"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, they wished to possess. The usual theory holds that the communal system would not permit the gratification of this desire at the expense of communal rights, and that therefore men were driven to gratify their passion by purchasing or by capturing women from neighboring and hostile tribes."

-- Henry Adams

#Marriage Quotes #Passion Quotes #Men Quotes

“What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.”

Source : Charles Fillmore, Myrtle Fillmore (1938). “Unity [devoted to Practical Christianity]”
“I've often been asked what drives me, particularly through the last 50 years of abuse, and ridicule. What has kept me going is one word - care. I care enough about the land, the wildlife, people, the future of humanity. If you care enough, you will do whatever you have to do, no matter what the opposition.”
“This is what you learned in college," the narrator tells you early on. "A man desires the satisfaction of his desire; a woman desires the condition of desiring.”
“In life and business, there are two cardinal sins. The first is to act precipitously without thought and the second is to not act at all.”
“Santino, never let anyone outside the family know what you are thinking. Never let them know what you have under your fingernails. I think your brain is going soft from all that comedy you play with that young girl. Stop it and pay attention to business. Now get out of my sight.”
“Every president since George Washington has taken executive privilege seriously. Every Republican president has.”
“We used to have a main female vocalist. But she had a baby. Now we do the singing ourselves.”
“Undergraduates owe their happiness chiefly to the consciousness that they are no longer at school. The nonsense which was knocked out of them at school is all put gently back at Oxford or Cambridge.”

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