“Since 1970, relationships can be more volatile, jobs more ephemeral, geographical mobility more intensified, stability of marriage weaker.”
— Mary Douglas
Author: Mary Douglas
Category: marriage
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Marriage is all about knowing the ins
“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.”
— Jon Heder
Author: Jon Heder
Category: marriage
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Marriage is one of the most sacred
“Marriage is one of the most sacred human institutions. I asked our Senators, as many South Dakotans have done, to protect marriage as a union between a man and a woman.”
— Mike Rounds
Author: Mike Rounds
Category: marriage
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A wedding is a funeral where you
“A wedding is a funeral where you smell your own flowers.”
— Eddie Cantor
Author: Eddie Cantor
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Marriage is hard work, period.
“Marriage is hard work, period.”
— Kyle Chandler
Author: Kyle Chandler
Category: marriage
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Another argument, vaguer and even less persuasive,
“Another argument, vaguer and even less persuasive, is that gay marriage somehow does harm to heterosexual marriage. I have yet to meet anyone who can explain to me what this means. In what way would allowing same-sex partners to marry diminish the marriages of heterosexual couples?”
— Ted Olson
Author: Ted Olson
Category: marriage
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Sleeping together is a euphemism for people,
“Sleeping together is a euphemism for people, but tantamount to marriage with cats.”
— Marge Piercy
Author: Marge Piercy
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I have a lot of skepticism about
“I have a lot of skepticism about marriage and monogamy.”
— Rashida Jones
Author: Rashida Jones
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Marriage, like death, is a debt we
“Marriage, like death, is a debt we owe to nature.”
— Julia Ward Howe
Author: Julia Ward Howe
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My thoughts are that marriage is between
“My thoughts are that marriage is between a man and a woman.”
— Benjamin Carson
Author: Benjamin Carson
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Marriage is for women the commonest mode
“Marriage is for women the commonest mode of livelihood, and the total amount of undesired sex endured by women is probably greater in marriage than in prostitution.”
— Bertrand Russell
Author: Bertrand Russell
Category: marriage
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