“Motherhood is so honorable a thing that nothing – no convention – can possibly make it dishonorable; and from the standpoint of the right of the child.”

I do beseech you to direct your efforts more to preparing youth for the path and less to preparing the path for the youth.

Pontius Pilate was the first great censor and Jesus Christ the first great victim of censorship

I demand for the unmarried mother, as a sacred channel of life, the same reverence and respect as for the married mother; for Maternity is a cosmic thing and once it has come to pass, our conversation must not be permitted to blaspheme it.

The unmarried mother should be granted by society the same reverence and regard as the married mother.

The churches used to win their arguments against atheism, agnosticism, and other burning issues by burning the ismist, which is fine proof that there is a devil but hardly evidence that there is a God.

I’ve never understood why we would want to deny all the joys – and the challenges – of marriage to anyone.

Which is why I think any loving, committed couple — gay or straight — should be able to get married.

I think I was only attracted to drunken douches before I got married.

A quiet mind married to integrity of heart is the birth of wisdom.

I love to love. However, you won’t see anybody walking the red carpet with me until I’m married.

The loner – it can have a real impact on the art when they realize, I have friends, I’m married, or I have kids. That’s certainly happened to me.

I’ve definitely had a few moments in my life where I’ve seen somebody and it’s blown me away at first sight

There are many things that keep me from getting married. But there will be a time when marriage makes sense to me.