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Marriage, like money, is still with us; and, like money, progressively devalued. -- Robert Graves
Never ever discount the idea of marriage. Sure, someone might tell you that marriage is just a piece of paper. Well, so is money, and what's more life-affirming than cold, hard cash? -- Dennis Miller
I used to have a theory actually that, if you've had a good childhood, a good marriage and a little bit of money in the bank, you're going to make a lousy comedian. -- David Steinberg
If you've gone into a marriage and you haven't been clear about how you're going to handle money, how you want to raise kids, who is going to work or stay home or what have you, then you've set yourself up for failure. -- Phil McGraw
I've got lots of friends who are musicians, and there is a fair proportion of broken marriages and relationships as a result. You are on the move all the time. It's difficult if you have kids, and it's hard to make money unless you are in the premier league. -- Kevin McCloud
When you realise that money doesn't actually make you happy, it's a quick fix to have things you've always wanted, but then when you have it, you realise that's not what actually makes you happy. It's more about having a great marriage and happy children; that's what life's all about. -- Shane Filan
The problem for those who assert biblical authority in support of traditional definitions of marriage is that one could, with equal validity, assert that the lending of money or certain kinds of haircuts are forbidden by God, or that slavery and the subjugation of women are authorized by the Lord. -- Jon Meacham
In France, I guess there's something like a tyranny in mentalities - we accept success badly, beauty, money. People are certainly envious, and this creates negative energy. This is annoying. I suffered a great deal at one time. I had to fight harder than others. Add to that my marriage to Polanski. -- Emmanuelle Seigner
Conversations about money certainly are not sexy, but they should give each of you some clarity and enable you to enter into your marriage with a better understanding of each other and what is important. Work and home responsibilities, joint or separate accounts, budgets, etc. are all subjects which should be discussed. -- Laura Wasser
My mom did not have money. She was a single mom, on and off in periods between marriages. My husband, however, grew up on a wonderful farm in Tuscany, in Florence, and his family was so entertaining in terms of growing their own food and using the fruit of their land. We have very, very different experiences. -- Debi Mazar
You shouldn't end a band like Westlife and not be financially secure to some extent, but I wasn't at all - it was the complete opposite. But you look at stuff then, 'Well, what do I have? I don't have money but I have a great marriage, three healthy kids, and I have my voice. I'll just start again.' -- Shane Filan
Marriage is a lot of things - a source of love, security, the joy of children, but it's also an interpersonal battlefield, and it's not hard to see why: Take two disparate people, toss them together in often-confined quarters, add the stresses of money and kids - now lather, rinse, repeat for the rest of your natural life. What could go wrong? -- Jeffrey Kluger
I had been living in Ohio in my own house with my own life when my marriage abruptly came to an end. I had nowhere to go with my two sons, very little money, and not much to do in Ohio except be someone's ex-wife. My parents instantly and very generously invited my family to move back home to New York, where I could begin again. -- Isabel Gillies
Marriage and sex and money the only living devils. -- Swami Vivekananda
marriage is like money - seem to want it, and you never get it. -- Letitia Elizabeth Landon
Marriage must cease to be a matter of arrangement made by parents for money. -- Mahatma Gandhi
Many marriage tragedies are caused, not by lack of money, but rather by the mismanagement of it. -- Marvin J. Ashton
They that Marry for Money cannot have the true Satisfaction of Marriage; the requisite Means being wanting. -- William Penn
Politics, war, marriage, crime, adultery. Everything that exists in the world has something to do with money. -- Graham Greene
Your money, your singleness, marriage, talent and time, they were loaned to you to show the world that Christ is Divine -- lecrae
While there may have once been a stigma to making money, high-earning women actually have an advantage in the dating-and-marriage market. -- Liza Mundy
There is so much more to marriage than who makes the money. Some of the hardest parts don't come with a paycheck. -- Michelle M. Pillow
You don't marry for love. What does love got to do with marriage? I spit on love and marriage. You marry for money. -- Joan Rivers
Fairy tales are about money, marriage, and men. They are the maps and manuals that are passed down from mothers and grandmothers to help them survive. -- Marina Warner
All marriages were a consequence of security, tradition, money and beauty. Love was a chance, a lucky coincidence. Its existence was an after-thought, for more serious matters cemented marriage. -- Meghna Pant

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