Pastoral Resources

People try much less hard to make a marriage work than they used to fifty years ago. Divorce is easier.

My father was a soldier and my mother was a great mover. She once counted up how many places she had lived in during the first 25 years of her marriage and it came to 20.

Each marriage has to be judged separately, and we never know what's going on in another person's marriage.

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

My father and mother were second cousins, though they did not meet till shortly before their marriage.

Legislation to create a new 10 percent tax bracket, reduce the marriage penalty, cut the tax rate on dividends and capital gains, and increase the child tax credit have been essential elements in this economic expansion.

My parents have a wonderful marriage, for many years. But I can't commit myself for such a long time.

The mark of a good marriage is partnership and continuing to feel inspired by your spouse. I had that with Tao. But the end is not necessarily the tragedy. Staying in a relationship that is no longer working is the tragedy. Living unhappily - that's the tragedy.

How marriage ruins a man! It is as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive.

The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.

Marriage is a bribe to make the housekeeper think she's a householder.

We'll sort of get over the marriage first and then maybe look at the kids. But obviously we want a family so we'll have to start thinking about that.

Marriage to Fernando offered shelter and security, but the shackle was the price I'd pay.

Marriage has a unique place because it speaks of an absolute faithfulness, a covenant between radically different persons, male and female; and so it echoes the absolute covenant of God with his chosen, a covenant between radically different partners.

I am a Colorado native, and, no, I did not vote for the anti-gay amendment or the same-sex marriage ban, and I am not a member of a militia.

When the rose and the cross are united the alchemical marriage is complete and the drama ends. Then we wake from history and enter eternity.

My father was on the faculty in the Chemistry Department of Harvard University; my mother had one year of graduate work in physics before her marriage.

Anything outside marriage seems like freedom and excitement.

Only after I faced the unhappiness of my first marriage did I start on the path of personal growth.

Pink Floyd is like a marriage that's on a permanent trial separation.