Subject: Marriage (Page 35)

My husband always felt that a marriage and career don't mix’ that's why he's never worked.

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

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

(1876 – 1950) journalist & humorist

Alimony is a system by which, when two people make a mistake, one of them continues to pay for it.

(1893 – 1957) American actress & celebrity

Marriage is nature's way of keeping us from fighting with strangers.

(1927 – 2004) American comedian & actor

I hated my marriage, but I always had a great place to park.

American author, humor columnist & critic

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

(1876 – 1933) screenwriter

When I met my wife I wanted sex in the worst way… and I got it.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

Whenever I get married, I start buying Gourmet magazine.

(1941 – 2012) American novelist, producer, screenwriter & director

She cried, and the judge wiped her tears with my checkbook.

(1894 – 1967) English heir, New York socialite (married 13 times)

A punctual husband is a lonely man.

cartoon character in The Lockhorns by (Bunny Hoest & John Reiner)

If it were not for the presents, an elopement would be preferable.

(1866 – 1944) American writer, newspaper columnist, playwright & humorist

When a man opens a car door for his wife, it's either a new car or a new wife.

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

All weddings, except those with shotguns in evidence, are wonderful.

(1923 – ) American journalist & gossip columnist

I have great hopes that we shall love each other all our lives as much as if we had never married at all.

(1788 – 1824) English poet

Marry your son when you will, but your daughter when you can.

(1706 – 1790) American statesman, author, scientist & inventor

The concept of two people living together for twenty-five years without having a cross word suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep.

(1890 – 1971) English humorist, novelist & playwright

If women believed in their husbands they would be a good deal happier and also a good deal more foolish.

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

My sister just got married; I was the maid of debt in that little event.

(1965 – ) American comedian

Your marriage is in trouble if your wife says, 'You're only interested in one thing,' and you can't remember what it is.

(1908 – 2002) comedian, radio & television actor

The poor wish to be rich, the rich wish to be happy, the single wish to be married, and the married wish to be dead.

(1918 – 2002) advice columnist