Ringo Starr Quotes

It's impossible for a couple to bring up two children without having lots and lots of arguments.

The best you can sometimes do is learn to take a breath, count to ten and simply accept that try as you might, no, your husband will never, ever learn not to drop a wet towel on the bed. That acceptance too counts as resolving a fight.

I want to have a family. Fighting and having a family at the same time is difficult.

My mom and dad? Oh, they were a fiery pair. They stayed together for the kids and also because they were hopelessly in love with each other, but they were totally incompatible.

I'm endlessly fascinated by parenting, marriage, my wife and the ins and outs of marriage.

I think growing up in a big family taught me a lot of problem solving and how to share and compromise, and that's been helpful in my marriage.

Our spirits are corroded by living in an atmosphere of unrelenting contention - an argument culture.

You can spend the day at work, but when you go home, and you're in the role of a father or a husband, you don't have to remind yourself that you shouldn't tell your wife to hold the messages. If you do, that marriage is not going to last very long.

No, you're not allowed to be bossy when you're married. You have to learn compromise, and compassion and patience.

I guess you kind of got to realize that once you in a marriage, whatever it is, you gotta deal with it. Not necessarily that you got to accept it, but you have to deal with it and try your best to make it work for you, for the both of you.

There's no road map on how to raise a family: it's always an enormous negotiation.

Marriage is really tough because you have to deal with feelings... and lawyers.

Courage means to keep working a relationship, to continue seeking solutions to difficult problems, and to stay focused during stressful periods.

Staying focused is hard work and staying married is even harder.

Trying to negotiate getting a couple of kids to watch the same TV show requires serious diplomacy.

If love means never having to say you're sorry, then marriage means always having to say everything twice.

Moms and daughters can negotiate over anything, and they can go on longer than it took to settle the Vietnam War.

Husbands and wives generally understand when opposition will be vain.

The concept of two people living together for 25 years without a serious dispute suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep.

It's part of our nature. As much as I love (brother and guitarist Eddie), if you put us in a room with no one else for 15 minutes, we'd be at each other's throats.

We spend our lives trying to get along with people so we can keep our jobs, keep our marriages together, so that we can raise our kids properly.

My mother is a ball of fire in the world, and I love that about her. But what I have learned from my stepdad is something as important, which is patience and compassion. Because when you are living with someone else, those two qualities go a long way.

Any coalition has its troubles, as every married man knows.

The whole concept of negotiating is intimidating to many people.

All married couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of making love. Good battle is objective and honest - never vicious or cruel. Good battle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principles of equal partnership.