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Marriage Quotes - Page 7

Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.

I'm No Angel (motion picture) (1933). Nigel Rees, in his Quote ... Unquote Newsletter, has found this joke appearing earlier in the cartoon "Pop" in 1921: "woman: 'You say what you like, Pop! Marriage is a jolly good institution!' POP: 'Yes! But who wants to live in an institution?"

Marriage succeeds only as lifetime commitment with no escape clauses.

James C. Dobson (1997). “Solid Answers: America's Foremost Family Counselor Responds to Tough Questions Facing Today's Families”, Tyndale House Pub

People change and forget to tell each other.

Lillian Hellman (1960). “Toys in the Attic: A Drama in Three Acts”, Dramatist's Play Service

It is not birth, marriage, or death, but gastrulation which is truly the most important time in your life.

"From Egg to Embryo: Determinative Events in Early Development". Book by J.M.W. Slack, Ch. 1, 1999.

One of the greatest gifts you can give your husband is your own wholeness.

Stormie Omartian (2014). “The Power of a Praying® Wife”, p.25, Harvest House Publishers

People stay married because they want to, not because the doors are locked.

"Paul Newman: A Life in Pictures". Book edited by Yann-Brice Dherbier and Pierre-Henri Verlhac, October 19, 2006.