Subject: Marriage (Page 9)

Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and half-shut afterwards.

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

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

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

How it Works: The Wife

If you haven’t seen your wife smile at a traffic cop, you haven’t seen her smile her prettiest.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

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

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

Alimony: The fee a woman charges for name-dropping.

Adultery: Putting yourself in someone else’s position.

It was an arranged marriage, put together by drugs and alcohol.

American comedian & television host

Our marriage vows: till death do us part, for better for worse, in secrets and in health.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)

Year: The exact length of time that will pass from the day you get married to the day you forget your first anniversary.

Insanity: Grounds for divorce in some states; grounds for marriage in all

To the question: Do married people live longer?

Fields responded: No, it just seems longer.

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

I was just surprised when my wife told me we were having a baby. I was like, “Wow, that’s awesome. You’re going to make a great single mom.”

(1966 – ) American actor, musician & comedian

All women marry beneath them.

At the end of the Peterson trial, my daughter turns to me and she goes, 'Daddy, are you going to kill Mommy?'… 'Oh, honey – that's up to Mommy, isn't it?'

(1964 – ) American comedian & actor

How many husbands have I had?… do you mean apart from my own?

(1917 – 2016) Hungarian-born American actress

For a while we pondered whether to take a vacation or get a divorce; we decided that a trip to Bermuda is over in two weeks, but a divorce is something you always have.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.

Marriage: A ceremony in which rings are put on the finger of the lady and through the nose of the gentleman.

My fiancé and I are having a little disagreement; what I want is a big church wedding with bridesmaids and flowers and a no-expense-spared reception; what he wants is to break off our engagement.


A bachelor is a guy who never made the same mistake once.

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress