Subject: Marriage (Page 18)

At the end of the Peterson trial, my daughter turns to me and she goes, 'Daddy, are you going to kill Mommy?'… 'Oh, honey – that's up to Mommy, isn't it?'

(1964 – ) American comedian & actor

I grew up in a very large family in a very small house; I never slept alone until after I was married.

(1946 – 1994) writer & humorist

Newlywed: What you and your spouse will officially be considered until your first anniversary, or until you go an entire week without sex (whichever comes first).

No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a nice man who wishes that she were not.

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

The other day my wife asked me to take her someplace real expensive to eat, so I took her to the airport.

stand-up comedian

This coat I’m wearing is a present from my wife; I came home early one night and there it was, hanging over a chair.

(1924 – 1987) American stand-up ‘deadpan’ comedian and actor

I thought when I was 41, I would be married with kids… well, to be honest I thought I would be married with weekend access.

(1965 – ) British-Irish comedian, writer & actor

If it weren’t for marriage, husband and wives would have to fight with strangers.

(1919 – 1985) Scottish comedian & actor

Alimony: A splitting headache.

You might be a redneck if… you work with a shirt off… and so does your husband.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

When you see a married couple walking down the street, the one that's a few steps ahead is the one that's mad.

(1975 – ) American stand-up comedian & television host

Marriage always demands the finest arts of insincerity possible between two human beings."

(1888 – 1960) Austrian writer

Bigamy is the only crime on the books where two rites make a wrong.

Thou shalt not covet they neighbor's wife unless she's a beauty.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

Rejoinder: Married his ex.

It's like my ex-wife… 21 different personalities and seven of them hated me.

American football coach

Whenever you want to marry someone, go have lunch with his ex-wife.

(1920 – 2006) American actress

We’ve been married 21 years – 100 with the windchill factor.

(1955 – ) American stand-up comedian

We were happily married for eight months… unfortunately, we were married for four and a half years.


A man's wife has more power over him than the state has.

(1803 – 1882) essayist, poet, & philosopher

Why get married and make one man miserable when I can stay single and make thousands miserable?

(1953 – ) American comedian, writer & actor