Subject: Marriage » Wives (Page 8)

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

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

A husband is a guy who tells you when you've got on too much lipstick and helps you with your girdle when your hips stick.

(1902 – 1971) American humorist & poet

In my house I’m the boss, my wife is just the decision maker.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

The gifts you buy your wife are never as appropriate as the gifts your neighbor buys his wife.

My wife kisses the dog on the lips, yet she won’t drink from my glass.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

Middle-age is the time of life, that a man first notices – in his wife.

(1906 – 1989) American poet & author

They have come up with a perfect understanding; he won't try to run her life, and he won't try to run his, either.

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

The first time you go out after your wife’s birthday, you will see the gift you gave her marked down fifty percent.
Corollary: If she’s with you, she’ll assume you chose it because it was cheap.

Whenever a husband and wife begin to discuss their marriage they are giving evidence at a coroner's inquest.

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

God help the man who won’t marry until he finds a perfect woman, and God help him still more if he finds her.

(1860 – 1943) British socialist, union leader & politician

No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a nice man who wishes that she were not.

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

One of the best hearing aids a man can have is an attentive wife.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

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

(1694 – 1778) French author, humanist & satirist

No man is truly married until he understands every word his wife is NOT saying.

My wife was fitted with a coil… she used to pick up CB signals.

(1928 – 2003) English entertainer

Whatever arrangement you make for the division of household duties, your husband's job will be easier.

Generally speaking, my wife is generally speaking.

(1906 – 1998) English-born American comedian

One good husband is worth two good wives for the scarcer things are, the more they’re valued.

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

I tell ya, my wife, we get along good cause we have our own arrangement; I mean, one night a week I go out with the boys and one night a week, she goes out with the boys.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

My wife converted me to religion; I never believed in hell until I married her.

(1892 – 1992) American film & television producer & director