Al Goldstein Quotes

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

Married life requires shared mystery even when all the facts are known.

I like being married. I like taking care of people, having someone to make dinner for.

But marriage is one long sacrifice.... Chapter 21, Medora Manson speaking to Newland Archer

There comes a crossroads in every marriage where you grow together or grow apart. I outgrew Len. He wanted me to be in that leather jumpsuit for the rest of my life and do nothing else. He constrained me. It got to a point where the marriage died or I did.

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

Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest.

Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the dinner.

I like to share my life, and spend time with someone I love. That has worked 100 per cent with my wife.

Only married people understand you can be miserable and happy at the same time.

I think that marriage is an amazing institution and should be preserved, and you can have great marriages, and you must because sharing your life with someone is like the greatest thing. And I loved being able to set a good example for that on television.

Being married is kind of like being a Ken-doll; you don't get to dress yourself anymore.

When you make the sacrifice in marriage, you're sacrificing not to each other but to unity in a relationship.

I think what makes our marriage work amid all the glare is that my husband is my best friend. He inspires everything in my life and enables me to do the best that I can. I want to hang out with him more than anyone.

Whether you're married or not, relationships - and the satisfaction tied to them - are extremely important for increasing men's and women's quality of life.

Marriage, in its truest sense, is a partnership of equals, with neither exercising dominion over the other, but, rather, with each encouraging and assisting the other in whatever responsibilities and aspirations he or she might have.

Marriage is about the most expensive way for the average man to get laundry done.

Marriage gives you a new respect for a person.

I am not married yet, but I think ultimately in a good marriage it is the relationship which is the most important thing. It is not a matter of who is right and who is wrong; it is a one plus one equals more than two.

Too many people get married and lose themselves. You have to fiercely hold on to who you are, and you need to celebrate that in the other person because that's what made you fall in love in the first place.

Marriage is socialism among two people.

They say marriage will change you but it didn't change me. Being in love changed me.

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

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

You can be committed to somebody because of ego: 'I said I was going to be with this joker for the rest of my life, so I'm just going to do it.' Or you can be committed because you have a deeply rooted connection.