Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity. – George Bernard Shaw
There is no subject on which more dangerous nonsense is talked and thought than marriage. – George Bernard Shaw
I feel very deeply about the need to respect and tolerate people of different social – or sexual orientation. But at the same time, I believe marriage should be preserved as an institution for one man and one woman. – Mitt Romney
I opposed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. It should be repealed and I will vote for its repeal on the Senate floor. I will also oppose any proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution to ban gays and lesbians from marrying. – Barack Obama
Marriage is like life – it is a field of battle, not a bed of roses. – Robert Louis Stevenson
Having federal officials, whether judges, bureaucrats, or congressmen, impose a new definition of marriage on the people is an act of social engineering profoundly hostile to liberty. – Ron Paul
I think that gay marriage should be between a man and a woman. – Arnold Schwarzenegger
My decision to end my marriage was such a risk to lose ratings and lose my fan base. I had to take that risk for my inner peace and to be happy with myself. – Kim Kardashian
Divorce is probably of nearly the same date as marriage. I believe, however, that marriage is some weeks the more ancient. – Voltaire
You can forgive people who do not follow you through a philosophical disquisition but to find your wife laughing when you had tears in your eyes, or staring when you were in a fit of laughter, would go some way towards a dissolution of the marriage. – Robert Louis Stevenson
Marriage is one long conversation, chequered by disputes. – Robert Louis Stevenson
In marriage, a man becomes slack and selfish, and undergoes a fatty degeneration of his moral being. – Robert Louis Stevenson
For it is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest that holds human associations together. Our friends seldom profit us but they make us feel safe. Marriage is a scheme to accomplish exactly that same end. – H. L. Mencken
Culture, what you believe, what you value, how you live matters. Now, as fundamental as these principles are, they may become topics of democratic debates from time to time, so it is today with the enduring institution of marriage. Marriage is a relationship between a man and a woman. – Mitt Romney
In almost every marriage there is a selfish and an unselfish partner. A pattern is set up and soon becomes inflexible, of one person always making the demands and one person always giving way. – Iris Murdoch
My marriage is on the rocks again, yeah, my wife just broke up with her boyfriend. – Rodney Dangerfield
Well I think in a marriage you have to be honest and ask yourself, you know, what is my role? What is my responsibility? – Hillary Clinton
I have not supported same-sex marriage. I have supported civil partnerships and contractual relationships. – Hillary Clinton
I respect the fact that many denominations have different points of view with respect to gay marriage and they can hold that in the sanctity in the place of their religion and not bless them or solemnize them. – Colin Powell
Marriage brings one into fatal connection with custom and tradition, and traditions and customs are like the wind and weather, altogether incalculable. – Soren Kierkegaard
