Jenna McCarthy Quotes

What I think is amazing is not that 85% of people who get married under the age of 25 get divorced, it's that 15% of them stay together. How did they manage to pull that off? You almost can't wait too long. It's the single simplest measure to predict divorce.

I think that the divorce rate's over 50% for a reason. I don't think people are taking enough time now to really see if they can make it work and live together.

It's true that looks do matter, but they won't give you a long, successful career or a happy marriage.

In real life, I'm a really smiley person. I smile when I talk and I laugh.

I’m doing pretty well. If you don’t get married, you can’t get divorced. Why couldn’t we learn from the devastatingly low percentage of successful marriages that our last generation went through?

Some marriages break up, and some do not, and in our world you can usually explain the former better than the latter.

I have several friends that have outlasted both of my marriages that are raising wonderful children together that have been together in gay unions for over 25 years. So they're doing a better job than I am!

The ultimate goal is to be more satisfied. I really don't believe you get wiser because you get older. It's a choice, perhaps not to take some things so seriously.

By nature, I'm a very positive person, and because I'm happy in myself, and in my life, and I've got a great husband, and beautiful children, and I have a job that I love that calls for a certain amount of emotional expression, I get to realise a lot of my dreams and aspirations.

America may soon experience the transition that has already occurred in Australia where living together before marriage has become a protective factor against divorce.

You have to continue to smile through life. And it's good when you get to bring that out in a character.

I believe when there are so many forces pulling our society apart, we need more commitment to marriage, not less.

I only know two to three people that I grew up with in advertising in the 1960s who are married to the same women.

I study a lot of philosophy. I want to be an example of how to enjoy this success, and that's exactly what I've done. I've enjoyed every moment.

I smile a lot in my real life.

I need to learn to smile more.

My philosophy has always been to try to solve problems with a smile on my face.

The notion that you're not supposed to show how you feel is really detrimental, not just to yourself but to the way you end up treating other people.

People see me smiling all the time... they see me pretty much happy all the time. I never carry a frown around.

Hamish is worried about ending up like my parents, who each spend time in their two homes in Bundanoon and Sydney. But that's how their marriage has lasted.

All my adult life I've felt drawn to ask long-married couples how they were able to stay together. All of them said the same thing: "We worked hard at it.

I just live life on my own terms. And I smile a lot.

The little boy smiled back at all the angry faces glaring in at him. And the little boy blew kisses.

...smile first, then speak.

I don't like it when people on the street say "smile" or "cheer up." It's a real cheap line. I'm feeling good. I'm feeling real grateful for everything. It's a solid time in my life. When people say I look sad, they're wrong.