Ruth Graham
Author, Speaker
"God has not always answered my prayers. If He had, I would have married the wrong man -- several times!"
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Socrates
Philosopher
"Get married, in any case. If you happen to get a good mate, you will be happy; if a bad one, you will become philosophical, which is a fine thing in itself."
Mary Edwards Walker
Surgeon, Women's rights activist
"If it is right to be legally married, it is right to be legally divorced ... To be deprived of a Divorce is like being shut up in prison because someone attempted to kill you. It is just as honorable to get out of matrimonial trouble legally, as to be freed from any other wrong."
Florynce Kennedy
Civil Rights Activist
"Prostitutes don't sell their bodies, they rent their bodies. Housewives sell their bodies when they get married."
Cary Grant
Actor
"I may not have married for very sound reasons, but money was the least of them."
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"My life really began when I married my husband."
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"When I said I would die a bachelor, I did not think I should live till I were married."
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"Obviously, the ultimate dream is to be married for life."
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"It's a rare man who can stand being around an intelligent woman, let alone married to her."
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"Every woman is entitled to an opinion and the right to express that opinion-especially to the man she's married to."
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"I was not a womanizer; I didn't date a lot. If I kissed somebody, I was basically married from that point on."
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"Every right is married to a duty, every freedom owes a corresponding responsibility."
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"I married a young Englishman in Cambridge in 1955 and have lived in Britain every since."
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"Dammit Sir, it's your duty to get married. You can't always be living for pleasure!"
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"I didn't marry a Beatle, I married a broke student who played the guitar and ponced all my grant money off me for fags."
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"Whenever I go out with other married couples, I like to bring along a single crackhead. Just to spice things up."
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"Married love burns as fire, and seeks nothing more than the mate. It says, "I want only you""
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"At least it's better to be married than to be dead."
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"I've definitely had a few moments in my life where I've seen somebody and it's blown me away at first sight, but I guess of those few scenarios, none of them have been like... I'm not married."
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"I think that everyone should get married at least once, so you can see what a silly, outdated institution it is."
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"I am a very committed wife. And I should be committed too - for being married so many times."
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"Why did I get married in a ballpark? My wife wanted a big diamond"
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"When I'm married I want to be single, and when I'm single I want to be married."
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"I feel like getting married, or committing suicide, or subscribing to L'Illustration. Something desperate, you know."
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"Wisdom married to immortal verse."
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