Subject: Marriage (Page 4)

I tended to place my wife under a pedestal.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

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

I think – therefore I'm single.

(1961 – ) comedian, writer, radio & television personality & blogger

You know the honeymoon's over when your dog brings your slippers, and your wife barks at you!

fictional mascot and cover boy of Mad, an American humor magazine

Marriage: A deal in which a man gives away half his groceries in order to get the other half cooked.

Every American woman has two souls to call her own, the other being her husband's.

(1877 – 1947) British diarist & critic

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

(1803 – 1882) essayist, poet, & philosopher

I think every woman is entitled to a middle husband she can forget.

(1894 – 1988) American journalist, novelist & screenwriter

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

(1876 – 1933) screenwriter

Bride: A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.

I first met the wife in a tunnel of love… she was digging it.

(1931 – 1993) English comedian

The secrets of success are a good wife and a steady job… my wife told me.

(1920 – 1991) American poet

Adultery is the application of democracy to love.

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

Bigamy is having one wife too many; monogamy is the same.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

My wife donates money to the homeless and I donate money to the topless.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

France may claim the happiest marriages in the world, but the happiest divorces in the world are made in America.

(1876 – 1950) journalist & humorist

Hovering between wife and death.

(1771 – 1854) Scottish writer

Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can't sleep with the window shut, and a woman who can't sleep with the window open.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

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

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

In many instances, marriage vows would be more accurate if the phrase were changed to ‘Until debt do us part.’

(1920 – 2001) American writer & humorist

Groom: Least important member of wedding party, whose only duties are to show up on time, remember the ring, and try not to be drunk.