Subject: Marriage » Wives

My first wife, I’ll never forget her… and I’ve tried.

(1922 – 1991) American comedian

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

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

I tended to place my wife under a pedestal.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

I told my wife the truth… I told her I was seeing a psychiatrist; then she told me the truth: that she was seeing a psychiatrist, two plumbers, and a bartender.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

I have good looking kids; thank goodness my wife cheats on me.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

Oh, we were doomed from the start. I’m an Earth sign. She’s a Water sign. Together, we made mud.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

I have learned that only two things are necessary to keep one's wife happy: first, let her think she's having her own way, and second, let her have it.

(1908 – 1973) 36th U.S. president

Whatever arrangement you make for the division of household duties, your husband's job will be easier.

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

When a man opens the door of his car for his wife, you can be sure of one thing: either the car is new or the wife is.

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

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

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

A good wife is one who can mow the lawn in the summer and put up the storm windows in the winter.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

There is a vast difference between the savage and the civilized man, but it is never apparent to their wives until after breakfast.

(1876 – 1950) journalist & humorist

If you haven’t seen your wife smile at a traffic cop, you haven’t seen her smile her prettiest.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

After three years of marriage, there are some questions I'd like to ask my wife… little things like, 'Honey, why is it that you get three closets and I get the back of a chair?

comedian & actor

Every American woman has two souls to call her own, the other being her husband's.

(1877 – 1947) British diarist & critic

My psychiatrist said my wife and I should have sex every night; now, we'll never see each other!

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

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

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

They have come up with a perfect understanding; he won't try to run her life, and he won't try to run his, either.