“My problem with the wedding industry started when I studied in college and liked to have the television on in the background, and 'A Wedding Story' on TLC always came on, and I'd get irritated that the story of two people making a lifelong commitment to each other could be encapsulated in a half-hour show about the party they throw.” PeopleTwoStoriesShowsProblemHoursPartyHalfTelevisionCollegeIndustryCommitmentBackgroundsLifelongIrritatedHalf Hours Author:Jessica Valenti
“Marriage is a commitment for life. It is a permanent, lifelong relationship.” CommitmentPermanentLifelong Author:Dada Vaswani
“I view the major features of my own odyssey as a set of mostly fortunate contingencies. I was not destined by inherited mentality or family tradition to become a paleontologist. I can locate no tradition for scientific or intellectual careers anywhere on either side of my eastern European Jewish background. I view my serious and lifelong commitment to baseball in entirely the same manner: purely as a contingent circumstance of numerous, albeit not entirely capricious, accidents.” I CanSidesMy OwnViewsCareersSeriousCircumstancesMajorsIntellectualCommitmentTraditionBaseballAccidentsBackgroundsFortunateFeaturesMentalityEasternDestinedLifelongCapriciousOdysseyContingencyFamily Tradition Author:Stephen Jay Gould
“The only kind of work which permits an able woman to realize her abilities fully, to achieve identity in society in a life plan that can encompass marriage and motherhood, is the kind that was forbidden by the feminine mystique, the lifelong commitment to an art or science, to politics or profession. If divorce has increased by one thousand percent, don't blame the women's movement. Blame the obsolete sex roles on which our marriages were based.” IfsKindArtAbleSexRealizingAbilityRolesPlansAchieveMovementIdentityThousandPercentCommitmentBlameDivorceMotherhoodProfessionFemininePermitForbiddenLifelongObsoleteMystiqueFeminine Mystique Author:Betty Friedan
“When you learn something from people, or from a culture, you accept it as a gift, and it is your lifelong commitment to preserve it and build on it.” PeopleCultureAcceptingCommitmentPreservesBrotherhoodLifelongUnity In Diversity Author:Yo-Yo Ma
“Getting better from depression demands a lifelong commitment. I've made that commitment for my life's sake and for the sake of those who love me.” MadeDemandDepressionCommitmentSakeUpliftingGet BetterLifelongLifelong Love Author:Susan Polis Schutz
“Tattoos are permanent and a lifelong commitment, the same as marriage.” CommitmentPermanentTattooLifelong Author:Chester Bennington
“I believe that when we treat homosexual people as pariahs and push them outside our communities and churches; when we blame them for who they are; when we deny them our blessing on their commitment to lifelong, faithful relationships, we make them doubt whether they are children of God, made in his image.” PeopleBelieveChildrenMadeI BelieveCommunityChurchDoubtBlessingCommitmentTreatsBlameDenyFaithfulHomosexualLifelongOur CommunityChild Of GodPariahs Author:Steve Chalke
“However, lifestyle intervention requires discipline with a tangible end result that is within reach. It requires personal resolve, a lifelong commitment.” EndsResultsDisciplineCommitmentLifestyleResolveInterventionLifelongTangibleEnd ResultsWithin ReachPersonal Grooming Author:Tim Holden
“An inborn tendency toward science turning it into a lifelong commitment.” CommitmentTendenciesLifelong Author:Bruno Rossi
“Treating HIV/AIDS is a lifelong commitment that demands strict adherence to drug protocols, consistent care, and a trusting relationship with health care providers.” CareDrugDemandCommitmentAidsHealth CareConsistentStrictLifelongHivProvidersProtocolHiv AidsAdherence Author:David Mixner