Subject: Marriage » Husbands

My wife and I took out life insurance policies on each other – so now it’s just a waiting game.

(1962 – ) American stand-up comedian & game show host

My mother buried three husbands, and two of them were just napping.

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

The most popular labor-saving device today is still a husband with money.

(1911 – 1999) comedian, author & columnist

My husband said he needed more space… so I locked him outside.

(1952 – ) comedian, actress & writer

The only charm of marriage is that it makes a life of deception necessary for both parties.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

A husband is like a fire, he goes out when unattended.

(1899 – 1995) humorist

A marriage is always made up of two people who are prepared to swear that only the other one snores.

(1948 – ) English novelist

You know… there is a name for people who are always wrong about everything all the time… husband!

(1956 – ) comedian, television host, social critic & political commentator

I’ve been married to one Marxist and one fascist, and neither one would take the garbage out.

(1927 – ) American actress

The only time that most women give their orating husbands undivided attention is when the old boys mumble in their sleep.

(1876 – 1933) screenwriter

Never trust a husband too far or a bachelor too near.

(1876 – 1950) journalist & humorist

Bachelors know more about women than married men; if they didn't, they'd be married too.

(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist

Husbands are like fires – they go out when unattended.

(1917 – 2016) Hungarian-born American actress

Every girl dreams, when they grow up, they’re gonna marry a doctor, marry a lawyer; but me, I had to marry the only lawyer in America with a conscience.

(1963 – ) American comedian

Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is his wife.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

The gifts you buy your wife are never as appropriate as the gifts your neighbor buys his wife.

Husbands never become good; they merely become proficient.

(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist

I should have suspected my husband was lazy; on our wedding day, his mother told me: "I'm not losing a son; I'm gaining a couch."

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

When a husband brings his wife flowers for no reason, there's a reason.

Marian Jordan (1898 – 1961) American radio comedian (of Fibber McGee & Molly)

There is only one thing for a man to do who is married to a woman who enjoys spending money, and that is to enjoy earning it.

(1853 – 1937) journalist, writer & editor

No husband has ever been shot while doing the dishes.