Hedy Lamarr Quotes

How hard it is to have the beautiful interdependence of marriage and yet be strong in oneself alone.

Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest.

I couldn't bear a marriage in which one partner hinges on the other.

Ideally, couples need three lives; one for him, one for her, and one for them together.

Too many people get married and lose themselves. You have to fiercely hold on to who you are, and you need to celebrate that in the other person because that's what made you fall in love in the first place.

I figure when you get married, it doesn't matter how much you earn or how much your husband earns, just as long as everything you do for the house is together, while still reserving some part of yourself to be yourself.

I have a lady, she's a great lady. I love her a lot, she loves me. We're on the same page. Whenever that day happens when we're not on the same page we'll move forward with it. We're interested in having our lives be our lives right now and not a third person's vis-a-vis marriage and whatever that means.

I found it an interesting portrait of a marriage in exploring notions of how one partner supports the other, whilst not jeopardizing the greater good - which is the family.

Marriage is like a game of chess except the board is flowing water, the pieces are made of smoke and no move you make will have any effect on the outcome.

Relationships are a constant negotiation and balance.

Relationships are important, but stay focused on all the things that are important. Figure out what you want.

I'm considering getting married again. I've not lost faith in that institution. I'm older; I'm smarter. I'm no longer searching for something to complete me... and therefore I'm now able to find someone to be a partner with.

When you make the sacrifice in marriage, you're sacrificing not to each other but to unity in a relationship.

Our marriage is between us. If we decide to continue being together or not, it's our business.

It's important in a relationship to have moments when you do your own thing.

Marriage gives you a new respect for a person.

A band is like a marriage, and if you're in a marriage with someone, and you lose yourself in that marriage, the relationship is over, really.

I've definitely been in relationships where I've given too much, and I've been in relationships where I haven't given enough. I think it's a work in progress. I have to find that person where it clicks.

I talk to my friends and, you know, they all seem to get relationships that aren't right. You kind of want someone who is not at your beck and call but loves the idea of being in a relationship and what that entails.

They say marriage will change you but it didn't change me. Being in love changed me.

Marriage is the alliance of two people, one of whom never remembers birthdays and the other who never forgets them.

Marriage resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated; often moving in opposite directions, yet always punishing anyone who comes between them.

It's easy to get wrapped up in sharing everyday life with a partner. It's fun to get lost in love and romance. It's the best. But holding on to yourself while doing that is the most important thing.

A lasting marriage, they say, is one where the two reach for different sections of the Sunday paper. Me, I go right for the obituaries, just like those very elderly characters in Muriel Spark's spooky novel, 'Memento Mori.'

Well I think in a marriage you have to be honest and ask yourself, you know, what is my role? What is my responsibility?