Fifty Famous Wedding Quotes
Ever been asked to give a speech at a wedding? Or asked to 'say a little something' on the wedding video and be stumped for words?
Throughout the decades, as long as marriages have been taking place quotes have been made by famous and non-famous people that have been prolific enough for others to remember and use them in their own speeches. Obviously no-one wants to use the same quote that the guests may have heard at the last three weddings they attended so people try their hardest to find something unique, unusual and fitting for this particular bride and groom.
Below are 50 quotes that have been remembered and used due to their sincerity, sentiment, humour and irony. They are also great resources for any upcoming best man, groom or indeed anyone about to give a speech!
Quotes from famous people:
1. Marriage is a wonderful institution ... but who wants to live in an institution? Groucho Marx
2. The surest way to be alone is to get married. Gloria Steinem
3. The proper basis for a marriage is mutual misunderstanding. Oscar Wilde
4. There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved. George Sands
5. Marriage is like a bank account. You put it in, you take it out, and you lose interest. Irwin Corey
6. Life is a bitch, and then you marry one. Unknown Author
7. Always get married early in the morning. That way, if it doesn't work out, you haven't wasted a whole day. Mickey Rooney
8. When a newly married couple smiles, everyone knows why. When a ten-year married couple smiles, everyone wonders why. Unknown Author
9. Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same. Oscar Wilde
10. He's the kind of man a woman would have to marry to get rid of. Mae West
11. Marriage is a wonderful invention: then again, so is a bicycle repair kit. Billy Connolly
12. Marriage is the chief cause of divorce. Groucho Marx
13. Marriage is the institution where the woman loses her the name and the man his solvency. Unknown Author
14. I believe in tying the marriage knot, as long as it's around the woman's neck. W. C. Fields
15. As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent. Socrates
16. I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury. Groucho Marx
17. Happy marriages begin when we marry the ones we love, and they blossom when we love the ones we marry. Tom Mullen
18. Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. Aristotle
19. A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person. Germaine Greer
20. To keep your marriage brimming, with love in the wedding cup, whenever you're wrong, admit it; whenever you're right, shut up. Ogden Nash
21. To love someone deeply gives you strength. Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage. Lao Tzu
22. There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends. Homer
23. Two souls with but a single thought, two hearts that beat as one. Friedrich Halm
24. There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage. Martin Luther
25. Now join hands, and with your hands your hearts. William Shakespeare
26. Behind every great man there is a surprised woman. Maryon Pearson
27. Can you imagine a world without men? No crime and lots of happy, fat women. Marion Smith
28. I require only three things of a man. He must be handsome, ruthless and stupid. Dorothy Parker
29. It's not the men in my life that count, it's the life in my men. Mae West
30. Give a man a free hand and he'll run it all over you. Mae West
31. The trouble with some woman is that they get all excited about nothing, and then marry him. Cher
32. Before marriage a man will lay awake all night thinking about something you said; after marriage he'll fall asleep before you have finished saying it. Helen Rowland
33. An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets, the more interested he is in her. Agatha Christie
34. By all means marry. If you get a good wife you will become happy - If you get a bad one you will become a philosopher. Socrates
35. Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures. Samuel Johnson
36. A husband's last words should always be 'OK buy it'. Unknown Author
37. Nothing makes a good wife like a good husband. Unknown Author
38. Whoso findeth a wife, findeth a good thing. The Bible
39. The man who says his wife can't take a joke forgets that she took him. Oscar Wilde
40. No man should have a secret from his wife. She invariably finds it out. Oscar Wilde
41. The most dangerous food a man can eat is wedding cake. Unknown Author
42. Woman like silent men, they think they are listening. Marcel Achard
43. A man in love is incomplete until he is married. Then he's finished. Zsa Zsa Gabor
44. I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life. Rita Rudner
45. Marriage requires a person to prepare 4 types of "Rings": Engagement Ring Wedding Ring, Suffering and Enduring. Unknown Author
46. The woman cries before the wedding; the man afterward. Unknown Author
47. Every mother generally hopes that her daughter will snag a better husband than she managed to do...but she's certain that her boy will never get as great a wife as his father did. Unknown Author
48. Compromise: An amiable arrangement between husband and wife whereby they agree to let her have her own way. Unknown Author
49. Marriage is like a violin. After the music is over, you still have the strings. Unknown Author
50. Marriage is like a hot bath. Once you get used to it, it's not so hot. Unknown Author
Famous people are always giving poetic, emotional speeches and one liners that tugat people's heart strings, make them stop and listen, make them smile, or even laugh out loud. Quotes for weddings will expand, evolve and grow with each generation, but sometimes the oldies really are the best!
