Marriage Longevity Quotes

I got married young, far too young, but it is fine. We are still married 48 years later. I got married at 19.

Marriage succeeds only as lifetime commitment with no escape clauses.

When I get older losing my hair many years from now. Will you still be sending me a Valentine. Birthday greetings, bottle of wine? If I'd been out till quarter to three would you lock the door? Will you still need me, will you still feed me, When I'm sixty-four?

At the beginning of a marriage ask yourself whether this woman will be interesting to talk to from now until old age. Everything else in marriage is transitory: most of the time is spent in conversation.

I've been married to the same woman for forty years, and whenever people ask us how we managed to stay married for so long, we usually say as one voice, 'What's the secret? Don't get divorced!'

When our kids are asked by their friends about the success of the longevity of our marriage, they simply joke that Tamar and I have spent so little time together that 'it's really too early to tell' if our marriage will, in fact, succeed.

My wife and I have enjoyed over forty years of wedded blitz.

I have been married for 58 years to the same woman. Our secret? Separate bathrooms.

You know, we've been married for 22 years ... and I have learned a long time ago that the only people who count in any marriage are the two that are in it.

I've been married forty-five years. I think laughter is the secret.

Marriages that last are with people who do not live in Los Angeles.

I know that the odds are against a marriage lasting 60 years.

There is no secret to a long marriage - it's hard work...It's serious business, and certainly not for cowards.

If he's been married for 31 years, he's not the same man.

Character, not passion keeps marriages together long enough to do their work of raising children into mature, responsible, productive citizens.

I've seen my parents' long and successful marriage. I have never seen them argue or fight with each other, and the reason behind that is, I think, is that they always communicated with each other.

When we got married, nobody gave it more than two weeks. There were bets all over the country, with astronomical odds against us.

Congratulations to Bill and Hillary Clinton: this weekend, 33rd wedding anniversary. How about that? And you thought the Iraqi war was a never-ending conflict.

I have been blessed being married to the same woman for 61 years. I honestly believe that if I retired, we may not make it to 62.

Lots of people have asked me what Gracie and I did to make our marriage work. It's simple - we don't do anything. I think the trouble with a lot of people is that they work too hard at staying married. They make a business out of it. When you work too hard at a business you get tired; and when you get tired you get grouchy; and when you get grouchy you start fighting; and when you start fighting you're out of business.

My wife Mary and I have been married for forty-seven years and not once have we had an argument serious enough to consider divorce; murder, yes, but divorce, never.

I don't want to make any mistakes. My parents have been married for 40 years. I want to stay married.

My mother and stepfather were married 43 years, so I have watched a long marriage. I feel like I had a very good role model for that. And, you know, it's just a number.

My mom and my dad were married 56 years, and the fact that I reconciled with my dad I think made their marriage a little bit better as well.

I know you've been married to the same woman for 69 years. That is marvelous. It must be very inexpensive.