Wives Quotes

501 Wives quotes by 393 unique authors

Husbands and wives generally understand when opposition will be vain. — Jane Austen
Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses. — Francis Bacon
I am thinking of taking a fifth wife. Why not? Solomon had a thousand wives and he is a synonym for wisdom. — John Barrymore
Golf is played by twenty million mature American men whose wives think they are out having fun. — Jim Bishop
I can't be a wife. I'm not that sort of person. Wives have to compromise all the time. — Sarah Brightman
If presidents can't do it to their wives, they do it to their country. — Mel Brooks
What white man has ever seen me drunk? Who has ever come to me hungry and left me unfed? Who has seen me beat my… — Sitting Bull
I've been playing sexually aware women most of my life. At this point I expected to be playing moms and wives. It's exciting to play… — Kim Cattrall
White men have always controlled their wives' wages. Colored men were not able to do so until they themselves became free. Then they owned both… — Susan B. Anthony
A man making the confession of any creed worth ten minutes' intelligent talk, is always a man who gains something and gives up something. So… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Exactly. She does not shine as a wife even in her own account of what occurred. I am not a whole-souled admirer of womankind, as… — Arthur Conan Doyle
Women's rights in essence is really a movement for freedom, a movement for equality, for the dignity of all women, for those who work outside… — William Ruckelshaus
As ridiculous to approve of property and let a few men have a grossly unfair share of it, as say you are all for marriage,… — Katharine Whitehorn
In his life, a man can change wives, political parties or religions but he cannot change his favourite soccer team. — Eduardo Galeano
I know we're meant to be these hard-headed, money-obsessed professionals but we're still little boys at heart. Just ask our wives. — Unknown Author
It is a noteworthy fact that kicking and beating have played so considerable a part in the habits which necessity has imposed on mankind in… — George Bernard Shaw
Many men are more faithful to their golf partners than to their wives and have stuck with them longer. — John Updike
High people, sir, are the best; take a hundred ladies of quality, you'll find them better wives, better mothers, more willing to sacrifice their own… — Samuel Johnson
The word and works of God is quite clear, that women were made either to be wives or prostitutes. — Martin Luther
People still cheat on their wives, that hasn't fallen out of fashion. We all speak of it badly, but it has not fallen out of… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Some jobs are worse than actual wives. Ad agency vs. Matrimony, for instance: Even the most capricious and demanding spouse is not going to divorce… — P.J. O'Rourke
Out of your awareness you cannot become soldiers in a war because you will be able to see, with clear eyes, that you are going… — Rajneesh
Adam knew Eve his wife and she conceived. It is a pity that this is still the only knowledge of their wives at which some… — F. H. Bradley
No man succeeds without a good woman behind him. Wife or mother, if it is both, he is twice blessed indeed. — Harold MacMillan
O men with sisters dear, O men with mothers and wives, It is not linen you 're wearing out, But human creatures' lives! — Thomas Hood

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