Essence Atkins Quotes

I figure no matter how old you are, it's always going to be your first marriage and no life experience is going to make you a better judge of who you should marry.

I'm considering getting married again. I've not lost faith in that institution. I'm older; I'm smarter. I'm no longer searching for something to complete me... and therefore I'm now able to find someone to be a partner with.

I've had four amazing men in my life, very strong, powerful, wonderful men. I certainly will have a relationship with someone but I don't think I will get married again.

I always think I would like to have a partner in life, and I would - if I could find the right person, I think.

Dating is for tools.

I don't think I'm unlike a lot of people. I am just someone who is trying to find that mate, and I think it's a really hard thing to do.

Oh, I've had terrible, terrible relationships! The fact that I ever got happily married to a great, normal man is kind of a miracle.

I'm on a search for my future ex-wife.

It's a great relationship when you can work with the person who you consider to be your soul mate.

I will not reach my full potential as a man unless I find my partner.

I'm not a loner. I have to have a life partner.

I'm so grateful for the marriages that I have had. I wouldn't be who I am today if I hadn't had those.

I'm not romantic; I'm very practical. There are lots of fish in the sea; so whoever gets struck with your rod, one is as good as another.

The other stuff of marriage can fade a little bit, but as long as you can laugh with your partner, that's everything because that's what remains at the end of the day. I think that's how we pick our friends and that's how we ultimately pick who we marry.

I'll marry once I find the right person.

Marriage happened very late for me. It took place at a time, when my definition of companionship had really narrowed down.

Everybody dates these days. Like you get to know someone before you end up getting married, committing for a lifetime relationship. So dating is cool, date as much as you want, get to know the person.

What intrigued me about him was his intelligence, his humor. I'd been all over the world. I had started a career. At that point, I had sort of committed myself to not committing. I didn't want to have to raise a husband, but he was so sophisticated and so funny.

I just think falling in love and being married completely changes your life in so many ways.

I'm about to turn 60, and most of my memories reside in the brain of my wife.

Almost no one is foolish enough to imagine that he automatically deserves great success in any field of activity; yet almost everyone believes that he automatically deserves success in marriage.

I'd always felt a man should marry later in life.

You know what a wifey means? It's like your other half. Like when you get married, like, that's your wife!

I always wanted the fairy tale, but now I want someone who is a great partner.

I wouldn't change being married. It was good for me, and I was happy for a period of time, and I learned a lot about myself.