Century Quote by Celia Green

With children no longer the universally accepted reason for marriage, marriages are going to have to exist on their own merits.

— Eleanor Holmes Norton

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

— Theodore Zeldin

I always thought, as I was growing up, that I'd be married with children. That hasn't happened.

— Esther McVey

Marriages are not normally made to avoid having children.

— Rudolf Virchow

I'm not that big a fan of marriage as an institution, and I don't know why women need to have children to be seen…

— Marisa Tomei

Marriage is the basic building block of civilization. We are redefining it at our own peril.

— Hank Hanegraaff

Marriage is not absolutely for making children. But it is absolutely for making children followers of Jesus.

— John Piper

My argument is simple, which is, that for several thousand years in Western civilization, marriage has been the union of one man and one…

— Gary Bauer

Marriage is like a runaway train without break heading towards a dustbin of history. It's a a sad indictment that the bedrock of human…

— Kemmy Nola Http://wwwamoreloveforlifecom

A hundred years ago, if you had a child out of marriage, you'd be a social disgrace. Today women feel comfortable enough economically and…

— Helen Fisher

I realize then that we never have children, we receive them. And sometimes it’s not for quite as long as we would have expected…

— Jodi Picoult

I don't believe in bringing children into the world out of wedlock.

— Eartha Kitt