Quotes on Singleness

There is increasing evidence that bachelorhood is symptomatic of psychopathology--
Irving Bieber in Time Magazine 1967

Woman without a man is like a field without seed--
Ethiopian Saying

The most threatened group in human society, as in animal societies, is the unmated male: the unmated male is more likely to wind up in prison or in an asylum or dead than his mated counterpart. He is less likely to be promoted at work, and he is considered a poor credit risk--
Germaine Greer in Sex and Destiny: The Politics of Human Fertility

I've always held a bachelor is someone who never makes the same mistake once--
Gary Cooper in a 1940 film

Marriage has many pains, but celebacy has no pleasures--
Samuel Johnson

A smart bachelor stops up his ears when a womans voice has a ring in it--
Unknown

Marriage is neither heaven nor hell. It is simply purgatory--
Abraham Lincoln

When a man's friend marries, all is over between them--
French proverb

I gravely doubt women were ever married by capture. I think they pretended to be, as they still do.
GK Chesterton

Second Marriage: Another instance of the triumph of hope over experience.
Samuel Johnson

A bachelor's life is a fine breakfast, a flat lunch, and a miserable dinner.--
Francis Bacon