows what love really is and once described it for me like this: ‘Love is what you’ve been through with somebody.’ – James Thurber
Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity. – George Bernard Shaw Man and Superman, Maxims for Revolutionists.
There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends. – Homer The Odyssey, Book 6.
Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can’t sleep with the window shut, and a woman who can’t sleep with the window open. – George Bernard Shaw
There is no subject on which more dangerous nonsense is talked and thought than marriage. – George Bernard Shaw Getting Married, Preface.
