Quotation Explorer - 'Couples'

Marriage and dating are man-made ideologies; if having a lover was a prerequisite to living, we’d all be born in pairs; as couples. - Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Social conservatives seem to see a bigger threat to marriage from committed gay couples who want in on it than from straight ones who opt out of it. - Margaret Talbot
It may be that same-sex couples will save the institution of marriage. - Elizabeth Gilbert
We both liked children; we just didn't want any ourselves. There were children everywhere, and we saw no reason to start our own brand. Young couples plunge into parenthood and about half the time they end up with some ghastly problem on their hands. We thought we'd leave that to others. - Thomas McGuane
All married couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of making love. Good battle is objective and honest - never vicious or cruel. Good battle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equal partnership. - Ann Landers
Some couples go over their budgets very carefully every month, other just go over them.
Couples are jigsaw puzzles that hang together by touching in just enough points. They're never total fits or misfits. - Diane Ackerman
As I’m beginning to find out, parenting is no child’s play, it couldSometimes determine whether couples continue to live together orgo their separate ways. - Oche Otorkpa
The love, loyalty, and dedication of Mary and Joseph are an example for all Christian couples, who are neither the friends nor masters of their children’s lives, but the guardians of this incomparable gift from God. - Pope Benedict XVI
Laws of attraction could build a strong relationship among married couples or friends. - Saaif Alam
Never look to other couples to measure your worth; look to God to fulfill your call. Don't compare yourself with other couples to measure your happiness; compare your obedience with God's design on your life to measure your faithfulness. - Gary Thomas
we live in a world where singles are more sexual active than couples - Mohlalefi j motsima
Some couples are married because they fell in love. Some are married because the woman fell pregnant. - Mokokoma Mokhonoana
It was one of those ridiculous arrangements that couples make when they are separating, but before they are divorced - when they still imagine that children and property can be shared with more magnanimity than recrimination. - John Irving
The odds of finding the one you truly love above all else, is about 1 in 4 billion. The odds that the person you love, loves you back... don't even dream about it, it's not going to happen. Most couples today do not revolve around real love. - Dylan West
Il y a des couples heureux, des moitiés qui se respectent mutuellement. D'ailleurs, j'ai eu beau ne pas me séparer de ma femme et souffrir de ses empiétements, sur divers plans je me suis toujours conduit comme un célibataire. - Marcel Jouhandeau
Dr. Morris believes, and I strongly agree, that couples are most likely to bond securely when they have not rushed the dating experience. Time is the critical ingredient. - James C. Dobson
I oppose same-sex marriage and civil unions but I support domestic partnership between gay and lesbian couples. I have no problem with gay and lesbian couples adopting. I support equal benefits for same-sex couples such as hospital visitation rights - Mitt Romney
I hate couples sitting together for hours and waiting for each other to kiss. - M.F. Moonzajer
Happy COUPLES are those who have passed both chemistry and physics! - Mohith Agadi
As I looked and looked, the living face became visible in the dead, the young in the old. This is what must happen to old married couples, I thought: the young man is preserved in the old one for her, the beauty and grace of the young woman stay fresh in the old one for him. - Bernhard Schlink
The best couples share the load, divide the grief, and add to the peace, thereby multiplying joy. - Matshona Dhliwayo
Couples tend to think that being single is always singular. Singles tend to believe that being a couple is always copulatory. - Raheel Farooq
The arrangements that couples make in order to maintain civility in the midst of their journey to divorce are often most elaborate when the professed top priority is to protect a child. - John Irving
They shared the chores of living as some couples do --she did most of the work and he appreciated it. - Paula Gosling
Well let's face it, who on earth besides antique dealers and gay couples actually still give dinner parties? - Nigel Slater
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