I've already been married six times in my career as an actress - twice as Becky - so I think a wedding of my own might feel too much like work!
The divorce rate in 1946 was higher than it ever had been and as high as it ever would be until the '70s. The reason was that prior relationships had not endured the strain of war.
It's important to remember that, while poverty certainly makes single life harder, it also makes married life harder - so much harder that single life might be preferable.
As soon as I get through with you, you'll have a clear case for divorce and so will my wife.
I think what destroys Hollywood marriages is our work schedule, not so much infidelity.
There's a really unique relationship between a single parent and their child. Marriages so easily break up. There's kind of this temporary deal about marriages. That's one of the things that makes it stressful, and that's something that's nonexistent in a parent-child relationship.
I don't know, 53 years with the same human being? I can't be around myself for more than three or four hours before I want to kill everybody.
I believe passionately that the notion of having to work at a marriage is baloney. Making sacrifices and being a martyr makes one hell of a bad marriage.
I see an insidious problem in the marketing of weddings as 'the happiest day of your life.' The pressure that is placed upon this event to be the alpha and omega of your entire existence makes it, I think, into a kind of nuptial New Year's Eve, and we all know how that usually turns out.
Mothers-in-law do not make good house pets. Once I had the most wonderful dream -- I dreamed that mothers-in-law cost money and I couldn't afford one.
It's probably hard to be married to me. It's not easy.
Give up all hope of peace so long as your mother-in-law is alive.
Husbands and wives talk of the cares of matrimony, and bachelors and spinsters bear them.
Tennis players shouldn't get married. It hurts your game.
In 'Shadow Tag,' Erdrich creates scenes from a fictional marriage, that of two American Indians, Irene and her painter husband Gil, that suggest some of the worst psychological torments and stresses of real life.
Why does every flight attendant seem like they are going through a divorce?
A great dowry is a bed full of brables. [A great dowry is a bed full of brambles.]
Marriage is a lot more challenging when you have a demanding career.
One reason people get divorced is that they run out of gift ideas.
Living with one woman is horrific.
Deciding together to have a child and sharing in child-rearing do not immunize a marriage. Indeed, collaborative couples can face other problems. They often embark on such an intense style of parenting that they end up paying less attention to each other.
There's nothing that can put more strain on a relationship than running for office.
In America, we are demanding everything from our marriage.
I was married for 30 years. Isn't that enough? I've had my share of dirty underwear on the floor.
According to a new survey, people who get divorced die early. People who stay married live longer. The difference is they just wish they were dead.
