Subject: Marriage (Page 34)

Acrimony: The holy state of being married.

Honeymoon Sandwich: Just lettuce alone, with no dressing.

A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend; a successful woman is one who can find such a man.

(1921 – 1995) American actress

Getting married for sex is like buying a 747 for the free peanuts.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

I think every woman is entitled to a middle husband she can forget.

(1894 – 1988) American journalist, novelist & screenwriter

The gifts you buy your wife are never as appropriate as the gifts your neighbor buys his wife.

Alimony: The sum of money a man is commanded to pay his ex-wife in exchange for the pleasure of having her live under a separate roof.

Vanessa: You have no class, Thornton, and I am tired of it! I want a divorce.

Melon: Divorce. I knew we had something in common.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

Altar: To change through marriage.

Basically you're saying marriage is just a way of getting out of an embarrassing pause in conversation.

(1960 – ) English actor

I was just surprised when my wife told me we were having a baby. I was like, “Wow, that’s awesome. You’re going to make a great single mom.”

(1966 – ) American actor, musician & comedian

If you would like to get your wife’s attention – just look comfortable!.

You never realize how short a month is until you pay alimony.

(1882 – 1942) American actor

I was the best man at the wedding; if I'm the best man, why is she marrying him?

(1954 – ) comedian & television actor

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

(1918 – 2002) advice columnist

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

(1899 – 1995) humorist

A bachelor is a man who comes to work each morning from a different direction.

(Sholem Naumovich Rabinovich) (1859 – 1916) Jewish author & humorist

With my wife I get no respect. I fell asleep with a cigarette in my hand; she lit it.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

When she was pregnant, she would get these cravings in the middle of the night… for other men.

comedian

If it were not for the presents, an elopement would be preferable.

(1866 – 1944) American writer, newspaper columnist, playwright & humorist

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

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer