Quotation by

Michael Ian Black

I honestly believe you can never tell if a relationship is going to last. In my own marriage, which is going on 14 years, I don't think of it as 'I'm going to be with this person forever.' Instead, I think of more like, 'I'll probably be with this person

Advertisement

Understanding this quote AI Analysis

Michael Ian Black is saying that he doesn't make a firm promise about his marriage lasting forever, but rather sees it as likely to continue without certainty. He emphasizes a realistic, ongoing choice instead of a fixed expectation about the future.

More by this author

All quotes by Michael Ian Black →

More quotes about Relationship

See all →
I feel an intense intimacy with those who have this loathing interest in me. Further than this, I know what they mean, I sympathize with them, I understand them. There should be a name (as poetic as …
We saw what happened in Jimmy Carter's administration. President Carter was a good man with the best of intentions. But he came to Washington without a good working relationship with Democratic membe…
My relationship with the journalists who covered the campaign was complicated. I often hid from the critical eye of their cameras and their omnipresent digital recorders, wary of the critique implici…

Advertisement

The relationship between press and politician - protected by the Constitution and designed to be happily adversarial - becomes sour, raw and confrontational.
In the different voice of women lies the truth of an ethic of care, the tie between relationship and responsibility, and the origins of aggression in the failure of connection.