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Marriage Quotes

Honest, sometimes funny, thoughts on staying married.

These marriage quotes skip the greeting-card tone in favor of something more candid — one compares divorcing without love to marrying only for it, another turns the wedding vow itself into a punchline. For a lighter spin on the topic, try Jokes.

I believe in the institution of marriage. I want to get married and start a family.

Quotes by Aditya Roy Kapur

My family was extremely progressive. My parents had a love marriage, but they separated when I was two years old. I moved to Delhi with my mom, who got involved with the family business.

Quotes by Aditi Rao Hydari

I think a lot of us are a lot more cautious with marriage because of what we saw happening with our parents. I see a lot more healthy marriages in my generation than they probably saw in theirs.

Quotes by Adam Scott

Marriage is a kind of prison for anyone who's miserable in it - men and women alike - and anyone who's suffered through difficult periods in marriage dreams of escape from it.

Quotes by Adam Ross

Family Quotes

I think church and state should remain entirely separate at all costs, and that the decision of religious marriage should be of each faith to debate and decide free of political influence.

Quotes by Adam Rickitt

There are many things that keep me from getting married. But there will be a time when marriage makes sense to me.

Quotes by Adam Levine

I'm extremely fascinated by marriage. I want to study marriage. I want to learn about it. I want to know it. I want to figure out whether or not I want to do it. I'm not just going to leap...

Quotes by Adam Levine

Right now, I'm not really thinking about marriage.

Quotes by Adam Lambert

Twitter is the marriage of full-tilt narcissism and full-tilt voyeurism that has finally collided in 140 words.

Quotes by Adam Goldberg

Hope Quotes

Regency romances end in marriage; zombie stories end in the zombies being vanquished. 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies' delivers both.

Quotes by Adam Cohen

Rituals, anthropologists will tell us, are about transformation. The rituals we use for marriage, baptism or inaugurating a president are as elaborate as they are because we associate the ritual with a major life passage, the crossing of a critical...

Quotes by Abraham Verghese

Marriage is a school itself. Also, having children. Becoming a father changed my whole life. It taught me as if by revelation.

Quotes by Abraham Maslow

Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory.

Abraham Lincoln

I'd have gone berserk if I hadn't met Sargam Singh, an actress who soon became my wife. Within a year of our marriage our daughter Ameli was born. Sargam gave up her career to look after me and our daughter.

Quotes by Abhimanyu Singh

Wedding Quotes

The institution of marriage works better when there's a spiritual connection. If you're marrying just for the sake of the woman, then you may lose interest in each other very soon. When we marry in the interest of the Holy...

Quotes by A. R. Rahman

Regarding marriage, it - somehow, it didn't happen. One fellow in such a big family not getting married is not an issue.

Quotes by A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

The critical period of matrimony is breakfast-time.

Quotes by A. P. Herbert

You can propose marriage naked or in handcuffs, but no one is going to agree to forsake all others for a man in shorts. You can't declare war in shorts or deliver a eulogy in shorts.

Quotes by A. A. Gill

A man in love is incomplete until he has married. Then he's finished.

Quotes by Zsa Zsa Gabor

Getting divorced just because you don't love a man is almost as silly as getting married just because you do.

Quotes by Zsa Zsa Gabor

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Frequently Asked Questions

Do these marriage quotes take a serious or lighthearted tone?
A bit of both — one is genuinely witty: "A man in love is incomplete until he has married. Then he's finished." It plays on the word "finished" for a laugh while still making a real point about relationships. If that kind of humor appeals to you, Jokes has more lighthearted takes on married life.
Is there a quote here about divorce?
Yes — one offers a sharp comparison: "Getting divorced just because you don't love a man is almost as silly as getting married just because you do." It suggests that love alone shouldn't be the sole basis for either decision.
Do any quotes talk about the cultural or traditional side of marriage?
One does, reflecting on American attitudes: "We are very puritan in America. We still hold true to these really antiquated values, this idea of the sanctity of marriage." It's a candid observation about how tradition still shapes marriage today. For more on how marriage connects to family life, browse Family quotes.
Is there a real-life example of what keeps a long marriage going?
Yes — one quote shares an unconventional secret: the speaker notes their parents "each spend time in their two homes in Bundanoon and Sydney. But that's how their marriage has lasted." It's proof that what works can look different from the traditional picture. For quotes about staying optimistic in relationships, see Hope quotes.
If I want something more heartfelt for a wedding or anniversary, is that here?
These particular quotes lean witty and reflective rather than sentimental. For something warmer and more devotional in tone, Prayers is worth checking out separately.

One speaker names an outdated cultural attachment to marital tradition, while another credits an unconventional arrangement, two separate homes, for actually keeping a marriage intact. See also Family quotes or Prayers.