Everything in life is a lesson and I have learned from each marriage. Yes, I've made mistakes but every experience is a learning curve.
Copy Quote View & ShareWhy is marriage the pinnacle for everyone? People get married for the wrong reasons. We need to start looking at different packages, whether it's living together, or being with six partners, or dedicating your life to taking care of flowers.
Copy Quote View & ShareIn the spring of 1936, I was introduced by friends to Jean Tatlock. In the autumn, I began to court her. We were at least twice close enough to marriage to think of ourselves as engaged.
Copy Quote View & ShareThe problem for those who assert biblical authority in support of traditional definitions of marriage is that one could, with equal validity, assert that the lending of money or certain kinds of haircuts are forbidden by God, or that slavery and the subjugation of women are authorized by the Lord.
Copy Quote View & ShareI believe I went through a divorce. My relationship with Ellen is no less significant as a marriage than my relationship to Coley.
Copy Quote View & ShareIt devastates me now that I have been reduced to a Hollywood statistic - another joke marriage.
Copy Quote View & ShareMy mother, brave woman, lost her whole family when she decided to marry a black man in the '60s. When the marriage fell apart, she had to come back to her family.
Copy Quote View & ShareIn the 1960s we were fighting to be recognized as equals in the marketplace, in marriage, in education and on the playing field. It was a very exciting, rebellious time.
Copy Quote View & ShareEach experience I go through - marriage, my public life, my personal life - I'm learning as I go.
Copy Quote View & ShareIf you cannot work on the marriage or the women is a moron, staying married and cheating makes the most sense because divorce is disruptive to the family life and your bank account.
Copy Quote View & ShareAs marriage and the family institution constitute the foundation and chief cornerstone of civil society, it is of the greatest moment that the marriage-tie should never be dissolved save for the most urgent reason. I cannot assent, however, to the doctrine that it should never be dissolved at all.
Copy Quote View & ShareMy marriage is incredibly important to me. It's the place from which I engage in the world every day, and the place to which I return every day.
Copy Quote View & ShareThere's lots of problem solving in any marriage, but when you have this collective goal that is a human being, it's an inspiring rally point.
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