--- title: "8 Married Quotes By Mindy Kaling" description: "8 Married quotes by Mindy Kaling. Plus more from Mindy Kaling and more Married sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53e/mindy-kaling-672_ask-me_people-ask-me-all-the-time-how-i-got-hir_332554.jpg" --- > [People ask me all the time how I got hired onto the Office. Another common question is how do I manage to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/people-ask-me-all-the-time-how-i-got-hired-onto-the-office-another/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53e/mindy-kaling-672_ask-me_people-ask-me-all-the-time-how-i-got-hir_332554.jpg) > [I hated L.A. for a long time, and I wanted to leave it. I had these fantasies of going to 'SNL' and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/i-hated-l-a-for-a-long-time-and-i-wanted-to-leave-it-i-had-these/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a8/mindy-kaling-672_fall_i-hated-l-a-for-a-long-time-and-i-wanted_469515.png) > [I'm not married, I frequently use my debit card to buy things that cost less than three dollars, and my bedroom is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/i-m-not-married-i-frequently-use-my-debit-card-to-buy-things-that/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f50/mindy-kaling-672_bedroom_i-m-not-married-i-frequently-use-my-debi_717712.png) > [It makes me cry because it means that fewer and fewer people are believing it's cool to want what I want, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/it-makes-me-cry-because-it-means-that-fewer-and-fewer-people-are/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ad/mindy-kaling-672_and-love_it-makes-me-cry-because-it-means-that-fe_1208558.png) > [“Married people, it’s up to you. It’s entirely on your shoulders to keep this sinking institution afloat. It’s a stately old ship,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/married-people-it-s-up-to-you-it-s-entirely-on-your-shoulders-to-keep/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ca/mindy-kaling-672_marriage_married-people-it-s-up-to-you-it-s-entir_1261398.png) > [I'm giving a lot of opinions, but I don't give any advice. I'm 31 and I'm not married and having kids. I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/i-m-giving-a-lot-of-opinions-but-i-don-t-give-any-advice-i-m-31-and-i/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d24/mindy-kaling-672_advice_i-m-giving-a-lot-of-opinions-but-i-don-t_1673702.png) > [I would love to be married. But it's not a necessity like the way that I feel I need and want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/i-would-love-to-be-married-but-it-s-not-a-necessity-like-the-way-that/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d2/mindy-kaling-672_blessed_i-would-love-to-be-married-but-it-s-not_1930965.png) > [What Mindy has in common with a lot of women in their mid-30s is that she's obsessed with marriage. It's the entire…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/what-mindy-has-in-common-with-a-lot-of-women-in-their-mid-30s-is-that/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d23/mindy-kaling-672_being-married_what-mindy-has-in-common-with-a-lot-of-w_2161380.png) ## Other authors on Married ## More by Mindy Kaling > [I think women in general like men that don't give them the thing that we want. We want a chase.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/i-think-women-in-general-like-men-that-don-t-give-them-the-thing-that/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) > [When you're "East Coast" person, you are so insufferable, and you have no idea. And I was. One, because I was miserable, and nobody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/when-you-re-east-coast-person-you-are-so-insufferable-and-you-have-no/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) > [..I find it incredible impossible not to cry when I hear Stevie Nicks's "Landslide," especially the lyric: "I've been afraid of changing, because I've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/i-find-it-incredible-impossible-not-to-cry-when-i-hear-stevie-nicks-s/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) > [I must have been 10 or 11, but anything Dana Carvey ever did, I just really loved. He was on for a long time,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/i-must-have-been-10-or-11-but-anything-dana-carvey-ever-did-i-just/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) > [“As it is, I guess I find “Jack & Diane” a little disgusting. As a child of immigrant professionals, I can’t help but notice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/as-it-is-i-guess-i-find-jack-diane-a-little-disgusting-as-a-child-of/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) > [“As it is, I guess I find "Jack and Diane" a little disgusting. As a child of immigrant professionals, I can't help but notice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/as-it-is-i-guess-i-find-jack-and-diane-a-little-disgusting-as-a-child/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) > [True love is singing karaoke 'under pressure' and letting the other person sing the Freddie Mercury part.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/true-love-is-singing-karaoke-under-pressure-and-letting-the-other/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) > [I had these kind of unrealistic expectations that were fueled by romantic comedies, and it has both helped me and hurt me in many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/i-had-these-kind-of-unrealistic-expectations-that-were-fueled-by/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) > [There's a female writer-performer thing going on in TV right now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/there-s-a-female-writer-performer-thing-going-on-in-tv-right-now/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) > [Almost every college playwright or sketch or improv comedian was sort of aware of Christopher Durang - even kids in high school. His short…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/almost-every-college-playwright-or-sketch-or-improv-comedian-was-sort/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) > [More than half the questions I am asked are about the politics of the way I look](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/more-than-half-the-questions-i-am-asked-are-about-the-politics-of-the/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) > [“Even though Mavis was my secret friend, she is the only one I hope I see again. She’s the only one I wonder about.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/even-though-mavis-was-my-secret-friend-she-is-the-only-one-i-hope-i/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) > [I regard romantic comedies as a subgenre of sci-fi, in which the world operates according to different rules than my regular human world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/i-regard-romantic-comedies-as-a-subgenre-of-sci-fi-in-which-the-world/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) > [“Be like Allan Pearl. Sit next to the class clown and study him. Then grow up, take everything you learned, and get paid to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/be-like-allan-pearl-sit-next-to-the-class-clown-and-study-him-then/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) > [“Don’t be closer to twice a friend’s weight than to her actual weight,” I told myself. This little mantra has helped me stave off…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/don-t-be-closer-to-twice-a-friend-s-weight-than-to-her-actual-weight/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/married/mindy-kaling/#itemlist", "name": "8 Married Quotes By Mindy Kaling", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "People ask me all the time how I got hired onto the Office. Another common question is how do I manage to stay so down-to-earth in the face of such incredible success? ... A third frequently asked question is: \"Girl, where you from? Trinidad? Guyana? Dominican Republic? You married? 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