Death Quote by Alain de Botton

I think the institute of marriage is a noble thing. The idea of a partner for life is incredibly romantic. But now we're living…

— Debra Messing

The institution of marriage, if you look at it over many centuries, has come and gone.

— Theodore Zeldin

A hundred percent of marriages end in divorce, disappearance or death.

— Steve Aylett

It's scary that 50% of all marriages end in divorce...it's even scarier that the other 50% last forever.

— Anonymous

Marriage can be viewed as the waiting room for death.

— Mike Myers

It is a sad fact that 50 percent of marriages in this country end in divorce. But hey, the other half end in death.…

— Richard Jeni

There are certain indicia of marriage - certain legal and social consequences and certain legitimacy - which if given to some relationship other than…

— Dallin H. Oaks

The institution of marriage is just formalizing an emotion, an attempt to make it seem permanent. The emotion will last or it won't last;…

— Joyce Carol Oates

There is a rhythm to the ending of a marriage just like the rhythm of a courtshiponly backward. You try to start again but…

— Erica Jong

Marriage is a psychological condition, not a civil contract and a license. Once a marriage is dead, it is dead, and it begins to…

— Robert A. Heinlein

Obviously, the institution of marriage in America has utterly collapsed.

— Paul Singer

A successful marriage isn't necessarily one that lasts until you're dead.

— Ellen Barkin