Mary Tyler Moore Quotes

I don't think it's natural for two people to swear to be together for the rest of their lives.

I can't get married. I can't fake sleep for 30 years.

If I get in a relationship, it's always for the long-term; if not, I don't see the point.

Marriages don't last. When I meet a guy, the first question I ask myself is: is this the man I want my children to spend their weekends with?

I want a permanent relationship, and I might feel inclined to reject anything which of its nature could not be permanent.

I think when you get married, it should be forever. Even though I did get married once and it was annulled. I don't know. For myself, I just want to have kids by the same person and stay with the same person.

What I will say is that Naz and I are not together just because we like to hang out. The purpose is finding someone that you can spend the rest of your life with, for me anyways.

I wouldn't mind living with someone forever. I don't really want to get married. I don't see any reason for it. And yet I'm so romantic that every time I think I meet someone I want to live with them forever and ever.

Then we'll find a way to work through all this together because I know I want to spend the rest of my life with you.

I asked you here tonight because when you realise you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.

I would never want a guy who is not a natural keeper.

I think when you're looking for a lifetime partnership, intimacy is obviously a part of that.

After you're dating someone for a few weeks, you often don't become exclusive until you give yourself more time to know what a relationship could be like in the future. You can't get too excited too quickly.

I don't think I'm marriage material, to tell you the truth. I'd be a bad choice. But I'd be darling at being a girlfriend.

I was always slightly afraid of marriage because I didn't like the idea of being tied down. Even when I met Brian, when I was in my mid-thirties, I didn't actually see it on the cards for us. He was a huge rock star, and our lives were very different.

I wouldn't mind being in a relationship, but there's no reason to marry.

Marriage is not super-important to me - most end in divorce. I love the idea of being with someone forever, but I don't think it happens very often.

From the start of our relationship Clint told me that he wanted us always to be together and that he would take care of me forever. Clint repeatedly assured me that, regardless of whether we were married, everything he had was ours together.

I don't have a ton of experience, because I date with the intent to marry... It's how I want a family and how I would want someone to treat my daughter.

I know he wants to get serious. He's definitely not a player, not a poser, not a loser, not a user.

I'm ready and open to meeting the person that hopefully I'll share my life with. It takes a long time to get to that place.

I want you to love me. I want you to trust me enough to let me love you, and I want you to stay here with me so we can build a life together. That's what I want

I'm a one-man kind of girl, and I only want a man who's a one-woman man.

I have a family. I'm married. I'm very, very happy. I wanted to make a movie for my wife and a movie that speaks to what it is to be in a long term, very, very committed relationship because at the heart that's really what it is.

I like the concept that if you’re with someone, it’s for the long term.