Subject: Marriage (Page 35)

Husbands are awkward things to deal with; even keeping them in hot water will not make them tender.

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The first one’s the hardest, then you know the routine.

(1932 – 2011) British-American actress

Men think monogamy is something you make dining tables out of.

(1958 – ) Australian author

My first wife, I’ll never forget her… and I’ve tried.

(1922 – 1991) American comedian

The one thing women don't want to find in their stockings on Christmas morning is their husband.

(1935 – 2014) American comedian, television personality, writer & director

When two people decide to get a divorce, it isn't a sign that they don't understand one another, but a sign that they have, at last, begun to.

(1876 – 1950) journalist & humorist

Marriage is an attempt to solve problems together which you didn't even have when you were on your own.

(1892 – 1964) singer, dancer, comedian, actor & songwriter

Compromise: An amiable arrangement between husband and wife whereby they agree to let her have her own way.

The dread of loneliness is greater than the fear of bondage, so we get married.

(1903 – 1974) English intellectual, literary critic & writer

A good wife is one who can mow the lawn in the summer and put up the storm windows in the winter.

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

Mixed doubles are always starting divorces. If you play with your wife, you fight with her. If you play with somebody else, she fights with you.

American professional tennis player

Marriage = Betting someone half your shit that you’ll love them forever.

(1973 – ) American writer, stand-up comedian, actor, director & producer

Men who have a pierced ear are better prepared for marriage – they' ve experienced pain and bought jewelry.

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

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

I want to marry the kind of girl that walks out of an abortion clinic with a lollipop.

(1978 – ) American writer & stand-up comedian

Marriage is a romance in which the hero dies in the first chapter.

My wife only has sex with me for a purpose; last night she used me to time an egg.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

Trust your husband, adore your husband, and get as much as you can in your own name.

(1935 – 2014) American comedian, television personality, writer & director

Why go out for milk when you've got a cow at home.

(1946 – ) American actor

Bigamist: A man who keeps two himself.

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