Subject: Marriage » Husbands

Perfection is what American women expect to find in their husbands… but English women only hope to find in their butlers.

(1874 – 1965) English dramatist & novelist

Women should put a picture of their missing husbands on beer cans.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

When in the course of human affairs – your spouse always finds out.

I understand that many newlyweds are vacationing here (Niagara Falls)… I suppose seeing the falls was their second biggest disappointment.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

I should have suspected my husband was lazy; on our wedding day, his mother told me: "I'm not losing a son; I'm gaining a couch."

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

Before I met my husband, I'd never fallen in love, though I'd stepped in it a few times.

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is his wife.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

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.

Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.

(1709 – 1784) English author, essayist, critic, editor & lexicographer

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

There's nothing like a good dose of another woman to make a man appreciate his wife.

(1903 – 1987 diplomat, playwright, journalist & politician

Never trust a husband too far or a bachelor too near.

(1876 – 1950) journalist & humorist

Colonel Mustard: How many husbands have you had?
Mrs. White: Mine or other women's?

(1942 – 1999) American actress

I know not which lives more unnatural lives, obeying husbands, or commanding wives.

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

American husbands are the best in the world; no other husbands are so generous to their wives, or can be so easily divorced.

(1864 – 1943) English writer

I’ve been married to one Marxist and one fascist, and neither one would take the garbage out.

(1927 – ) American actress

As soon as they get married, they all get these big old guts on them; that's not from drinking beer – that's from swallowing pride.

stand-up comedian

Bachelors know more about women than married men; if they didn't, they'd be married too.

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

A marriage is always made up of two people who are prepared to swear that only the other one snores.

(1948 – ) English novelist

Husbands are like fires – they go out when unattended.

(1917 – 2016) Hungarian-born American actress

Husbands are awkward things to deal with; even keeping them in hot water will not make them tender.

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