--- title: "18 Arranged Marriages Quotes by 17 authors" description: "Browse 18 Arranged Marriages quotes by 17 authors. Discover the best Arranged Marriages sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56c/green-monk-388_arranged_arranged-marriages-all-your-life-you-are_166554.jpg" --- > [Arranged Marriages: All your life you are expected not to talk to strangers and all of sudden you are expected to sleep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/green-monk/arranged-marriages-all-your-life-you-are-expected-not-to-talk-to/) [Green Monk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/green-monk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56c/green-monk-388_arranged_arranged-marriages-all-your-life-you-are_166554.jpg) > [Arranged marriages get a bad reputation. Do they always work? No, but that's true of all marriages. As long as you aren't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadiya-hussain/arranged-marriages-get-a-bad-reputation-do-they-always-work-no-but/) [Nadiya Hussain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadiya-hussain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f15/nadiya-hussain-11204_arranged-marriage_arranged-marriages-get-a-bad-reputation_2465583.jpg) > [I like order, I love protocols. I'm even for arranged marriages if the people know you well enough.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phaedra-parks/i-like-order-i-love-protocols-i-m-even-for-arranged-marriages-if-the/) [Phaedra Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phaedra-parks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14c/phaedra-parks-5959_arranged-marriage_i-like-order-i-love-protocols-i-m-even-f_1922134.jpg) > [I don't think I will go for an arranged marriage, but I am not against arranged marriages.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ranbir-kapoor/i-don-t-think-i-will-go-for-an-arranged-marriage-but-i-am-not-against/) [Ranbir Kapoor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ranbir-kapoor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae5/ranbir-kapoor-9336_against_i-don-t-think-i-will-go-for-an-arranged_2115748.jpg) > [I think I've become the brand ambassador of arranged marriages, especially for working Indian women.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sakshi-tanwar/i-think-i-ve-become-the-brand-ambassador-of-arranged-marriages/) [Sakshi Tanwar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sakshi-tanwar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/688/sakshi-tanwar-46347_ambassador_i-think-i-ve-become-the-brand-ambassador_2979894.jpg) > [“Thanks to arranged marriages: There are countless women who have never been their husband's girlfriend.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mokokoma-mokhonoana/thanks-to-arranged-marriages-there-are-countless-women-who-have-never/) [Mokokoma Mokhonoana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mokokoma-mokhonoana/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a8/mokokoma-mokhonoana-195_arranged-marriage_thanks-to-arranged-marriages-there-are-c_3003597.jpg) > [Arranged marriages are ones where you got to learn who the person is after you actually get married, which can be challenging.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vivek-murthy/arranged-marriages-are-ones-where-you-got-to-learn-who-the-person-is/) [Vivek Murthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vivek-murthy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f0/vivek-murthy-4508_actually_arranged-marriages-are-ones-where-you-go_3068017.jpg) > [Yes, many people in rural parts of India are very orthodox and have arranged marriages. But I won't - I want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shilpa-shetty/yes-many-people-in-rural-parts-of-india-are-very-orthodox-and-have/) [Shilpa Shetty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shilpa-shetty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9d/shilpa-shetty-12701_arranged_yes-many-people-in-rural-parts-of-india_705448.jpg) > [Practices such as arranged marriages and restrictions on girls attending school have deep roots, and changing them is a gradual process. Sometimes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tina-brown/practices-such-as-arranged-marriages-and-restrictions-on-girls/) [Tina Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tina-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba2/tina-brown-2434_20th-century_practices-such-as-arranged-marriages-and_2144698.png) > [There is no denying that unhappiness - even violence - exists in some arranged marriages. Or that some arranged marriages are borne…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-flock/there-is-no-denying-that-unhappiness-even-violence-exists-in-some/) [Elizabeth Flock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-flock/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97b/elizabeth-flock-10723_arranged-marriage_there-is-no-denying-that-unhappiness-eve_1538949.jpg) > [Arranged marriages are big business in the U.K. Second- and third-generation immigrant families, with no extended family structure, limited networks and religious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jemima-khan/arranged-marriages-are-big-business-in-the-u-k-second-and-third/) [Jemima Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jemima-khan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/628/jemima-khan-34634_acceptable_arranged-marriages-are-big-business-in-t_2869240.jpg) > [My parents grew up in a village where they didn't even have running water. They are first generation immigrants who are proof…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/konnie-huq/my-parents-grew-up-in-a-village-where-they-didn-t-even-have-running/) [Konnie Huq](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/konnie-huq/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43e/konnie-huq-4219_arranged-marriage_my-parents-grew-up-in-a-village-where-th_2339448.jpg) > [“In arranged marriages in Iran, it is customary that after the family of the boy asks the family of the girl for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maziar-bahari/in-arranged-marriages-in-iran-it-is-customary-that-after-the-family/) [Maziar Bahari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maziar-bahari/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/210/maziar-bahari-31065_arranged-marriage_in-arranged-marriages-in-iran-it-is-cust_2555414.jpg) > [My parents are proof that arranged marriages can work. It is a great part of my culture but I grew up in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/konnie-huq/my-parents-are-proof-that-arranged-marriages-can-work-it-is-a-great/) [Konnie Huq](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/konnie-huq/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10b/konnie-huq-4219_arranged-marriage_my-parents-are-proof-that-arranged-marri_2794453.jpg) > [“Gupta and Singh (1982) found that couples in Jaipur, India, who married for love reported diminished feelings of love if they'd been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-gross/gupta-and-singh-1982-found-that-couples-in-jaipur-india-who-married/) [Richard Gross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-gross/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/757/richard-gross-130892_arranged-marriage_gupta-and-singh-1982-found-that-couples_1293560.jpg) > [“Even though we'd never met, imagining being dumped by Gene made me want to die. What was the point of going out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-kantor/even-though-we-d-never-met-imagining-being-dumped-by-gene-made-me/) [Melissa Kantor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-kantor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/411/melissa-kantor-21587_arranged-marriage_even-though-we-d-never-met-imagining-bei_1842409.jpg) > [Arranged Marriages don't always have to be risky. Get to know your future in-laws. She's bound to be like one of them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siddharth-katragadda/arranged-marriages-don-t-always-have-to-be-risky-get-to-know-your/) [Siddharth Katragadda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siddharth-katragadda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/483/siddharth-katragadda-16947_arranged-marriage_arranged-marriages-don-t-always-have-to_1258577.jpg) > [I'm a believer in arranged marriages. I mean, mine was kind of an arranged marriage. My sister introduced me to my husband.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neeru-bajwa/i-m-a-believer-in-arranged-marriages-i-mean-mine-was-kind-of-an/) [Neeru Bajwa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neeru-bajwa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/614/neeru-bajwa-36922_arranged-marriage_i-m-a-believer-in-arranged-marriages-i-m_711200.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arranged-marriages/#itemlist", "name": "Arranged Marriages Quotes", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Arranged Marriages: All your life you are expected not to talk to strangers and all of sudden you are expected to sleep with one", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Green Monk" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/green-monk/arranged-marriages-all-your-life-you-are-expected-not-to-talk-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56c/green-monk-388_arranged_arranged-marriages-all-your-life-you-are_166554.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56c/green-monk-388_arranged_arranged-marriages-all-your-life-you-are_166554.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56c/green-monk-388_arranged_arranged-marriages-all-your-life-you-are_166554.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Arranged Marriages: All your life you are expected not to talk to strangers and all of sudden you are…” — Green Monk", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Arranged marriages get a bad reputation. 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