"The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults." ― Peter De Vries Topic(s): Marriage More From Peter De Vries "The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds – they mature slowly." "Murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums." "A suburban mother’s role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after." More In Marriage "I want to do more action adventures and more romantic comedies."― Maria Bello "Marriage is a wonderful invention: then again, so is a bicycle repair kit."― Billy Connolly "I grew up in a Hindu household but went to a Roman Catholic school. I grew up with a mother who said, ‘I’ll arrange a marriage for you at 18,’ but she also said that we could achieve anything we put our minds to an encourage us to dream of becoming prime minister or president."― Indra Nooyi