Subject: Marriage (Page 22)

Monogamy leaves a lot to be desired.

Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution.

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

His finest hour lasted a minute and a half.

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

Real happiness is when you marry a girl for love and find out later she has money.

(1928 – 2003) English entertainer

A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband, while a man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.

Honeymoon: A short period of doting between dating and debting.

A psychiatrist is a fellow who asks you a lot of expensive questions your wife asks for nothing.

(1911 – 1999) comedian, author & columnist

The husband who doesn't tell his wife everything probably reasons that what she doesn't know won't hurt him.


Judge not a man by his clothes, but by his wife's clothes.

(1864 – 1930) Scottish whisky distiller

Don’t over-analyze your marriage; it’s like yanking up a fragile indoor plant every 20 minutes to see how its roots are growing.

(1902 – 1971) American humorist & poet

Our dog died from licking our wedding picture.

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

Middle-age is the time of life, that a man first notices – in his wife.

(1906 – 1989) American poet & author

Whatever arrangement you make for the division of household duties, your husband's job will be easier.

Being an old maid is like death by drowning, a really delightful sensation after you cease to struggle.

(1885 – 1968) American writer

It is better to have an ugly wife for one’s self than a beautiful wife for others.

No man is truly married until he understands every word his wife is NOT saying.

My wife made me join a bridge club… I jump off next Tuesday.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

I think the secret to a successful marriage is low expectations.

(1959 – ) American stand-up comedian

Divorce: A splitting headache.

Sex again Peg? … we’ve been married seventeen years now; can’t we just be friends?

(1946 – ) American actor

Perfection is what American women expect to find in their husbands… but English women only hope to find in their butlers.

(1874 – 1965) English dramatist & novelist