Subject: Marriage » Husbands

Last week I planned my husband’s funeral; he hasn’t died yet, it’s just what I do when he annoys me.

comedian & actress

A husband is like a fire, he goes out when unattended.

(1899 – 1995) humorist

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

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

(1876 – 1950) journalist & humorist

Why do men die before their wives? … Could it be because they want to?

(1967 – ) English comedian

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

(1927 – ) American actress

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

(1917 – 2016) Hungarian-born American actress

My husband said he needed more space… so I locked him outside.

(1952 – ) comedian, actress & writer

Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.

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

I’m still friends with all my ex’s, apart from my husbands.

(1946 – ) American recording artist, actress, director & record producer

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

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

You know… there is a name for people who are always wrong about everything all the time… husband!

(1956 – ) comedian, television host, social critic & political commentator

The husband who doesn't tell his wife everything probably reasons that what she doesn't know won't hurt him.


The most popular labor-saving device today is still a husband with money.

(1911 – 1999) comedian, author & columnist

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

(1948 – ) English novelist

If you run into an old girlfriend – no matter how innocently – your wife will know about it before you get home.

You might be a redneck if… you work with a shirt off… and so does your husband.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

Husbands never become good; they merely become proficient.

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

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

(1694 – 1778) French author, humanist & satirist

A husband is what is left of the lover after the nerve has been extracted.

(1876 – 1950) journalist & humorist

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

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer