Mamie Van Doren Quotes

I was not always someone who wanted to get married or thought I would get married, so being a true writer, I was always navel-gazing: 'What are good marriages? What are bad marriages?'

When I married Prince Rainier, I married the man and not what he represented or what he was. I fell in love with him without giving a thought to anything else.

I'd been dating my husband for about a year, and I'd already kissed George Clooney, Ashton Kutcher and Gerard Butler. Awesome year, right?

I think getting married was a mistake along the way, but at the same time I wouldn't have the wonderful children I have if I didn't get married.

When we were courting, I told my wife: 'I could live in your eyes.' She said: 'You'd be at home; there's a stye in one of them.'

I wouldn't change being married. It was good for me, and I was happy for a period of time, and I learned a lot about myself.

A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express their love.

And I would like to marry and have more children. I would like to try and do it right.

Love before marriage is absolutely necessary.

Marriage is a mistake every man should make.

A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it runs the other way.

I think my wife married me for my guacamole.

I think marriage and family keeps being written about because that's where we keep our reputations with ourselves - I mean, we can't quite slip the truths we reveal about ourselves at home.

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.

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

Of course, I do have a slight advantage over the rest of you. It helps in a pinch to be able to remind your bride that you gave up a throne for her.

Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity.

For me, getting married doesn't mean we should limit ourselves to some pre-defined idea. Rather, it's an opportunity to explore new things in life.

I'm wide open to getting married, but actors are not easy people to date. You end up sharing that person with this other mistress that is their career. I very much like the traditional courtship method of making a date. That's what they do in normal places, but Hollywood's not normal.

You can't know about marriage until you try it.

Before I got married, I dated the gamut.

I'm so grateful for the marriages that I have had. I wouldn't be who I am today if I hadn't had those.

Was I the best husband? No. And I regret it.

Marriage can be a magnificent lesson in becoming our best selves; that is true.

I think I made essential a mistake in staying in movies, because I - but it's a mistake I can't regret, because it's like saying, 'I shouldn't have stayed married to that woman, but I did because I love her.'