Sydney J. Harris Quotes

Good marriages are made in heaven. Or some such place.

When our kids are asked by their friends about the success of the longevity of our marriage, they simply joke that Tamar and I have spent so little time together that 'it's really too early to tell' if our marriage will, in fact, succeed.

I don't know what it takes to make marriage work, but I'm going to keep trying until I get it right. I haven't given up on love or marriage.

Timing is everything with relationships.

The great thing about marriage is that it creates trust, the most precious of things.

I'm a happily married man and I think to get married you have to be optimistic.

I don't think having separate bathrooms is a key to a successful marriage, if you love one another.

Once you decide to marry, you have to work at it to keep it rocking.

I tried marriage. Do I advocate it? Yes. Marriage is a wonderful institution, provided you meet the right person and you be the right person.

Nobody can tell you how to be a good wife or husband.

Nobody, man or woman, has ever wrecked a good marriage.

It's just as hard... staying happily married as it is doing movies.

You have to fight for your marriage, do whatever it takes. The commitment has to be there. And if you don't have a sense of humor, I don't know how anybody makes it.

I think like any marriage, especially when you've had divorced parents like myself; you want to try even harder to make it work.

All my six husbands married me for different reasons.

A miracle... my biggest accomplishment is my marriage so far. Because it's hard, everyone knows it's hard.

A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express their love.

Ultimately, I believe the only secret to a happy marriage is choosing the right person. Life is a series of choices, right?

Being married, I would say most relationships are pretty codependent in some ways.

A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.

Love before marriage is absolutely necessary.

If love means never having to say you're sorry, then marriage means always having to say everything twice.

I have no useful theories about love and marriage.

I don't think it's more difficult for actors to have a good marriage than anyone. I think, in the end, a really important component of any relationship is honesty, and it also comes down to luck.

Marriage ain't easy, but it's great most of the time.