Gertrude Stein Quotes

There are two kinds of marriages - where the husband quotes the wife and where the wife quotes the husband.

Nobody can tell you how to be a good wife or husband.

I have so much advice for men. They need to know that their mother is not their wife... and their wife will never be their mother.

Marriage is a good deal like a circus: there is not as much in it as is represented in the advertising.

Of all the home remedies, a good wife is best.

Bronagh looks after the kids and without her the family would disintegrate... there are some things you can't discuss with anyone other than your wife. There has to be a strong bond of trust.

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.

Marriage is obsolete and a trap.

I'm not convinced about marriage. Divorce is so easy, and that fact that gay people are not allowed to marry takes much of the meaning out of it. Committing yourself to one person is sacred.

If you love somebody, you love them. My parents had a 25-year age gap between them and my mum was the breadwinner, my dad the house husband. I'm a strong believer that a good relationship can work, whatever the situation.

I sing to my wife; it helps me. She was my muse. I've written so many songs about her, to her, with references to her, and still do. She's a big part of my life. We were together for 33 years. It actually does me good - she's with me all that time in that way.

I am not married yet, but I think ultimately in a good marriage it is the relationship which is the most important thing. It is not a matter of who is right and who is wrong; it is a one plus one equals more than two.

Marriage! Nothing else demands so much of a man.

I can't live without a woman. I have to have a woman, have to have a wife.

My husband has said even he doesn't know my politics. In the nonromantic-compliment category, that's a good one.

Kids and family life are only as good as your wife, and she's amazing.

There is something revolting about the way girls' minds often jump to marriage long before they jump to love. And most of those minds are shut to what marriage really means.

Let the wife make the husband glad to come home, and let him make her sorry to see him leave.

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

I think I'm a really good girlfriend, and I think that I could be a really good wife. I know that I love being able to give my love out to someone. I know there is somebody great out there for me.

I have to defend my husband.

Do I believe in coupling? Do I believe in commitment? Do I believe in co-parenting, raising children together, having a family, and growing old with someone? I absolutely believe in all of those things. I just don't believe that you need to be married to do that. I love going to weddings, though. I do love a good wedding.

Married life is absolutely brilliant.

In marriage, there's a lot of ignoring each other, which is hard to fake on-screen.

Relationships between men and women have become much more complicated.