When women hold off from marrying men, we call it independence. When men hold off from marrying women, we call it fear of commitment.
-Warren Farrell
Quotations
Marriage
It appears that ordinary men take wives because possession is not possible without marriage, and that ordinary women accept husbands because marriage is not possible without possession.
-Thomas Hardy
"Far from the Madding Crowd"
Marriage isn't about Winning - It's about Lasting
-Mark Gorman
If women were particular about men's characters, they would never get married at all.
-George Bernard Shaw
In marriage, everyday you love and everyday you forgive. It is an ongoing sacrament, love and forgiveness.
-Bill Moyers
There is nothing more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends.
-Homer
"The Odyssey"
If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.
-Michel De Montaigne
A man ought to be able to be fond of his wife without making a fool of himself about her.
-George Bernard Shaw
A good marriage is where both people feel like they're getting the better end of the deal.
-Anne Lamott "Joe Jones"
Marriage has no guarantees. If that's what you're looking for, go live with a car battery.
-Erma Bombeck
