Wives Quotes · Page 7

I always think that a bit sad - that people think their wives would stop them doing what they wanted to do.

— Charley Boorman

Come, let us choose us wives from among the children of men and beget us children.

— Enoch

Pride is the chief cause in the decline in the number of husbands and wives.

— Neil Diamond

Husbands and wives generally understand when opposition will be vain.

— Jane Austen

“Yes. Do not steal their money. Do not take their wives and do not interfere with their religion.”

— S. A. David

Wives live longer than husbands because they're not married to women.

— Colin Mochrie

Married men don't get their own apartments 'to escape' their lives with their wives.

— Kenya Moore

A man should have two wives: one to love and one to sew on his buttons.

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Wives are funny creatures. They don't have sex with their husbands for weeks and then they want to kill the woman who…

— Nikhil Saluja

People label themselves husbands, wives, moms, sisters, and friends before they label themselves Democrats or Republicans.

— Stephanie Ruhle

My wife's in judge of me, Murdered in cold blood is what I'm gonna be, I ain't been home since Friday night,…

— John Entwistle

We can change our wives,” he said. “We can change our jobs, our nationalities and even our religions, but we can never…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“Wives are like the flowers on a prickly pear cactus. They’re pretty to look at, but you’re better off not picking one.”

— Norm Bass

In 1984, showing extraordinary courage, a group of Guatemalan wives, mothers and other relatives of disappeared people banded together to form the…

— Stephen Kinzer

“[Charlotte Bronte] had thought of every maneuver for circumventing those stony obstructions of wives who would not remove themselves.”

— Elizabeth Hardwick

“Nothing humbles a beautiful woman better than not being wanted by a man whose girlfriend or wife is ugly (or not as…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Not only should the conventional "rules" of marriage not apply necessarily to individual wives, but the euphoria of Phase One is old…

— Susan Shapiro Barash

Men marry for fortune, and sometimes to please their fancy; but, much oftener than is suspected, they consider what the world will…

— Charles Lamb

“Wives' at these events had limited choices: either they could stay by their husbands' sides to coach them on other guests' names…

— Anne Korkeakivi

There's an air of mystery around the Masons, but the reality is that they're mostly a bunch of veterans getting drunk in…

— Jimmy Kimmel

'The Stepford Wives' was too big, and it was unsatisfying to do. Not that it was unsatisfying to do, but it was…

— Frank Oz

“To ask a man whether or not he has a girlfriend is to talk about his sex life. If you disagree with…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

I speak of plurality of wives as one of the most holy principles that God ever revealed to man, and all those…

— Heber C. Kimball

Several politicians and wives of politicians have been public about their experiences with depression or bipolar illness, including Lawton Chiles, Patrick Kennedy,…

— Kay Redfield Jamison

Time travel is only a little less confusing than wives.

— Ranvir Shorey

All my wives were great housekeepers. After every divorce, they kept the house.

— Willie Pep

Wickets are like wives. You never know what to expect from them.

— Navjot Singh Sidhu

Happy are your wives! Happyare these your servants, who continually attend you and hear your wisdom!

— Anonymous

men love their wives not because of their virtues, but in spite of them.

— Margaret Deland

Most wives look at me the way lame deer look at a hungry lion.

— Katie Hopkins

“The men don’t like their wives so much. They only get married if it’s a good idea.” Faith”

— Grace Paley

“Why does a woman work ten years to change a man, then complain he's not the man she married?”

— Barbra Streisand

There's a place for corporate wives, but there's no place for corporate husbands.

— Karen Valenstein

The wife who always insists on the last word often has it.

— Kenneth Hutchin

Wives in their husbands' absences grow subtler, And daughters sometimes run off with the butler.

— Lord Byron

“Men are highly attracted to smiles. That includes your husband.”

— Anonymous

Wives rarely fuss about their beauty To guarantee their mate's affection.

— Moliere

The only time some fellows are seen with their wives is after they're indicted.

— Kin Hubbard

Ladies I'm not afraid of commitment, ask my 5 ex-wives.

— Green Monk

The men always tell me off for giving their wives too many ideas that end up costing them a lot of money.

— George Clarke