I opposed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. It should be repealed and I will vote for its repeal on the Senate floor. I will also oppose any proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution to ban gays and lesbians from marrying.
Barack Obama

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

There is, hidden or flaunted, a sword between the sexes till an entire marriage reconciles them.
C. S. Lewis

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

Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which before their union were not perceived to have any relation.
Mark Twain

Before marriage, a girl has to make love to a man to hold him. After marriage, she has to hold him to make love to him.
Marilyn Monroe

Staying married may have long-term benefits. You can elicit much more sympathy from friends over a bad marriage than you ever can from a good divorce.
P. J. O'Rourke

I don't think that a same-sex marriage is the way God intended it to be.
Joel Osteen

The heart of marriage is memories; and if the two of you happen to have the same ones and can savor your reruns, then your marriage is a gift from the gods.
Bill Cosby

Let us now set forth one of the fundamental truths about marriage: the wife is in charge.
Bill Cosby

Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who wants to live in an institution?
Groucho Marx

Politics doesn't make strange bedfellows - marriage does.
Groucho Marx

Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage.
William Shakespeare

We sleep in separate rooms, we have dinner apart, we take separate vacations - we're doing everything we can to keep our marriage together.
Rodney Dangerfield

My marriage is on the rocks again, yeah, my wife just broke up with her boyfriend.
Rodney Dangerfield

In Hollywood a marriage is a success if it outlasts milk.
Rita Rudner

Men who have a pierced ear are better prepared for marriage - they've experienced pain and bought jewelry.
Rita Rudner

I think men who have a pierced ear are better prepared for marriage. They've experienced pain and bought jewelry.
Rita Rudner

Marriage has no guarantees. If that's what you're looking for, go live with a car battery.
Erma Bombeck

As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
Socrates