Even in civilized mankind faint traces of monogamous instinct can be perceived. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Monogamous heterosexual love is probably one of the most difficult, complex and demanding of human relationships. — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
“Morals are nothing but a civilized society’s attempt to tame some beast called man.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“When I hear that "Possession is the grave of love," I remember that a religion may begin with the resurrection.” — F.H. Bradley Copy Share Image
I am definitely a serial monogamist. I can count on one hand the number of guys I've been with. — Danica McKellar Copy Share Image
Accursed from their birth they be Who seek to find monogamy, Pursuing it from bed to bed— I think they would be… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
Monogamy is monotonous, but it's safe you know. And that's my philosophy. And I like to convey that to people. — Joy Behar Copy Share Image
Always admired men who had many women. It must be that to a child of a dissatisfied woman the idea of monogamy… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
I'm a serial monogamist and would never dream of being as predatory as some of the women I've played. I can actually… — Natalie Dormer Copy Share Image
I believe in finding a soul mate. I've always been in monogamous relationships. I would never want to be in an open… — Scarlett Johansson Copy Share Image
Why am I sharing this part of my life when it opens me up to judgment? But part of me wants to… — Nikki Glaser Copy Share Image
Talk about polygamy! There is no true philosopher on the face of the earth but what will admit that such a system,… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
My music touches on things I am concerned with in my own life - the idea of a woman's role in society,… — Jane Badler Copy Share Image
“They'll say you are bad or perhaps you are mad or at least you should stay undercover. Your mind must be bare… — David Rovics Copy Share Image
My husband Terry and I are mostly monogamous. . . . There are times — certain set and limited circumstances — when… — Dan Savage Copy Share Image
I'm going to get controversial here and say that monogamy isn't natural, especially not for men. It's a concept society birthed a… — Jameela Jamil Copy Share Image
“A major goal of polygyny in divine marriage is to eliminate the potential exploitation of women and other negatives that can occur… — Patricia Dixon Copy Share Image
Touch. It is touch that is the deadliest enemy of chastity, loyalty, monogamy, gentility with its codes and conventions and restraints. By… — Wallace Stegner Copy Share Image
Why would so many risk their reputations, families, careers—even presidential legacies—for something that runs against human nature? Were monogamy an ancient, evolved… — Christopher Ryan Copy Share Image
I believe that the vast majority of people that are unfaithful are monogamous in their beliefs. The ones who are not monogamous… — Esther Perel Copy Share Image
That’s the thing with the young these days, isn’t it? They watch too many happy endings. Everything has to be wrapped up,… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
I would like to think that monogamy works: that once you make that vow, that decision in your life to stay committed,… — Jonathan Silverman Copy Share Image
“An Odonian undertook monogamy just as he might undertake a joint enterprise in production, a ballet or a soap-works. Partnership was a… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
“We drove to the hotel and said goodbye. How hypocritical to go upstairs with a man you don't want to fuck, leave… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
“Marriage," "mating," and "love" are socially constructed phenomena that have little or no transferable meaning outside any given culture. The examples we've… — Christopher Ryan Copy Share Image
“Rather than polygyny needing an explanation, it is monogamy that may need to be explained.” — Patricia Dixon Copy Share Image
I had met my now wife, Sheryl, and was attempting my first try at monogamy, which was not really in my nature… — Rob Lowe Copy Share Image
The only men who become Gods, even the Sons of God, are those who enter into polygamy — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
I often think that woman is more free in Islam than in Christianity. Woman is more protected by Islam than by the… — Annie Besant Copy Share Image
I don't know if I don't believe in monogamy. I think I do believe in it depending on the person or situation… — Jen Kirkman Copy Share Image
Why get married? For human beings, marriage is such an unnatural state. If you want monogamy, it has been said, you should… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
What I can't be is monogamous. That tends to upset people. I just don't like domestic life. — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
“I think I held on for so long because I kept hearing that the alternative, monogamy, was oppressive.” — Fabian Romero Copy Share Image
I think that monogamy is artificial. I do not think it's something that comes naturally to us. — Tom Ford Copy Share Image
“If love wasn’t conditional, every single first encounter with individuals of your 'preferred' gender would result in *love at first sight.*” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
There are 80,000 prostitutes in London alone and what are they, if not bloody sacrifices on the altar of monogamy? — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
Infidelity is a deal breaker for me. I've broken up with people over it. You can't do monogamy 90 percent of the time. — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
I do think that monogamy is possible. I just don't think it's the natural way of things. — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
