Paul did not put a smiley after his statement. I am convinced that he thought that celibacy was a gift from God, and that everyone ought to aspire to that state. Scripture is certainly quite clear, is it not?
We wouldn't HAVE any Christians left this long into the future if Paul's preference for celibacy was to be something "everyone ought to aspire to" - no?
We've been here before, I know, but when the entire passage is read IN CONTEXT to the tribulations the early church suffered, you can understand his urging other evangelists to be like him and not be encumbered by responsibilities of family. After things settled down some, he, as well as the other writers of scripture, encouraged leaders of the church to be "husbands of one wife" and to demonstrate their leadership of the church in their having good and decent wives and obedient children. See my point?