Famous lines and quotations about marriage:
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"The more you invest in a marriage, the more valuable it becomes."
Amy Grant
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"Everyone who plants a seed and harvests the crop, celebrates together. We are individuals, but accomplish more together. Remember - marriage is not a contest - never keep score. God has put the two of you together on the same team to win!"
Herbert and Zelmyra Fisher
(Married 87 years)
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"A friend never defends a husband who gets his wife an electric skillet for her birthday."
Erma Bombeck (1927 - 1996)
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"Love: noun. a terrible disease cured by marriage."
Unknown
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"My marriage had its ups and downs like anyone's, but when it came down to it, I knew it was solid. I miss that sort of security, and that sort of connection with someone."
John Scalzi, Old Man's War, 2005
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"In Hollywood a marriage is a success if it outlasts milk."
Rita Rudner
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"A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express their love."
Pearl Buck (1892 - 1973)
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"All married couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of making love. Good battle is objective and honest - never vicious or cruel. Good battle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equal partnership."
Ann Landers (1918 - 2002)
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"A great marriage is not when the 'perfect couple' comes together. It is when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences."
Dave Meurer, "Daze of Our Wives"
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"I pay very little regard...to what any young person says on the subject of marriage. If they profess a disinclination for it, I only set it down that they have not yet seen the right person."
Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Mansfield Park
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"I used to believe that marriage would diminish me, reduce my options. That you had to be someone less to live with someone else when, of course, you have to be someone more."
Candice Bergen (1946 - )
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"Marriage is the alliance of two people, one of whom never remembers birthdays and the other never forgets them."
Ogden Nash (1902 - 1971)
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"Intimacy is what makes a marriage, not a ceremony, not a piece of paper from the state."
Kathleen Norris
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"A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person."
Mignon McLaughlin
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"Marriage is not just spiritual communion, it is also remembering to take out the trash."
Dr. Joyce Brothers (1928 - )
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"Last time I tried to make love to my wife nothing happened, so I said to her, 'What's the matter, you can't think of anybody either?'"
Rodney Dangerfield (1921 - 2004)
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"Marriage. It's like a cultural hand-rail. It links folks to the past and guides them to the future."
Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, Northern Exposure, Our Wedding, 1992
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