Anniversary famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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The concept of two people living together for 25 years without a serious dispute suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep.
-- A. P. Herbert -
No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.
-- Abraham Lincoln -
Each year on the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birth, America has the opportunity to reflect on our nation's progress towards the realization of his dream.
-- Adam Schiff -
I didn't make my first solo record until 1981 so I don't have any 60′s or 70′s recordings but I am working on a large boxed set called DUST to be released next year, the 20th anniversary of my first solo record.
-- Adrian Belew -
In June as many as a dozen species may burst their buds on a single day. No man can heed all of these anniversaries; no man can ignore all of them.
-- Aldo Leopold -
If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk through my garden forever.
-- Alfred Lord Tennyson -
But to sustain a marriage for 50 years, you have to get real a little bit and find someone who is understanding and who you can grow with. My mom always says, 'Marry the man who loves you a millimeter more'.
-- Ali Larter -
Marriage, n: the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two.
-- Ambrose Bierce -
Every good relationship, especially marriage, is based on respect. If it's not based on respect, nothing that appears to be good will last very long.
-- Amy Grant -
A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.
-- Andre Maurois -
A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.
-- Andre Maurois -
My last trip to New Orleans was for the fifth anniversary of Katrina, and I had the awesome opportunity to bring my family down. We all worked on a house together and met some of the families.
-- AnnaLynne McCord -
So I think you have to marry for the right reasons, and marry the right person.
-- Anne Bancroft -
The punctuation of anniversaries is terrible, like the closing of doors, one after another between you and what you want to hold on to.
-- Anne Morrow Lindbergh -
A happy marriage is a new beginning of life, a new starting point for happiness and usefulness.
-- Arthur Penrhyn Stanley -
The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.
-- Audrey Hepburn -
Marriage is a book of which the first chapter is written in poetry and the remaining chapters in prose.
-- Beverley Nichols -
I'm not the boss of my house. I don't know how I lost it, I don't know when I lost it, I don't really think I ever had it. But I've seen the boss's job...and I don't want it!
-- Bill Cosby -
I said I love you and that's forever And this I promise from the heart I could not love you any better I love you just the way you are.
-- Billy Joel -
I think you have to be willing to take a bullet for somebody if you're going to stand up there, take your vows, and be married to them for the rest of your life.
-- Blake Shelton -
That there's no more important decision in life than who you marry.
-- Brad Paisley -
Oh, thinkin' about all our younger years There was only you and me We were young and wild and free Now nothin' can take you away from me We've been down that road before But that's over now You keep me comin' back for more...
-- Bryan Adams -
I was always very grateful to 'em and am grateful to 'em now. I went back a couple of years ago and did their 20th anniversary show. But the longer I stayed on Hee Haw, the worse things got for me musically.
-- Buck Owens -
You marry somebody; you love everything about them. You grow to learn about them. You never learn everything.
-- Chris Daughtry -
When I said I do, I meant that I will, 'till the end of all time...
-- Clint Black -
Love makes the world go round? Not at all. Whiskey makes it go round twice as fast.
-- Compton Mackenzie -
Oh, the comfort - the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person - having neither to weigh thoughts nor to measure words, but pouring them all right out, just as they are, chaff and grain together.
-- Dinah Maria Murlock Craik -
And this year is going to be the 25th anniversary of the 17-0 team, the only undefeated season.
-- Don Shula -
A happy home is one in which each spouse grants the possibility that the other may be right, though neither believes it
-- Donald M. Fraser -
Never tell a secret to a bride or a groom; wait until they have been married longer.
-- E. W. Howe -
Two human loves make one divine.
-- Elizabeth Barrett Browning -
Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.
-- Emily Bronte -
It was very hard for all of us. It's still very hard. The anniversary of his death just passed, and every single one of his friends, still, after all these years... it's unbelievable.
-- Eydie Gorme -
When I'm lying wrapped up in your arms, the whole world just fades away. The only thing I hear is the beating of your heart.
-- Faith Hill -
Then I saw you through myself and found we were identical.
-- Fakhr-al-Din Iraqi -
I want you for always...days, years, eternities.
-- Franz Schubert -
For you wake one day, look around and say, somebody wonderful married me.
-- Fred Ebb -
See, the 'On the Road' that came out in 1957 was censored. A lot of the honesty of it, the bitter honesty, is in the original scroll version that came out in 2007 on the 50-year anniversary. Back then, there was so much post-Second World War fear that was imposed on everybody - 'You must live life this way' - and these guys were bored.
-- Garrett Hedlund -
Love is an emotion experienced by the many and enjoyed by the few.
-- George Jean Nathan -
One of the good things that come of a true marriage is, that there is one face on which changes come without your seeing them; or rather there is one face which you can still see the same, through all the shadows which years have gathered upon it.
-- George MacDonald -
And currently, there are four to five new works in the pipeline for upcoming celebrations such as the Sydney 2000 Olympics, Australian Federation, my 50th Birthday, and Sydney Dance Company's 25th Anniversary.
-- Graeme Murphy -
We can't forget what happened on May 4th, 1970, when four students gave up their lives because they had the American constitutional right of peaceful protest. They gave up their lives. And to sing that song in that spot on that anniversary was very emotional for us.
-- Graham Nash -
Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.
-- H. L. Mencken -
A man may be a fool and not know it, but not if he is married.
-- H. L. Mencken -
Bachelors know more about women than married men; if they didn't they'd be married too.
-- H. L. Mencken -
Strike an average between what a woman thinks of her husband a month before she marries him and what she thinks of him a year afterward, and you will have the truth about him.
-- H. L. Mencken -
Happiness is the china shop; love is the bull.
-- H. L. Mencken -
Some people ask the secret of our long marriage. We take time to go to a restaurant two times a week. A little candlelight, dinner, soft music and dancing. She goes Tuesdays, I go Fridays.
-- Henny Youngman -
I've been in love with the same woman for forty-one years. If my wife finds out, she'll kill me.
-- Henny Youngman -
It is a matter of public shame that while we have now commemorated our hundredth anniversary, not one in every ten children attending Public schools throughout the colonies is acquainted with a single historical fact about Australia.
-- Henry Lawson -
One should believe in marriage as in the immortality of the soul.
-- Honore de Balzac -
The greatest pleasures of love are inseparable from its greatest pains: Love has the face of a goddess, but the talons of a lion.
-- Ivan Panin -
The London games mark the 24th anniversary of my winning two golds and setting the world record in the heptathlon. Someone is going to want it; records are made to be broken - it's only a matter of time. I hope mine will outlive me.
-- Jackie Joyner-Kersee -
My mother and stepfather were married 43 years, so I have watched a long marriage. I feel like I had a very good role model for that. And, you know, it's just a number.
-- Jamie Lee Curtis -
A married couple are well suited when both partners usually feel the need for a quarrel at the same time.
-- Jean Rostand -
I loved the domesticity of my life as a struggling actor. When I wasn't going to auditions, I could do things like cook dishes from scratch and take them to parties or be really thoughtful about birthdays and anniversaries.
-- Jenna Fischer -
You are the love of my life, and I'm so glad you found me...
-- Jim Brickman -
On this important anniversary, we must remember that while we have come a long way in eliminating barriers, critical work remains to ensure all Americans can live up to their full potential.
-- Jim Ramstad -
I have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can't get my wife to go swimming.
-- Jimmy Carter -
The sum which two married people owe to one another defies calculation. It is an infinite debt, which can only be discharged through all eternity.
-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe -
It started with a simple ring, You became husband and wife, You progressed to being parents And you're still best friends for life.
-- John Walter Bratton -
May today be filled With bright hopes for the future And happy memories of the past
-- John Walter Bratton -
Gladys.. work has kept you fit And Bill.. you never moan Well life's not for carrying cases With a butler of your own
-- John Walter Bratton -
It's not easy for you, Dad You seek your own space You slope off to watch telly But still see (Mom's Mum's Mam's) face
-- John Walter Bratton -
You moan a lot and jingle your change But let's face it, there's no escape You can flick the remote as much as you like But she's on the TV and on every tape
-- John Walter Bratton -
Over a pint in the pub, you have a good moan That's the fate of every Magpie While Mam perfects her game show skills Giving talks at the WI
-- John Walter Bratton -
It's good Mam, you've got a bike It's so much better than walking Dad just thinks it's a blessed relief It's the only time you stop talking
-- John Walter Bratton -
This is a very insulting tribute But take it in good heart Congratulations Mom and Dad You've reached Silver together...apart Lots of love etc
-- John Walter Bratton -
Still very active And rarely seen apart You're teenage geriatrics Modern and young at heart
-- John Walter Bratton -
We can reveal that John's 85 That's a well known fact Telling Kathy's age would be a breach Of the Official Secrets Act
-- John Walter Bratton -
Proud parents to two children Grandparents to five more Who visit the "Harper Bakery" It's Gran's cooking they all adore
-- John Walter Bratton -
Not only them...you've also had Young Hudson mouths to fill You could have had a thriving business But you forgot to present the bill
-- John Walter Bratton -
When you make the sacrifice in marriage, you're sacrificing not to each other but to unity in a relationship.
-- Joseph Campbell -
Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God can't help but smile on it.
-- Josh Billings -
The secret of a happy marriage is finding the right person. You know they're right if you love to be with them all the time.
-- Julia Child -
If you love somebody, you love them. My parents had a 25-year age gap between them and my mum was the breadwinner, my dad the house husband. I'm a strong believer that a good relationship can work, whatever the situation.
-- Katherine Jenkins -
America's got a Darwin problem - and it matters. According to a 2009 Gallup poll taken on the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth, fewer than 40% of Americans are willing to say that they 'believe in evolution.'
-- Kenneth R. Miller -
This year, as we celebrate the 230th anniversary of America's independence, please remember the symbols that are sacred to this country. Fly Old Glory high and show your respect and admiration for this great nation and the values we hold dear.
-- Kenny Marchant -
The richest love is that which submits to the arbitration of time.
-- Lawrence Durrell -
The goal of our life should not be to find joy in marriage, but to bring more love and truth into the world.
-- Leo Tolstoy -
The miracle is this: the more we share the more we have.
-- Leonard Nimoy -
I did that Dior Couture 60th anniversary show in July. It took so long to get ready, I think I would have rather been watching.
-- Linda Evangelista -
The day before the anniversary of D-Day, we lost a man who was equaled by few and surpassed by none as a leader in the cause of freedom: Ronald Reagan.
-- Mac Thornberry -
Love thy neighbor - and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much easier.
-- Mae West -
Both the Obama and Romney campaigns said they pulled all their political ads today in observance of the September 11th anniversary. But politics wasn't very far offstage. The Obama campaign sees foreign policy as an advantage this year.
-- Mara Liasson -
Experts on romance say for a happy marriage there has to be more than a passionate love. For a lasting union, they insist, there must be a genuine liking for each other. Which, in my book, is a good definition for friendship.
-- Marilyn Monroe -
A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left.
-- Marilyn Monroe -
To mark the 0-year anniversary of 9/, I wanted to launch an FDNY shirt that pays tribute to the brave first responders who, like my father, risk their lives in the line of duty on a regular basis. All of the proceeds raised from the sale of the T-shirt benefit the New York Police & Fire Widows' & Children's Benefit Fund.
-- Mark Sanchez -
What ought to be done to the man who invented the celebrating of anniversaries? Mere killing would be too light.
-- Mark Twain -
In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours. In all the world, there is no love for you like mine.
-- Maya Angelou -
I feel there should have been some recognition of the Spice Girls at this year's 25th anniversary. We flew the flag for Britain around the globe in the 1990s and we achieved a hell of a lot.
-- Melanie Chisholm -
Love one another and you will be happy. It's as simple and as difficult as that
-- Michael Leunig -
Last week, the House of Representatives passed a resolution honoring the victims and heroes of September 11th. As we commemorate the anniversary of 9-11, we must also remember that the threat is still very real today.
-- Michael McCaul -
A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.
-- Mignon McLaughlin
