Subject: Marriage (Page 8)

The world has suffered more from the ravages of ill-advised marriages than from virginity.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

Never advise anyone to go to war or to marry.

The woman cries before the wedding and the man after.

I've been asked to say a couple of words about my husband; how about short and cheap?

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

Love is an obsessive delusion that is cured by marriage.

(1888 – 1973) American pioneer in the study of psychiatry

Most wives are like ventriloquists: they stand there nodding while the dummy does all the talking.

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

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

When I meet a man I ask myself, 'Is this the man I want my children to spend their weekends with?'

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

Most women use more brains picking a horse in the third at Belmont than they do picking a husband.

(1924 – 2014) American actress & model

I never mind my wife having the last word; in fact, I’m delighted when she gets to it.

(1920 – 2000) American actor

Wife: A former sweetheart.

The only charm of marriage is that it makes a life of deception necessary for both parties.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

You might be a redneck if… you smoked during your wedding.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

Marriage: The difference between painting the town and painting the back porch.

We have a good time together, even when we’re not together

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

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

My mother married a very good man… and she is not at all keen on my doing the same.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

Whenever you want to marry someone, go have lunch with his ex-wife.

(1920 – 2006) American actress

Marriage is the operation by which a woman's vanity and a man's egotism are extracted without an anesthetic.

(1876 – 1950) journalist & humorist

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

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

A fate worse than marriage; a sort of eternal engagement.

(1939 – ) English playwright