George Bernard Shaw

You have set up in New York Harbor a monstrous idol which you call Liberty. The only thing that remains to complete that monument is to put on its pedestal the inscription written by Dante on the gate of hell: All hope abandon ye who enter here.

Don’t order any black things. Rejoice in his memory; and be radiant: leave grief to the children. Wear violet and purple. Be patient with the poor people who will snivel: they don’t know; and they think they will live for ever, which makes death a division instead of a bond.

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

The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office.

Nothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill one another if it is not done.

The minority is sometimes right; the majority always wrong.

On Oct. 3, 1992, Barack and I were married in Chicago – and every day since, I’ve grown prouder and more in love with him.

Many marriages would be better if the husband and the wife clearly understood that they are on the same side.

[on Michelle] After about 15 years I finally figured out that she’s always right!

There is no subject on which more dangerous nonsense is talked and thought than marriage.

He didn’t dare to, because his father had a weak heart and habitually threatened to drop dead if anybody hurt his feelings. You may have noticed that people with weak hearts are the tyrants of English married life.

The greatest day of my life was the day I married Mrs. Ford.

Call no man unhappy until he is married.

Obviously I couldn’t have done anything that I’ve done without Michelle… not only has she been a great first lady, she is just my rock. I count on her in so many ways every single day.

Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can’t sleep with the window shut, and a woman who can’t sleep with the window open.

Husbands and wives, first be faithful to each other. Second, keep the romance going all of your life by courting each other every day.

By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you’ll become happy; if you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher.

When two people are under the influence of the most violent, most insane, most delusive, and most transient of passions, they are required to swear that they will remain in that excited, abnormal, and exhausting condition continuously until death do them part.

If you were going to list the 100 most popular things that I have done as president. Being married to Michelle Obama is number one.

I am a black American male from Chicago, who had my rehearsal dinner at Versailles and then got married in Florence with a view of the entire city.

Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.