Subject: Marriage » Wives

There is one thing more exasperating than a wife who can cook and won’t, and that’s a wife who can’t cook and will.

(1874 – 1963) American poet

Marital Freedom: The liberty that allows a husband to do exactly that which his wife pleases.

I have good looking kids; thank goodness my wife cheats on me.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

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

(1902 – 1971) American humorist & poet

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

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

The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself.

(1694 – 1778) French author, humanist & satirist

There is a vast difference between the savage and the civilized man, but it is never apparent to their wives until after breakfast.

(1876 – 1950) journalist & humorist

If you would like to get your wife’s attention – just look comfortable!.

One time I went to a hotel; I asked the bellhop to handle my bag; he felt up my wife!

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

My wife and I had words – but I never got to use mine.

I could be such a wonderful wife to another wife's husband.

(1931 – ) American author & newspaper journalist

After marriage, husband and wife become two sides of a coin; they just can't face each other, but still they stay together.

(1954 – ) Indian Professor of Journalism

A wife is a friend first, a lover second, and third and probably most important, a maid.

(1982 – ) American author

My wife has cut me down to once a month; I'm lucky…
I know two guys she cut off completely.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

Why do we have to go out Peg? … Isn’t it enough I know I’m married to you; do we have to tell the whole world?

(1946 – ) American actor

Whenever she uses the phrase 'I was thinking…,' that means I either have to move, paint or buy something.

American actor & comedian

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

My wife was too beautiful for words… but not for arguments.

(1882 – 1942) American actor

My wife gets all the money I make… I just get an apple and clean clothes every morning.

(1957 – ) American stand-up comedian, actor & screenwriter

Husbands are chiefly good lovers when they are betraying their wives.

(1926 – 1962) actress, sex symbol