Stephen J. Field Quotes

[Marriage is] something more than a mere contract. It is rather to be deemed an institution of society, founded upon consent and contract of the parties.

Of course I would recommend marriage to others. Times are changing, even in the past people had kids without getting married but marriage gives stability to your family and people around you. It's a working institution and it can fail in certain situations.

Love, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage or by removal of the patient from the influences under which he incurred the disorder. This disease is prevalent only among civilized races living under artificial conditions; barbarous nations breathing pure air and eating simple food enjoy immunity from its ravages.

Part of growing up is realizing you learn to love so many people. It's about forming those relationships and finding what will last forever.

I love marriage. I think it's a wonderful institution and it's the most important decision you make.

Marriage cannot be severed from its cultural, religious and natural roots without weakening the good influence of society.

I believe in marriage. I believe marriage is a really important institution, it's one of the most important institutions we have.

Marriage is under attack from so many different areas. There should be benefits associated with married people. Life is unfair. Maybe you won't find the right person and you won't end up getting married. Oh, well, life is unfair. But married people, because of their capacity to have children, even if they're not going to end up having children, even if they're unable to bear children, marriage is an institution that is absolutely central to civilization.

I found it an interesting portrait of a marriage in exploring notions of how one partner supports the other, whilst not jeopardizing the greater good - which is the family.

Every day there is a compromise. Living with somebody requires a lot of understanding. But I love being married. I really love it.

When you get married, your loyalty, first and foremost, is to your spouse, and to the family that you create together.

We spend most of our lives in relationships or bringing up children which are a product of relationships.

Marriage is an act of will that signifies and involves a mutual gift, which unites the spouses and binds them to their eventual souls, with whom they make up a sole family - a domestic church.

Stability is why society has an interest in marriage.

Marriage is the mother of the world. It preserves kingdoms, and fills cities and churches, and heaven itself.

God makes it really clear that society and civilization is really held together by the glue of families... When a man and a woman come together and say 'I do,' they are committing for a lifetime to love each other and to model what love is and what forgiveness is and what joy is to their kids.

I love being married.

The bottom line is, whether you're in it or you're searching for it, I believe marriage is an institution worth pursuing and protecting.

Marriage gives you a new respect for a person.

It's lovely being a parent and being in a strong marriage with somebody who is your best friend.

Marriage is gonna be your stability through everything.

Ages of experience have taught humanity that the commitment of a husband and wife to love and to serve one another promotes the welfare of children and the stability of society.

If the woman in my life, the one that I felt I loved enough to want to marry, loved my children, I'd know then that her love for me was deeper than I could hope for.

I love the institution of marriage, and I love my marriage.

I had achieved the most important things in my life when I married Joan and had the sons. Given the choice between Joan and the boys, and being a writer, I world give up being a writer without a blink.