M Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with M. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Marriage is a wonderful invention; but then again so is a bicycle repair kit.”
“Marriage is a wonderful invention: then again, so is a bicycle repair kit.”
“Marriage is a wonderful thing.”
“Marriage is a wrestling match where you hold on tight while your mate changes into a hundred different things. The trick is that you're changing into a hundred other things, but you can't let go. You can only try to match up and never turn into a wolf while he's a rabbit, or a mouse while he's still busy being an owl, a brawny black bull while he's a little blue crab scuttling for shelter. It's harder than it sounds.”
Source: The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two
“Marriage is about becoming a team. You’re going to spend the rest of your life learning about each other, and every now and then, things blow up. But the beauty of marriage is that if you picked the right person and you both love each other, you’ll always figure out a way to get through it.”
“Marriage is about commitment. It's about loyalty. It's not about happiness. Happiness is secondary, and ultimately marriage is about children. If you had a baby, no matter how unhappy you were together, you would have stayed together. Children bind you; they connect you. THAT'S what marriage is about.”
“Marriage is about compromise; it's about doing something for the other person, even when you don't want to.”
“Marriage is about raising children. That's the purpose of the institution.”
“Marriage is about sacrifices, the sacrifice to give and receive. Selflessness, Perseverance, Patience, Compromise &Forgiveness are embedded in making a good home. Both parties need to commit the above and more.
Remember, "HIS WORD TWO SHALL BECOME ONE." ( Indeed hidden treasure).”
“Marriage is about the most expensive way for the average man to get laundry done.”
“Marriage is actually really terrifying. It doesn't work for many people.”
“Marriage is all about knowing the ins and outs and the intimate details, and your wife is supposed to be the person you know best. But my brother and I think alike, know everything about one another, and when we get together, we block everything else out. Nothing exists in our world except for us.”
“Marriage is all right, but I think it's carrying love a little bit too far.”
“Marriage is almost as old as dirt, and it was defined in the garden between Adam and Eve. One man, one woman for life till death do you part. So I would never attempt to try to redefine marriage. And I don't think anyone else should either. So do I support the idea of gay marriage? No, I don't.”
“Marriage is also a social statement, preeminently describing and defining a person's relationship and place in society. Marital status, along with what we do for a living, is often one of the first pieces of information we give to others about ourselves. It's so important, in fact, that most married people wear a symbol of their marriage on their hand.”
Source: Why Marriage Matters: America, Equality, and Gay People's Right to Marry
“Marriage is always kind of a net loss, for girls.”
Source: They're Going to Love You
“Marriage is an act of will that signifies and involves a mutual gift, which unites the spouses and binds them to their eventual souls, with whom they make up a sole family - a domestic church.”
“Marriage is an adventure, like going to war.”
“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.”
“Marriage is an an inherently contradictory state. It involves the fusion of two people into one thing. And it's also love, and it's a lot of work, and it's got glory in its drudgery.”
“marriage is an arrangement between like-minded parties. It’s a partnership, not a love affair. I never lied to you or kept anything of importance from you.”She looked at him then, almost stunned, as if she didn’t recognize him.
He didn’t like it. Not at all.”
Source: Waking Up Married
“Marriage is an arrangement by which two people start by getting the best out of each other and often end by getting the worst.”
“Marriage is an attempt to solve problems together which you didn't even have when you were on your own.”
“Marriage is an economic arrangement in many ways, let's face it.”
Source: The Theatre of Tennessee Williams
“Marriage is an excercise in learning our flaws everyday”
“Marriage is an exclusive union between one man and one woman, publicly acknowledged, permanently sealed, and physically consummated.”
“Marriage is an exercise in torture.”
“marriage is an extraordinary thing - and I doubt if any outsider - even a child of the marriage - has the right to judge.”
Source: Hercule Poirot’s Christmas (Poirot)
“Marriage is an extremely difficult relationship.”
“Marriage is an honorable estate and should not be used simply as an excuse for legal intercourse.”
“Marriage is an important step in a man's life, but I confess I don't understand why we have to spend'so much money in celebrating the perpetuation of our race. Ceremonies are only a show of wealth, at best a gesture of good will toward our friends, and I think perhaps it all goes too far. I wonder if you agree with me”
Source: Letters from Thailand
“Marriage is an inconvenient convenience. It’s the shackle we accept for our safety.”
Source: The Devil and the Dark Water
“Marriage is an institution and that's where a couple finishes up.”
Source: No Tears for the Clown: An Autobiography
“Marriage is an institution fits in perfect harmony with the laws of nature; whereas systems of slavery and segregation were designed to brutally oppress people and thereby violated the laws of nature.”
“Marriage is an institution for the paralysis of the sexual instinct.”
“Marriage is an institution necessary to the maintenance of society but contrary to the laws of nature.”
“Marriage is an institution that existed before governments existed. It's something that reflects nature and reflects God and God's will for us. And both from the standpoint of faith and reason it makes all the sense in the world. And it's beneficial for society.”
“Marriage is an institution that teaches a man regularity, frugality, temperance, forbearance and many other splendid virtues he would not need had he stayed single.”
“Marriage is an institution very safely guarded.”
“Marriage is an institution, and you must be fully committed to it.”
“Marriage is an intimate relationship between two people. It is a bad idea to involve a third party.”
“Marriage is an investment which pays dividends if you pay interest.”
“Marriage is an ongoing thing, man. You continue to work at it. But it's joyful. And joyous. I don't care if people are living without a marriage certificate. It's just about people, in some way, saying to each other, I commit to you. I will help you in this life.”
“Marriage is an ongoing, centuries-long social experiment that is mostly controlled by the individuals in the relationships who insist on determining what the relationship terms are going to be. And that's why the terms of marriage change with every century and decade. We're shaping it from the inside. Marriage endures because it evolves. Obviously it does. None of us would accept marriage on its 13th century terms, not even the most conservative people...”
“Marriage is an undertaking that requires focused time and attention to prepare effectively.”
“Marriage is and should be defined as being between one man and one woman.”
“Marriage is another trap. If you are someone who likes independence, it's another stamp against that. And you have to swear to fidelity.”
“Marriage is based on the theory that when a man discovers a brand of beer exactly to his taste, he should at once throw up his job and go to work inthe brewery.”
Source: The World of George Jean Nathan: Essays, Reviews, & Commentary
“Marriage is better than leprosy only because it's easier to get rid of.”
“Marriage is between a man and a woman. No group, be they gays, be they NAMBLA, be they people who believe in bestiality, it doesn’t matter what they are - they don’t get to change the definition.”