Joseph Cook Quotes

When I decided to get married at 40, I couldn't find a dress with the modernity or sophistication I wanted. That's when I saw the opportunity for a wedding gown business.

I don't want to be Carrie Bradshaw. I don't want the wedding to be bigger than Big. I'm just grateful to know that the first time I fell in love wasn't the last time.

Returning to South Carolina meant getting a normal job in a normal town with normal people and marrying a normal person. I wanted the glamour and opportunity of the world.

If there is any country on earth where the course of true love may be expected to run smooth, it is America.

Anthropologists have found evidence of romantic love in 170 societies. They've never found a society that did not have it.

A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance and tenacity. The order varies for any given year.

On December 24, 2016, I called and told Ginni that I wanted to marry her. My mother has always been fond of her.

When I do get married, I'm gonna sing to my wife. If a woman makes me fall in love, I've got to sing to her.

I love when people get engaged.

Kiss me, Kate, we shall be married o'Sunday

Timing was everything when it came to being a woman—the moment you entered the world could seal your fate.

The first bond of society is marriage.

My true love hath my heart, and I have his

Marriage is an institution necessary to the maintenance of society but contrary to the laws of nature.

What kind of wedding would you like?" he asked, and stole another kiss before she could reply. "The kind that turns you into my husband." She touched the firm line of his mouth with her fingers. "What kind would you like?" He smiled ruefully. "A fast one.

Marriage is treated by all civilized societies as a peculiar and favored contract. It is in its origin a contract of natural law . . . . It is the parent, and not the child of society; the source of civility and a sort of seminary of the republic.

I’m here not because I am supposed to be here, or because I’m trapped here, but because I’d rather be with you than anywhere else in the world.

Love one another, but make not a bond of love.

Come, let's be a comfortable couple and take care of each other! How glad we shall be, that we have somebody we are fond of always, to talk to and sit with.

Love seems the swiftest, but it is the slowest of growths

There's a McDonalds in Hong Kong & they're offering couples the opportunity to get married. You can have a McWedding.

Circumstances in the world of politics contribute substantially to whether or not you can be successful.

But there's a whole world waiting, still, and there are good things in it.

What does civilization mean to you, and what would its ending bring to the world?

If I had a chance to do things over again, I might not start singing. It was my husband Doolittle's idea. He pushed me out there, the booger. And I'm out there now, so I might as well make the best of it.