Emily V. Gordon Quotes

Many marriages would be better if the husband and the wife clearly understood that they are on the same side.

In my own experience, I've found that it's very difficult to make peace with women. We tend to be competitive and feel angry.

I guess you kind of got to realize that once you in a marriage, whatever it is, you gotta deal with it. Not necessarily that you got to accept it, but you have to deal with it and try your best to make it work for you, for the both of you.

I have heard, 'Never go to bed angry,' and that makes sense. Unless you're always checking yourself, a grudge or something small can break apart a relationship, and you start to forget what is so amazing about your partner.

In marriage, there's a lot of ignoring each other, which is hard to fake on-screen.

Have a great, great marriage. Have a great time together. You know something? You'll disagree sometimes, and you'll find out how stupid it is, and then you'll be OK. You will.

A perfect marriage is one in which "I'm sorry" is said just often enough.

Marriage is wild. I thought it was this perfect land of happiness and joy. Wrong! After you say you do, you don't for a long time.

It's a very important thing to learn to talk to people you disagree with.

Then I grew up and fell in love, I asked my sweetheart, 'what lies ahead?

What's the difference between my wife and a terrorist? You can negotiate with a terrorist.

Marriage is really tough because you have to deal with feelings... and lawyers.

I have an amazing relationship with my wife, but sometimes there are arguments. It happens.

Any problem, big or small, within a family, always seems to start with bad communication. Someone isn't listening.

A sense of humor is great - it goes a long, long way in a marriage.

Husbands and wives generally understand when opposition will be vain.

The concept of two people living together for 25 years without a serious dispute suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep.

The critical period of matrimony is breakfast-time.

What I tell young couples that are getting married is: you're going to have quarrels, and on some things, you're just going to have to agree to disagree. And when you go to bed at night, kiss each other and tell each other that you love each other. Don't go to bed mad. Life is too short. Keep it simple.

It's one of the hardest things in the world to sustain a monogamous relationship for many years. People out there who have been with their partners for 30 years or more - I salute you. But it's just as hard to admit something isn't working and then try to manage a civilised separation as best as you can.

Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight.

It is better to decide a difference between enemies than friends, for one of our friends will certainly become an enemy and one of our enemies a friend.

The best you can sometimes do is learn to take a breath, count to ten and simply accept that try as you might, no, your husband will never, ever learn not to drop a wet towel on the bed. That acceptance too counts as resolving a fight.

The conception of two people living together for twenty-five years without having a cross word suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep.

I've been married to the same man for all this time. The way we fight sometimes, you can tell.