Subject: Marriage (Page 16)

Marriage is a bribe to make a housekeeper think she’s a householder.

(1897 – 1975) American author & playwright

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)

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

(1967 – ) English comedian

If we men married the women we deserved, we should have a very bad time of it.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

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

(1876 – 1950) journalist & humorist

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

Adultery is the application of democracy to love.

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

An ideal wife is one who remains faithful to you but tries to be just as charming as if she weren't.

(1885 – 1957) French stage actor, film actor, director, screenwriter & playwright

Bigamist: A man who marries a beautiful girl and a good cook.

The poor wish to be rich, the rich wish to be happy, the happy wish to be married, the married wish to be dead.

(1918 – 2002) advice columnist

A man's wife has more power over him than the state has.

(1803 – 1882) essayist, poet, & philosopher

I think that after the third marriage Georgie tried to claim his divorce attorney as a dependent.

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer

Marriage is the price men pay for sex, sex is the price women pay for marriage.

Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.

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

Men would like monogamy better if it sounded less like monotony.

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

Elton Takes David Up the Aisle

Divorce, from the Latin word meaning to rip out a man’s genitals through his wallet.

(1951 – 2014) comedian & actor

I got divorced from my wife on June 6, 2006; yeah, 6-6-06, which coincidentally, was when my wife turned into a demon spawned from Satan’s anus – but for legal reasons, I have to call her, “Kate.”

(1964 – ) American comedian & actor

My wife said to me, "I want to be cremated." I said, "How about Tuesday?"

(1924 – 2003) American comedian & actor

I've been asked to say a couple of words about my husband; how about short and cheap?

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

My wife has to be the worst cook; her specialty is indigestion.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor