Subject: Marriage (Page 32)

Life after death is as improbable as sex after marriage.

(1942 – 1999) American actress

Telling lies is a fault in a boy, an art in a lover, an accomplishment in a bachelor, and second-nature in a married man.

(1876 – 1950) journalist & humorist

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

(1920 – 2006) American actress

Women who drink white wine either want to get married, sell you a piece of real estate, or redecorate your house; either way, it's expensive.

(1946 – 1994) writer & humorist

Horse sense is what prevents a woman from becoming a nag.

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

My mother always said don't marry for money, divorce for money.

(1961 – ) American stand-up comedian

Acrimony: The holy state of being married.

You know you’re getting older when you don’t care where your wife goes, just so you don’t have to go along

I walked in on my wife and the milkman, the first thing she says is "don't tell the butcher!"

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend; a successful woman is one who can find such a man.

(1921 – 1995) American actress

Well I don’t see why I have to make one man miserable when I can make so many men happy.


Always get married early in the morning; that way, if it doesn't work out, you haven't wasted a whole day.

(1920 – 2014) American actor & entertainer

The father of the bride should realize he isn’t losing a daughter but gaining a bathroom.

Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God can't help but smile on it.

(1818 – 1885) humorist

My wife and I were happy for twenty years… before we met.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

After marriage, a woman's sight becomes so keen that she can see right through her husband without looking at him, and a man's so dull that he can look right through his wife without seeing her.

(1876 – 1950) journalist & humorist

Women should put a picture of their missing husbands on beer cans.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

Many a man who falls in love with a dimple make the mistake of marrying the whole girl.

(1899 – 1995) humorist

Isn’t it strange – when you’re single, all you see is couple and when you’re part of a couple, all you see are hookers.

(1966 – ) American stand-up comedian & actor

Catholics don't get divorced; they stay together through anger and hatred and festering misery, just like God intended.

(1953 – ) American comedian & actor

I guess the biggest issue my husband and I are going to have is how do we raise the baby… because he’s Jewish and I’m Protestant and the baby’s father is Catholic.

Canadian-American comedian & writer