Subject: Marriage » Husbands (Page 5)

My mother buried three husbands, and two of them were just napping.

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

A good husband is healthy and absent.

There's a new Playboy for married men – and it has the same centerfold every month.

(1959 – ) American comedian, actress & singer

Marital Freedom: The liberty that allows a husband to do exactly that which his wife pleases.

If you go to any book store and look at any book on marriage, you'll see at least one photo of me about to put an ice tray with only one ice cube left in it back into the refrigerator.

(1955 – ) American actor, stand-up comedian & impressionist

After marriage, a woman's sight becomes so keen that she can see right through her husband without looking at him, and a man's so dull that he can look right through his wife without seeing her.

(1876 – 1950) journalist & humorist

Strike an average between what a woman thinks of her husband a month before she marries him and what she thinks of him a year afterward, and you will have the truth about him.

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

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

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

Every mother generally hopes that her daughter will snag a better husband than she managed to do… but she's certain that her boy will never get as great a wife as his father did.

His finest hour lasted a minute and a half.

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

My husband could have had any women he pleased – he just couldn't please any!

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

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

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

I never married because there was no need: I have three pets at home which answer the same purpose as a husband – I have a dog which growls every morning, a parrot which swears all afternoon, and a cat that comes home late at night.

(1855 – 1924) English writer

Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.

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

My husband was so ugly, he used to stand outside the doctor’s office and make people sick.

(1894 – 1975) American comedian

If you ask your husband to pick up five items at the store and then you add one more as an afterthought, he will forget two of the first five.

These days the meaning of a faithful husband is one whose alimony checks arrive on time.

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

Husbands never become good; they merely become proficient.

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

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

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

(1694 – 1778) French author, humanist & satirist