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Wife Quotes

"My wife has a slight impediment in her speech. Every now and then she stops to breathe."

"My wife has a slight impediment in her speech. Every now and then she stops to breathe."

Jimmy Durante, American Comedian

Wife, Now, Speech

4

"I know at the beginning of our careers, my wife and I were gut wrenchingly competitive."

"I know at the beginning of our careers, my wife and I were gut wrenchingly competitive."

Barry Mann, American Musician

Wife, Beginning, Careers

4

"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

4

"I don't think my wife likes me very much, when I had a heart attack she wrote for an ambulance."

"I don't think my wife likes me very much, when I had a heart attack she wrote for an ambulance."

Frank Carson, Irish Comedian

4

"I've never yet met a man who could look after me. I don't need a husband. What I need is a wife."

"I've never yet met a man who could look after me. I don't need a husband. What I need is a wife."

Joan Collins, American Actress

Wife, Husband, Man

4

"I think the most important thing my wife Cynthia and I can do for Kristen is to teach her how to grow up to be a woman and make her own decisions. Meanwhile, we sometimes have to guide her."

"I think the most important thing my wife Cynthia and I can do for Kristen is to teach her how to grow up to be a woman and make her own decisions. Meanwhile, we sometimes have to guide her."

Kent McCord, American Actor

Wife, Decisions, Woman

4

"Being pregnant is an occupational hazard of being a wife."

"Being pregnant is an occupational hazard of being a wife."

Queen Victoria, British Royalty

4

"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

4

"The greatest king of Israel, King David, the author of the Psalms, sent a man out to die in battle so that he could sleep with his wife."

"The greatest king of Israel, King David, the author of the Psalms, sent a man out to die in battle so that he could sleep with his wife."

Robert Duvall, American Actor

Wife, Battle, Israel, Man

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"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

4

"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

4

"I am a quick study - I can memorize a script in an hour - but I can't remember a name three seconds. I've even forgotten my wife's name on occasion."

"I am a quick study - I can memorize a script in an hour - but I can't remember a name three seconds. I've even forgotten my wife's name on occasion."

Don Adams, American Comedian

Wife, Name, Quick, Study

4

"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

4

"I wouldn't be caught dead marrying a woman old enough to be my wife."

"I wouldn't be caught dead marrying a woman old enough to be my wife."

Tony Curtis, American Actor

Wife, Old, Woman

4

"We have two kids, my wife and myself."

"We have two kids, my wife and myself."

Thelonious Monk, American Musician

4

"No wife can endure a gambling husband; unless he is a steady winner."

"No wife can endure a gambling husband; unless he is a steady winner."

Thomas R. Dewar, American Distiller

Wife, Husband, Gambling

4

"Oh, my God! My wife and I, boy, we got down that night. On a personal note!"

"Oh, my God! My wife and I, boy, we got down that night. On a personal note!"

Derek Luke, American Actor

4

"He asked why and I said, 'Because Gwyneth has a fat suit, my wife has a fat suit - I don't get a fat suit?' He looked at me and said, 'You mean you don't have one on?'"

"He asked why and I said, 'Because Gwyneth has a fat suit, my wife has a fat suit - I don't get a fat suit?' He looked at me and said, 'You mean you don't have one on?'"

Joe Viterelli, American Actor

4

"He's a fool that marries, but he's a greater that does not marry a fool; what is wit in a wife good for, but to make a man a cuckold?"

"He's a fool that marries, but he's a greater that does not marry a fool; what is wit in a wife good for, but to make a man a cuckold?"

William Wycherley, English Dramatist

Wife, Fool, Man, Wit

4

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

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

Victor Borge, American Musician

4

"My wife was too beautiful for words, but not for arguments."

"My wife was too beautiful for words, but not for arguments."

John Barrymore, American Actor

Wife, Arguments, Words

4

"I had been in a film, playing a young British aristocrat. My wife told me that she was invited to a dinner and she invited me to dinner and the hostess had seen me and said, 'You cannot bring him.' but I think that I've done enough to shatter the image."

"I had been in a film, playing a young British aristocrat. My wife told me that she was invited to a dinner and she invited me to dinner and the hostess had seen me and said, 'You cannot bring him.' but I think that I've done enough to shatter the image."

Michael York, British Actor

4

"If you have your wife, and you are proud of something she's done, wouldn't you go and support her in something? That is what I was trying to do."

"If you have your wife, and you are proud of something she's done, wouldn't you go and support her in something? That is what I was trying to do."

Gisele Bundchen, Brazilian Model

Wife, Support, Trying

4

"Having been to Europe and working and traveling there, the restaurants my wife and I remember were always off the beaten trail restaurants. So I tried to seek a little 'off the beaten trail,' but cool area."

"Having been to Europe and working and traveling there, the restaurants my wife and I remember were always off the beaten trail restaurants. So I tried to seek a little 'off the beaten trail,' but cool area."

Todd English, American Celebrity

Wife, Europe, Restaurants, Traveling

4

"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

4

"Finding a good band is Iike finding a good wife. You got to keep trying till you find the right one."

"Finding a good band is Iike finding a good wife. You got to keep trying till you find the right one."

Ace Frehley, American Musician

Wife, Right, Trying

4

"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

4

"I don't feel ashamed of my wife's political background, and I don't think she should either. I feel that the people who administered the North of Ireland for the last 20 years should be ashamed. There you are."

"I don't feel ashamed of my wife's political background, and I don't think she should either. I feel that the people who administered the North of Ireland for the last 20 years should be ashamed. There you are."

Stephen Rea, Irish Actor

Wife, People, Ireland, Years

4

"I think for Beecher specifically, Keller was with him when his wife died. Beecher had decided after he first got into prison that he had to shut off everybody. You can't let anybody in and you have to become like them and you have to be threatening and all that."

"I think for Beecher specifically, Keller was with him when his wife died. Beecher had decided after he first got into prison that he had to shut off everybody. You can't let anybody in and you have to become like them and you have to be threatening and all that."

Lee Tergesen, American Actor

Wife, First, Prison

3

"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

3

"A psychiatrist asks a lot of expensive questions your wife asks for nothing."

"A psychiatrist asks a lot of expensive questions your wife asks for nothing."

Joey Adams, American Comedian

Wife, Nothing, Questions

3

"I had just broken up with my wife so I was searching for another way to live."

"I had just broken up with my wife so I was searching for another way to live."

Michael Davis, American Cartoonist

3

"My wife is the dancer, but I certainly know how to sing."

"My wife is the dancer, but I certainly know how to sing."

David Hasselhoff, American Actor

3

"I haven't spoken to my wife in years. I didn't want to interrupt her."

"I haven't spoken to my wife in years. I didn't want to interrupt her."

Rodney Dangerfield, American Comedian

Wife, Want, Years

3

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

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

Henny Youngman, American Comedian

3

"The show can go on without me, and probably will, but I want to come back to act in Chicago. My wife and I just bought a condo downtown, and I want to do theater."

"The show can go on without me, and probably will, but I want to come back to act in Chicago. My wife and I just bought a condo downtown, and I want to do theater."

William Petersen, American Actor

Wife, Act, Chicago, Theater

3

"When you have a godly husband, a godly wife, children who respect their parents and who are loved by their parents, who provide for those children their physical and spiritual and material needs, lovingly, you have the idea unit."

"When you have a godly husband, a godly wife, children who respect their parents and who are loved by their parents, who provide for those children their physical and spiritual and material needs, lovingly, you have the idea unit."

Jerry Falwell, American Clergyman

Wife, HusbIdea, Children, Needs

3

"I think I hit the bottom when my wife left me while I was on the road."

"I think I hit the bottom when my wife left me while I was on the road."

Brian Welch, American Musician

3

"Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is his wife."

"Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is his wife."

Groucho Marx, American Comedian

Wife, Successful, Man, Woman

3

"My wife and I are affiliated with a temple here in Los Angeles. We feel very close to the congregation and to the rabbi, who happens to be my wife's cousin and who I admire greatly. I talk to him regularly but I consider myself more spiritual than religious."

"My wife and I are affiliated with a temple here in Los Angeles. We feel very close to the congregation and to the rabbi, who happens to be my wife's cousin and who I admire greatly. I talk to him regularly but I consider myself more spiritual than religious."

Leonard Nimoy, American Actor

Wife, Temple, Religious, Spiritual

3

"When I raced with Mercedes, I thought I'd learn German. But my wife didn't want to live in Germany."

"When I raced with Mercedes, I thought I'd learn German. But my wife didn't want to live in Germany."

Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentinian Celebrity

Wife, Thought, Germany, Want

3

"My wife and I, we like to ride where there's not much traffic."

"My wife and I, we like to ride where there's not much traffic."

Evel Knievel, American Entertainer

3

"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

3

"My wife thinks I'm completely mad."

"My wife thinks I'm completely mad."

Malcolm Williamson, Australian Composer

3

"I met my wife in Washington, D.C. I was a senior in college. WW II was about to descend upon us. Jobs were starting to open up after a prolonged depression."

"I met my wife in Washington, D.C. I was a senior in college. WW II was about to descend upon us. Jobs were starting to open up after a prolonged depression."

Tom Glazer, American Musician

Wife, College, Depression, Jobs

3

"There are two kinds of marriages - where the husband quotes the wife and where the wife quotes the husband."

"There are two kinds of marriages - where the husband quotes the wife and where the wife quotes the husband."

Clifford Odets, American Playwright

Wife, Husband, Quotes

3

"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

3

"My Cleveland years were both scientifically and personally most rewarding. My wife Judy was able to rejoin me in our research and my research group grew rapidly."

"My Cleveland years were both scientifically and personally most rewarding. My wife Judy was able to rejoin me in our research and my research group grew rapidly."

George Andrew Olah, American Scientist

Wife, Research, Years

3

"You know, grieve your wife, this is an impulsive thing and you have no idea the kind of trouble you're getting yourself into it. And of course he doesn't listen to me and he adopts this child."

"You know, grieve your wife, this is an impulsive thing and you have no idea the kind of trouble you're getting yourself into it. And of course he doesn't listen to me and he adopts this child."

Oliver Platt, Canadian Actor

Wife, Idea, Trouble

3

"I used to hang out with Salvador Dali a lot. He was such a nice man. I really liked his wife Gala, too. People say that she was tricky, but she was never difficult with me."

"I used to hang out with Salvador Dali a lot. He was such a nice man. I really liked his wife Gala, too. People say that she was tricky, but she was never difficult with me."

Jerry Hall, American Model

Wife, People, Man

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