Romance Lost

Compromises are for relationships, not wine. - Robert S Caywood

A happy marriage is the union of two forgivers. - Ruth Bell Graham

Sticking with a marriage. That's true grit, man. - Jeff Bridges

Second Marriage: The triumph of hope over experience. - Samuel Johnson

Love is a fair garden, and marriage a field of nettles. - Finnish Proverb

There is no perfect marriage, for there are no perfect men. - French Proverb

I've been married twice but I haven't had a marriage yet. - Jennifer Lopez

The general rule is that people who enjoy life also enjoy marriage. - Phyllis Battelle

Every politician should have been born an orphan and remain a bachelor. - Lady Bird Johnson

I believe in love and marriage, but not necessarily with the same person. - John Travolta

College is a place to keep warm between high school and an early marriage. - George Gobel

Find someone who will change your life, not just your relationship status. - Abdul'Rauf Hashmi

I think gay marriage is something that should be between a man and a woman. - Arnold Schwarzenegger

Marriage is one of the few institutions that allow a man to do as his wife pleases. - Milton Berle

Marriage is like a bank account. You put it in, you take it out, you lose interest. - Irwin Corey

A long marriage is two people trying to dance a duet and two solos at the same time. - Anne Taylor Fleming

Content builds relationships. Relationships are built on trust. Trust drives revenue. - Andrew Davis

Marriage is wonderful institution... if, of course, you like living in an institution. - Groucho Marx

I believe in tying the marriage knot, as long as it's around the woman's neck. - WC Fields

We learn the most from imperfect relationships - things like forgiveness and compassion. - Andrea Thompson

Marriage is like putting your hand into a bag of snakes in the hope of pulling out an eel. - Leonardo da Vinci

Every time I try to make my marriage more exciting, my wife finds out about it right away. - Bob Monkhouse

Somehow a bachelor never quite gets over the idea that he is a thing of beauty and a boy forever. - Helen Rowland

The husband who wants a happy marriage should learn to keep his mouth shut and his checkbook open. - Groucho Marx

Marriage has no guarantees. If that's what you're looking for, go live with a car battery. - Erma Bombeck

Romance is thinking about your significant other, when you are supposed to be thinking about something else. - Nicholas Sparks

Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside desperate to get out. - Ogden Nash

Love is an ideal thing, marriage is a real thing. A confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unpunished. - Johann Wolfgang Goethe

I don't get off on romantic parts. But I often think if I had had my dental work done early on, well, maybe. - Morgan Freeman

Marriage is like a beleaguered fortress: those who are outside want to get in, and those inside want to get out. - French Proverb

Pigeons are gentle and smart and have complex social relationships. Their hearing and vision are both excellent. - Ingrid Newkirk

Competition can damage self-esteem, create anxiety, and lead to cheating and hurt feelings. But so can romantic love. - Mariah Burton Nelson

Valentine's Day: Rubbing singles' noses in their lack of a mate and the noses of couples in their lack of time. - Emma McLaughlin

The main business of a lawyer is to take the romance, the mystery, the irony, the ambiguity out of everything he touches. - Antonin Scalia

For two people in a marriage to live together day after day is unquestionably the only miracle the Vatican has overlooked. - Bill Cosby

There is a direct relationship between a person's grasp and experience of God's grace and his or her heart for justice. - Unknown

If the marriage needs help, the answer almost always is have more fun. Drop your list of grievances and go ride a roller coaster. - Garrison Keillor

I used to live an isolated existence, even in relationships, but now my family knows me for who I really am. Mostly, that's a good thing. - Tim Allen

Forgiveness is the best form of love in any relationship. It takes a strong person to say they're sorry, and an even stronger person to forgive. - Yolanda Hadid

Fraud in business is no different from infidelity in marriage or plagiarism in scholarly work. Even people committed to high moral standards succumb. - Miroslav Volf