Bases Quote by Louis Leakey

Marriage is simply an economic necessity, and so there are no elaborate courtship displays or marriage celebrations among the Eskimo.

— Peter Farb

Marriages had different meanings back then than they do now, they were used to cement agreements between families, business deals and things like that.…

— Jared Harris

Marriage Asian-style is practical, contractual and, to the western mind, deeply unromantic.

— Jemima Khan

Not only, in strict truth, was marriage instituted for the propagation of the human race, but also that the lives of husbands and wives…

— Pope Leo XIII

Thousands of years and many civilizations have defined a marriage as the union between one man and one woman. With few exceptions, those civilizations…

— Randy Neugebauer

Marriage is an economic arrangement in many ways, let's face it.

— Tennessee Williams

Marriage emerged some forty-five hundred years ago and evolved into a widespread and accepted institution that bonded families, maintained order, and created wealth. Unlike…

— Robi Ludwig

Marriage probably originated as a straightforward food-for-sex deal among foraging primates. Compatibility was not a big issue, nor, of course, was there any tension…

— Barbara Ehrenreich

“In Ugandan society a girl who had reached puberty was eligible for a family-arranged marriage. The groom would bring wealth to the bride’s family…

— Nick Hahn

Probably the institution of marriage had its origin in love of property. Both men and women were united in this--that whatever they loved best,…

— Henry Adams

Not only, in strict truth, was marriage instituted for the propagation of the human race, but also that the lives of husbands and wives…

— Pope Leo XIII

I got two marriage proposals from Japan after the Mighty Ducks movies came out. From Japanese girls. Yeah. The nation of Japan. They wrote…

— Joshua Jackson