marriage Quotes
Daily selection of quotes about marriage.
“An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her.”
- Agatha Christie
“My notion of a wife at 40 is that a man should be able to change her, like a bank note, for two 20s.”
- Warren Beatty
“When marrying, ask yourself this question: Do you believe that you will be able to converse well with this person into your old age? Everything else in marriage is transitory.”
- Friedrich Nietzsche
“I suppose when they reach a certain age some men are afraid to grow up. It seems the older the men get, the younger their new wives get.”
- Elizabeth Taylor
“Whatever you may look like, marry a man your own age - as your beauty fades, so will his eyesight.”
- Phyllis Diller
“Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses.”
- Francis Bacon
“I'm 36 and if I met a woman of my own age and married her, I'd also be marrying her former life, her past. It might be OK for some people - I don't want to judge it or anything - but it's not for me. It would destroy my creativity.”
- Henry Rollins
“Marriage is not about age it's about finding the right person.”
- Sophia Bush
“My husband gave me a necklace. It's fake. I requested fake. Maybe I'm paranoid, but in this day and age, I don't want something around my neck that's worth more than my head.”
- Rita Rudner
“Whoever marries the spirit of this age will find himself a widower in the next.”
- William Ralph Inge