#marriages

To live for a principle, for the triumph of some reform by which all mankind are to be lifted up to be wedded to an idea may be, after all, the holiest and happiest of marriages. ↗

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

#happiest #holiest #idea #lifted #live

I've given my memoirs far more thought than any of my marriages. You can't divorce a book. ↗

— Gloria Swanson

#book #divorce #far #given #i

I treat my relationships like marriages. The ceremony isn't that important to me. ↗

— Charlize Theron

#i #important #like #marriages #me

For the standard of Christian life was to be strained to a higher pitch; more fasting was required, and more careful separation from the manners and enjoyments of the world; celibacy and martyrdom had great value set upon them, and second marriages were prohibited. ↗

— Robert Rainy

#celibacy #christian #christian life #enjoyments #fasting

If marriages are said to be made in heaven then why search for grooms in hell. ↗

— Amit Abraham

#marriages #searching-and-finding #marriage

I deal with unhappy marriages a lot. I've never been married, I'm single. ↗

— Paula Danziger

#deal #i #lot #marriages #married

In 1895 Lady Londonberry commented acidly on a bridegroom who had 'married the 10,000 a year as well as the lady. ↗

— Pamela Horn

#marriages-of-convenience #victoriana #victorians #life

People quit on jobs. They quit on marriages. They quit on school. There's an immediacy of this day and age that doesn't lend itself to being committed to anything. ↗

— Emily Blunt

#anything #being #committed #day #immediacy

Most marriages recognize this paradox: Passion destroys passion; we want what puts an end to wanting what we want. ↗

— John Fowles

#end #marriages #most #paradox #passion

I do not think our priorities are misplaced when we are looking at creating a whole new class of children from these gay marriages who could end up completely dependent on the State, on the taxpayers - the American people. ↗

— James Inhofe

#american people #children #class #completely #could