Britain Quote by Thomas Malthus

In the 1960s, 110 countries had averages of six or more children per family.

— Peter Diamandis

“In the 1960s, the Stanford historian Peter Laslett did a careful study of British marriage records and found that at no time in the…

— Bill Bryson

There was probably, different times [I was taking care of] 25, 50 families.

— Bernie Kosar

Extended families have never been the norm in America; the highest figure for extended-family households ever recorded in Americanhistory is 20 percent. Contrary to…

— Stephanie Coontz

There were but two families in the world, Have-much and Have-little.

— Miguel de Cervantes

I thought I would be married with four children when I was 24 because that's what my mother did. But it didn't turn out…

— Ruth Jones

If nature had arranged that husbands and wives should have children alternatively, there would never be more than three in a family.

— Anonymous

“The divorce rate in 1945 shot up to double that of the prewar years, to 31 divorces for every 100 marriages—or 502,000 in all.…

— James T. Patterson

I read last year 4,153,237 ppl got married. I thought well shouldn't that be an even number? *Smacked myself in tha face* Charlie Sheen!…

— Ranger Fan 2011

I believe in large families: every woman should have at least three husbands.

— Zsa Zsa Gabor

If I were obliged to marry all those with whom I have jested, I should have at least two hundred wives.

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

In today’s world, however, the number of children in a family is a matter of profound public concern. The law regulates other highly personal…

— John Holdren