W. Somerset Maugham Quotes

I'm not a great believer in marriages as an institution, or even in very long term relationships. I'm not sure we're built that way.

I do wanna get married. It just sounds great. You get to go grocery shopping together, rent videos, and the kissing and the hugging and the kissing and the hugging under the cozy covers. Mmmm! But sometimes I worry that I don't wanna get married as much as I want to get dipped in a vat of warm, rising bread dough. That might feel pretty good, too.

Marriage may often be a stormy lake, but celibacy is almost always a muddy horse pond.

I was always anti-marriage. I didn't understand monogamy. I couldn't figure out how that could last. And then I met Bryn and I started to understand the beauty of constancy and history and change and going on the roller coaster with someone - of having a partner in life.

I think that marriage is an amazing institution and should be preserved, and you can have great marriages, and you must because sharing your life with someone is like the greatest thing. And I loved being able to set a good example for that on television.

I seem to be a long-term relationship kinda guy.

What is marriage but prostitution to one man instead of many?

I like having a woman. I like having someone to come home to, to make all of the hard work feel worth it. I need someone with me. And I want someone.

It was never my intention to marry anybody. Economics are basically the only reason to get married, but I'm very glad I did it.

Mature love is composed and sustaining; a celebration of commitment, companionship, and trust.

To be in a couple, do you have to put your single self on a shelf?

When people say 'marriage' to me... It's always a means to an end. Everyone's so in a rush to define the relationship.

The first time you marry for love, the second for money, and the third for companionship.

I like being married. I like taking care of people, having someone to make dinner for.

The best part about being married is feeling centered. Nothing else matters so much as long as you can come home and be with your family.

Monogamy is desirable for many reasons, especially in creating a stable, emotionally connected home for children. But judging from centuries of human behavior, it is also a very difficult standard to meet.

Of course I love being in love - but it is marriage that really fulfills me. But not in every case.

There's a lot to be said about stability. So many people don't get married nowadays - you see it less and less - but it's a shame if you don't ever have that experience of sharing something with someone else. It's a real shame.

I've been married 23 years now. Gone from spending all of my time on the road to being a husband and father.

If you meet a girl who says: 'Darling, what do you mean? Of course I wear suspenders. I've worn them all my life. I think tights are for old people,' then know this: she's desperate to have kids, she wants you and her to live in the same house as her mum, she never wants to go out and she just wants to lie on your chest for the next 15 years.

I think marriage is beautiful, but I have mixed feelings about it.

My parents always used to ask me to settle down, and I could never understand that term. However, after marriage, I have finally realised the importance of having a companion.

You can be very independent, but admit to wanting somebody close to you and that's what me and my wife have. We don't need each other but we want to be with each other and I think it's important to educate the kids with that.

I'm not the marrying type, but I always want to be with someone who is a fan.

When people get married young, you don't really understand the true definition of marriage.