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Wife Quotes

"My wife can see always how a part affects me personally because she has to live with it."

"My wife can see always how a part affects me personally because she has to live with it."

Cillian Murphy, Irish Actor

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"I even smoke in bed. Imagine smoking a cigar in bed, reading a book. Next to your bed, there's a cigar table with a special cigar ashtray, and your wife is reading a book on how to save the environment."

"I even smoke in bed. Imagine smoking a cigar in bed, reading a book. Next to your bed, there's a cigar table with a special cigar ashtray, and your wife is reading a book on how to save the environment."

Raul Julia, Puerto Rican Actor

Wife, Bed, Environment, Reading

61

"I always wondered if you clone your wife and have the cloned wife on the moon and the real wife down here, would that be considered cheating?"

"I always wondered if you clone your wife and have the cloned wife on the moon and the real wife down here, would that be considered cheating?"

Luis Guzman, Puerto Rican Actor

Wife, Cheating, Moon

58

"Memorizing dialogue has always come easy and quickly to me. My wife Eileen is also very helpful. She gives me choices, and asks me questions, and runs my lines with me."

"Memorizing dialogue has always come easy and quickly to me. My wife Eileen is also very helpful. She gives me choices, and asks me questions, and runs my lines with me."

Bill Mumy, American Actor

Wife, Choices, Questions

58

"My wife says I'm making a noise like a stranded whale. I think I have a major snoring problem."

"My wife says I'm making a noise like a stranded whale. I think I have a major snoring problem."

Rex Hunt, Australian Entertainer

48

"The husband and wife are one, and that one is the husband."

"The husband and wife are one, and that one is the husband."

William Blackstone, English Judge

48

"Sobriety was the greatest gift I ever gave myself. I don't put it on a platform. I don't campaign about it. It's just something that works for me. It enabled me to really connect with another human being - my wife, Sheryl - which I was never able to do before."

"Sobriety was the greatest gift I ever gave myself. I don't put it on a platform. I don't campaign about it. It's just something that works for me. It enabled me to really connect with another human being - my wife, Sheryl - which I was never able to do before."

Rob Lowe, American Actor

42

"Well I live in Vienna with my wife and son, and I teach in Hamburg, there will be no changes in that respect."

"Well I live in Vienna with my wife and son, and I teach in Hamburg, there will be no changes in that respect."

Gyorgy Ligeti, Hungarian Composer

Wife, Son, Respect, Will

40

"It is just that I don't want a wife and I don't want kids."

"It is just that I don't want a wife and I don't want kids."

Henry Rollins, American Musician

Wife, Kids, Want

40

"Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other."

"Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other."

Anton Chekhov, Russian Dramatist

Wife, Literature, Medicine, Night

38

"I don't think a prostitute is more moral than a wife, but they are doing the same thing."

"I don't think a prostitute is more moral than a wife, but they are doing the same thing."

Prince Philip, British Royalty

37

"I don't have friends, I have thousands of acquaintances. No friends. I figured I had a wife and children."

"I don't have friends, I have thousands of acquaintances. No friends. I figured I had a wife and children."

Charles Bronson, American Actor

Wife, Children, Friends

36

"I'm not saying my wife's a bad cook, but she uses a smoke alarm as a timer."

"I'm not saying my wife's a bad cook, but she uses a smoke alarm as a timer."

Bob Monkhouse, English Comedian

35

"I met my wife, Doreen, who was a dancer in the show."

"I met my wife, Doreen, who was a dancer in the show."

Ernie Wise, English Comedian

33

"Judge not a man by his clothes, but by his wife's clothes."

"Judge not a man by his clothes, but by his wife's clothes."

Thomas R. Dewar, American Distiller

Wife, Clothes, Man

33

"My second wife Bonnie Owens and I worked together after we divorced for a period of maybe 20 years. And I managed to stay friends with another wife. And then there's one that I don't mess with. Everybody's got one of those."

"My second wife Bonnie Owens and I worked together after we divorced for a period of maybe 20 years. And I managed to stay friends with another wife. And then there's one that I don't mess with. Everybody's got one of those."

Merle Haggard, American Musician

Wife, Friends, Years

33

"Caesar's wife should be above suspicion."

"Caesar's wife should be above suspicion."

John Langhorne, English Poet

Wife, Suspicion

33

"I met my wife through playing golf. She is French and couldn't speak English and I couldn't speak French, so there was little chance of us getting involved in any boring conversations - that's why we got married really quickly."

"I met my wife through playing golf. She is French and couldn't speak English and I couldn't speak French, so there was little chance of us getting involved in any boring conversations - that's why we got married really quickly."

Sean Connery, Scottish Actor

Wife, Chance, English, Golf

32

"Most nights I end up wearing a wife beater T-shirt and boxers."

"Most nights I end up wearing a wife beater T-shirt and boxers."

Jessica Alba, American Actress

32

"I moved away for three years and went to Trinidad where I met my wife, Athena."

"I moved away for three years and went to Trinidad where I met my wife, Athena."

Mathias Rust, German Celebrity

31

"There's quite a lot of bad stuff written about me. My wife even says a lot of bad stuff about me. But she is wonderful."

"There's quite a lot of bad stuff written about me. My wife even says a lot of bad stuff about me. But she is wonderful."

Michael Caine, English Actor

31

"If I were as much of a man as my woman, I'd be my wife."

"If I were as much of a man as my woman, I'd be my wife."

Ryan Stiles, American Actor

Wife, Man, Woman

30

"My wife Mary and I have been married for forty-seven years and not once have we had an argument serious enough to consider divorce; murder, yes, but divorce, never."

"My wife Mary and I have been married for forty-seven years and not once have we had an argument serious enough to consider divorce; murder, yes, but divorce, never."

Jack Benny, American Comedian

Wife, Argument, Divorce, Murder

30

"Happy is the man who finds a true friend, and far happier is he who finds that true friend in his wife."

"Happy is the man who finds a true friend, and far happier is he who finds that true friend in his wife."

Franz Schubert, Austrian Composer

Wife, Friend, Man

30

"My wife and I were happy for 20 years. Then we met."

"My wife and I were happy for 20 years. Then we met."

Rodney Dangerfield, American Comedian

30

"I had pretty much raised my kids and my first wife and I were divorced, so I began, in earnest, to start my musical career again. Going for the big record deal and all of that."

"I had pretty much raised my kids and my first wife and I were divorced, so I began, in earnest, to start my musical career again. Going for the big record deal and all of that."

Jimmy Carl Black, American Musician

Wife, Career, First, Kids

30

"I knew the term Stepford Wife, and I knew what that meant. I never read the book, and I think before I started filming I watched the movie. I thought it was very dated."

"I knew the term Stepford Wife, and I knew what that meant. I never read the book, and I think before I started filming I watched the movie. I thought it was very dated."

Glenn Close, American Actress

30

"My wife is Danish and we go to Denmark a couple of times a year."

"My wife is Danish and we go to Denmark a couple of times a year."

Ted Shackelford, American Actor

29

"What no wife of a writer can ever understand is that a writer is working when he's staring out of the window."

"What no wife of a writer can ever understand is that a writer is working when he's staring out of the window."

Burton Rascoe, American Critic

29

"We got off the Clash of the Titans tour and I said that my wife and I were working on having a baby and sure enough we found out that she was pregnant. So I told them nine months in advance that I wasn't going to tour in September so I could witness the birth of my first son."

"We got off the Clash of the Titans tour and I said that my wife and I were working on having a baby and sure enough we found out that she was pregnant. So I told them nine months in advance that I wasn't going to tour in September so I could witness the birth of my first son."

Dave Lombardo, Cuban Musician

Wife, Son, Baby, First

29

"I'm still very close friends with his first wife, Neile, who is now remarried."

"I'm still very close friends with his first wife, Neile, who is now remarried."

Robert Vaughn, American Actor

Wife, First, Friends, Now

28

"I have a wife and a son, but the gay rumors have started. I guess it's a sign that I'm moving up the ladder."

"I have a wife and a son, but the gay rumors have started. I guess it's a sign that I'm moving up the ladder."

Hugh Jackman, Australian Actor

Wife, Son, Gay, Rumors

28

"I guess the worst day I have had was when I had to stand up in rehab in front of my wife and daughter and say 'Hi, my name is Sam and I am an addict.'"

"I guess the worst day I have had was when I had to stand up in rehab in front of my wife and daughter and say 'Hi, my name is Sam and I am an addict.'"

Samuel L. Jackson, American Actor

Wife, Daughter, Day, Name

28

"I'm a much nicer person since my wife died. I found out what pain is, so on that level I'm much nicer."

"I'm a much nicer person since my wife died. I found out what pain is, so on that level I'm much nicer."

Hugh Leonard, Irish Dramatist

28

"A dress that zips up the back will bring a husband and wife together."

"A dress that zips up the back will bring a husband and wife together."

James H. Boren, American Public Servant

Wife, HusbDress, Will

28

"I have sons, and they have never said the word hell in front of me or my wife. That's the truth."

"I have sons, and they have never said the word hell in front of me or my wife. That's the truth."

Danny Aiello, American Actor

Wife, Truth, Hell, Sons

27

"It was there I met my future wife, Celeste Landry, although our lives took us separate ways for many years and we were not to marry until more than ten years later."

"It was there I met my future wife, Celeste Landry, although our lives took us separate ways for many years and we were not to marry until more than ten years later."

Eric Allin Cornell, American Physicist

Wife, Future, Years

27

"With us tonight is William Warfield, who is with us tonight. He is a wonderful man, and so is his wife."

"With us tonight is William Warfield, who is with us tonight. He is a wonderful man, and so is his wife."

Eugene Ormandy, American Musician

27

"He was happily married - but his wife wasn't."

"He was happily married - but his wife wasn't."

Victor Borge, American Musician

27

"Next door, there's an old man who lived to his nineties and one day passed away in his sleep. And his wife, she stayed for a couple of days and passed away. I'm sorry, I know that's a strange way to tell you that I know we belong."

"Next door, there's an old man who lived to his nineties and one day passed away in his sleep. And his wife, she stayed for a couple of days and passed away. I'm sorry, I know that's a strange way to tell you that I know we belong."

Ben Folds, American Musician

Wife, Day, Man, Old

26

"My wife and two children traveled with me on locations all last season."

"My wife and two children traveled with me on locations all last season."

Martin Milner, American Actor

26

"I met my wife by breaking two of my rules: never date a girl seriously that you meet at a nightclub and never date a fan."

"I met my wife by breaking two of my rules: never date a girl seriously that you meet at a nightclub and never date a fan."

Corey Feldman, American Actor

26

"I promise to be an excellent husband, but give me a wife who, like the moon, will not appear every day in my sky."

"I promise to be an excellent husband, but give me a wife who, like the moon, will not appear every day in my sky."

Anton Chekhov, Russian Dramatist

Wife, HusbDay, Moon, Promise

26

"Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye."

"Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye."

Thomas Fuller, English Clergyman

25

"Now, it's true I married my wife for her looks... but not the ones she's been givin' me lately."

"Now, it's true I married my wife for her looks... but not the ones she's been givin' me lately."

Jeff Foxworthy, American Comedian

25

"I'd much rather be famous for being a fabulous bitch than being, She does that nice wife really well."

"I'd much rather be famous for being a fabulous bitch than being, She does that nice wife really well."

Christine Baranski, American Actress

Wife, Being, Famous

25

"My wife dresses to kill. She cooks the same way."

"My wife dresses to kill. She cooks the same way."

Henny Youngman, American Comedian

25

"In Hawaii, we go to this wonderful place, all families. My wife and I go directly from breakfast to a beach chair where we read all day. My daughter goes from water to pool to running around with friends she meets, some of whom are regulars there."

"In Hawaii, we go to this wonderful place, all families. My wife and I go directly from breakfast to a beach chair where we read all day. My daughter goes from water to pool to running around with friends she meets, some of whom are regulars there."

Stephen Collins, American Actor

Wife, Daughter, Beach, Day

25

"Johns Hopkins introduced me to two defining events in my life: commitment to biomedical research and meeting my future wife, Mary."

"Johns Hopkins introduced me to two defining events in my life: commitment to biomedical research and meeting my future wife, Mary."

Peter Agre, American Scientist

Wife, Commitment, Events, Future

25

"Take my wife... Please!"

"Take my wife... Please!"

Henny Youngman, American Comedian

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