Carey Mulligan Quotes

I only wanted to get married once, so when I felt I was ready to handle it, I looked at my relationships and noticed that boyfriends get tired of girlfriends, and vice versa, but you never get tired of your friends.

My parents have a wonderful marriage, for many years. But I can't commit myself for such a long time.

It's a sacred thing, but I do want to get married. I'd love that.

I'm a complete romantic - it's why I always get married. Someone should really stop me.

The man you married is yours to have and to hold for the rest of ever, even if he starts chewing tobacco or decides to pierce his hairy nipple and buy a Corvette, because you very plainly said - or at least implied - you were in it for better or for worse.

You know, I might get married at 50 or 60, when it actually means something to say 'for the rest of my life.'

It is really rare to find someone you really, really love and that you want to spend your life with and all that stuff that goes along with being married.

I'm probably not going to get married unless I live with somebody for 10 or 20 years. But these people (Romeo and Juliet) took a chance and they did it. We don't have the balls that Romeo did.

I try to remember, as I hear about friends getting engaged, that it's not about the ring and it's not about the wedding. It's a grave thing, getting married. And it's easy to get swept up in the wrong things.

I yearned for a long, happy marriage with one person.

When I get married it will be for keeps.

I always wanted to get married. I was very drawn to the idea of a partner with whom you went through life, a mate who was always in your corner.

When I get married I'm going to make the marriage work. Getting married is forever, no matter what my spouse does.

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

If somebody says to me, 'Oh, you're gonna get married and you'll never be attracted to anybody else again,' I'm like, right, sure. It's just not practical to me on an emotional level. Just because I'm married, I'm not dead.

First love is first love, first marriage is first marriage, disappointment is disappointment.

I do tend to look back to my parents generation and think wow! what a great way to be, to live with one person for a lifetime, to bring your kids up in these really solid families.

The dread of lonliness is greater than the fear of bondage, so we get married.

The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an old man has for his old wife.

You don't stay married for 33 years and not compromise.

I've always said I'm going to get married only once.

I don't know how it is for women or for other guys, but when I was young and in my 20s, I had a fear of marriage.

I would say, 'Go ask any couple that's been married for 30, 40, 50 years... It hasn't always been roses.'

When I get married, it will be for life - divorce is not an option.

Is marriage for ever? I think you get married with the intention that it will be, but who knows?