Subject: Marriage (Page 16)

To marry is to halve your rights and double your duties.

(1788 – 1860) German philosopher

No husband has ever been shot while doing the dishes.

Husband: A man who lost his liberty in the pursuit of happiness.

Before marriage, a man declares that he would lay down his life to serve you; after marriage, he won’t even lay down his newspaper to talk to you.

(1876 – 1950) journalist & humorist

Take my wife… please!

(1906 – 1998) English-born American comedian

My wife was fitted with a coil… she used to pick up CB signals.

(1928 – 2003) English entertainer

The honeymoon is over when he phones to say he’ll be late for supper and she’s already left a note that it’s in the refrigerator.

I went to look for a used car and found my wife's dress in the back seat.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

How it Works: The Husband

American couples have gone to such lengths to avoid the interference of in-laws that they have to pay marriage counselors to interfere between them.

(1936 – ) novelist, essayist & columnist

There are two sides to every argument, and they’re usually married to each other.

If a man works like a horse for his money, there are a lot of girls anxious to take him down the bridal path.

(1922 – 2018) comedian & actor

Real happiness is when you marry a girl for love and find out later she has money.

(1928 – 2003) English entertainer

Many a man's lost his best friend by marrying her.

(1908 – 2003) American actor & dancer

Sex drive—a physical craving that begins in adolescence and ends at marriage.

(1930 – ) American author and billiard player, teacher & commentator

Satan probably wouldn’t have talked so big if God had been his wife.

(1947 – ) author, humorist & satirist

Retirement means twice as much husband on half as much money.

When you marry your mistress you create a job vacancy.

(1933 – 1997) Anglo-French billionaire financier

Every girl dreams, when they grow up, they’re gonna marry a doctor, marry a lawyer; but me, I had to marry the only lawyer in America with a conscience.

(1963 – ) American comedian

In many instances, marriage vows would be more accurate if the phrase were changed to ‘Until debt do us part.’

(1920 – 2001) American writer & humorist

A psychiatrist is a fellow who asks you a lot of expensive questions your wife asks for nothing.

(1911 – 1999) comedian, author & columnist