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Wife Quotes

"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

7

"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

7

"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

7

"We had to be very careful on our best behaviour when we went to these other countries. And then I made a living, I had a chance to support my wife and my kids. It was a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful program from that point of view."

"We had to be very careful on our best behaviour when we went to these other countries. And then I made a living, I had a chance to support my wife and my kids. It was a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful program from that point of view."

Gavin MacLeod, American Actor

Wife, Chance, Countries, Kids

7

"We made one film called Thy Neighbor's Wife in which I got flogged at the public whipping post for adultery. I did my best acting in that film, I guess."

"We made one film called Thy Neighbor's Wife in which I got flogged at the public whipping post for adultery. I did my best acting in that film, I guess."

Cleo Moore, American Actress

Wife, Acting, Adultery, Film

7

"I've loved it, but I have a wife and two children."

"I've loved it, but I have a wife and two children."

Joe Mantegna, American Actor

7

"Terry said he had this new kid and his wife didn't want to live in England. He wanted to tour. He hated being in the studio. Terry liked seeing various bars the world over and getting smashed out of his brain. He was a sort of latent Keith Moon."

"Terry said he had this new kid and his wife didn't want to live in England. He wanted to tour. He hated being in the studio. Terry liked seeing various bars the world over and getting smashed out of his brain. He was a sort of latent Keith Moon."

Andy Partridge, British Musician

Wife, Being, England, Moon

7

"One thing my wife says is bad about me, is that I still care too much."

"One thing my wife says is bad about me, is that I still care too much."

Aaron Spelling, American Producer

7

"I have good looking kids. Thank goodness my wife cheats on me."

"I have good looking kids. Thank goodness my wife cheats on me."

Rodney Dangerfield, American Comedian

Wife, Goodness, Kids

7

"I was seeing a lot of really good things about Get Shorty when it came out, and my wife pointed out that if you validate the good reviews, you also have to validate the bad reviews."

"I was seeing a lot of really good things about Get Shorty when it came out, and my wife pointed out that if you validate the good reviews, you also have to validate the bad reviews."

Barry Sonnenfeld, American Producer

7

"I take my wife everywhere, but she keeps finding her way back."

"I take my wife everywhere, but she keeps finding her way back."

Henny Youngman, American Comedian

7

"I am a very committed wife. And I should be committed too - for being married so many times."

"I am a very committed wife. And I should be committed too - for being married so many times."

Elizabeth Taylor, English Actress

7

"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

7

"We had the boy's name picked out, but we didn't have a girl's. When he turned out to be a boy, we were so relieved. Literally, in the middle of contracting and pushing, and with my wife being drugged - out and half - lucid, we were still coming up with names."

"We had the boy's name picked out, but we didn't have a girl's. When he turned out to be a boy, we were so relieved. Literally, in the middle of contracting and pushing, and with my wife being drugged - out and half - lucid, we were still coming up with names."

Paul Reiser, American Comedian

Wife, Being, Contracting, Name

7

"Never feel remorse for what you have thought about your wife; she has thought much worse things about you."

"Never feel remorse for what you have thought about your wife; she has thought much worse things about you."

Jean Rostand, French Scientist

Wife, Thought, Remorse

7

"If I win, I'll take my wife and buy her a whole new wardrobe. If she's happy then I'll be happy."

"If I win, I'll take my wife and buy her a whole new wardrobe. If she's happy then I'll be happy."

Chris Daughtry, American Musician

7

"But when we have families, when we have children, this gives us a purpose for being, to protect our children, to avoid going to jail because if I'm in jail, who looks after my children, who's there for my wife?"

"But when we have families, when we have children, this gives us a purpose for being, to protect our children, to avoid going to jail because if I'm in jail, who looks after my children, who's there for my wife?"

Ernie Hudson, American Actor

Wife, Purpose, Being, Children

6

"I think it all comes down to relationships - how I treat my wife, how I treat my kids, how I treat the guys at the grocery store, all aspects of every day, what I'm involved in."

"I think it all comes down to relationships - how I treat my wife, how I treat my kids, how I treat the guys at the grocery store, all aspects of every day, what I'm involved in."

Michael W. Smith, American Musician

Wife, Day, Kids, Relationships

6

"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

6

"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

6

"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

6

"The studio rented a house for my wife in Los Angeles under a phony name to keep reporters away. Whenever I wanted to visit her and my children, I would have to sneak in the back door after dark."

"The studio rented a house for my wife in Los Angeles under a phony name to keep reporters away. Whenever I wanted to visit her and my children, I would have to sneak in the back door after dark."

Max von Sydow, Swedish Actor

Wife, Children, Name, Visit

6

"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

6

"Jim Bakker ripped off the bedspread and said, my wife doesn't make me feel like a man anymore."

"Jim Bakker ripped off the bedspread and said, my wife doesn't make me feel like a man anymore."

Jessica Hahn, American Celebrity

6

"Roman's wife Sharon Tate had been murdered by Charles Manson the year before, but Roman had been through so much leaving the Warsaw ghetto that he was very strong and private."

"Roman's wife Sharon Tate had been murdered by Charles Manson the year before, but Roman had been through so much leaving the Warsaw ghetto that he was very strong and private."

Francesca Annis, English Actress

6

"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

6

"Although I had resigned my commission as an officer two years before, I immediately left Switzerland, accompanied by my wife, in order to report for duty. As it happened, a wire reached me a day later calling me to the colors."

"Although I had resigned my commission as an officer two years before, I immediately left Switzerland, accompanied by my wife, in order to report for duty. As it happened, a wire reached me a day later calling me to the colors."

Fritz Kreisler, Austrian Composer

Wife, Colors, Day, Duty

6

"My wife volunteered her services as Red Cross nurse, insisting upon being sent to the front, in order to be as near me as could be, but it developed later that no nurse was allowed to go farther than the large troop hospitals far in the rear of the actual operations."

"My wife volunteered her services as Red Cross nurse, insisting upon being sent to the front, in order to be as near me as could be, but it developed later that no nurse was allowed to go farther than the large troop hospitals far in the rear of the actual operations."

Fritz Kreisler, Austrian Composer

Wife, Being, Hospitals, Order

6

"England is my wife, America my mistress. It is very good sometimes to get away from one's wife."

"England is my wife, America my mistress. It is very good sometimes to get away from one's wife."

Cedric Hardwicke, English Actor

Wife, America, England

6

"My wife is always trying to get rid of me. The other day she told me to put the garbage out. I said to her I already did. She told me to go and keep an eye on it."

"My wife is always trying to get rid of me. The other day she told me to put the garbage out. I said to her I already did. She told me to go and keep an eye on it."

Rodney Dangerfield, American Comedian

Wife, Day, Eye, Trying

6

"First get an absolute conquest over thyself, and then thou wilt easily govern thy wife."

"First get an absolute conquest over thyself, and then thou wilt easily govern thy wife."

Thomas Fuller, English Clergyman

Wife, Conquest, First

6

"It's tough to stay married. My wife kisses the dog on the lips, yet she won't drink from my glass."

"It's tough to stay married. My wife kisses the dog on the lips, yet she won't drink from my glass."

Rodney Dangerfield, American Comedian

6

"I came down to the living room one day and my wife was standing in the living room. It wasn't an illusion. I saw her out of the corner of my eye. The moment I saw her, she vanished."

"I came down to the living room one day and my wife was standing in the living room. It wasn't an illusion. I saw her out of the corner of my eye. The moment I saw her, she vanished."

Hugh Leonard, Irish Dramatist

Wife, Day, Eye, Illusion

6

"Talking to my wife, we stare at each other, saying, 'How is this happening? Why is this happening? Why now?' It's nothing I ever aspired to."

"Talking to my wife, we stare at each other, saying, 'How is this happening? Why is this happening? Why now?' It's nothing I ever aspired to."

Steve Carell, American Actor

Wife, Nothing, Now, Saying

6

"I told them if were going to do it were going to do it right, I'm not leaving 'til it's done. My wife, child and I slept in the studio. We cut these raw."

"I told them if were going to do it were going to do it right, I'm not leaving 'til it's done. My wife, child and I slept in the studio. We cut these raw."

Dick Dale, American Musician

6

"I discovered my wife in bed with another man, and I was crushed. So I said, 'Get off me, you two!'"

"I discovered my wife in bed with another man, and I was crushed. So I said, 'Get off me, you two!'"

Emo Philips, American Comedian

6

"There was a whole display set up of all the X-Men paraphernalia. My wife couldn't resist telling this 5-year-old boy that I was Wolverine. The little kid looked up at me and he was staring at me."

"There was a whole display set up of all the X-Men paraphernalia. My wife couldn't resist telling this 5-year-old boy that I was Wolverine. The little kid looked up at me and he was staring at me."

Hugh Jackman, Australian Actor

6

"We can't thank Dave enough. He could call me if my wife was about to have a baby and tell me he needed tonight for his show and I'd find some way to get her to let me head to New York."

"We can't thank Dave enough. He could call me if my wife was about to have a baby and tell me he needed tonight for his show and I'd find some way to get her to let me head to New York."

Darius Rucker, American Musician

5

"There is nothing like a good dose of another woman to make a man appreciate his wife."

"There is nothing like a good dose of another woman to make a man appreciate his wife."

Clare Boothe Luce, American Dramatist

Wife, Man, Nothing, Woman

5

"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

5

"Let us now set forth one of the fundamental truths about marriage: the wife is in charge."

"Let us now set forth one of the fundamental truths about marriage: the wife is in charge."

Bill Cosby, American Comedian

5

"Now I need to take a piece of wood and make it sound like the railroad track, but I also had to make it beautiful and lovable so that a person playing it would think of it in terms of his mistress, a bartender, his wife, a good psychiatrist - whatever."

"Now I need to take a piece of wood and make it sound like the railroad track, but I also had to make it beautiful and lovable so that a person playing it would think of it in terms of his mistress, a bartender, his wife, a good psychiatrist - whatever."

Les Paul, American Musician

Wife, Now, Sound, Wood

5

"One day my wife went and saw the accountant and said she's pulling the plug. She said you guys are done. I said, how bad can it be? 10 grand? She said you're not even close. It came out to almost $50,000 in alcohol for two months."

"One day my wife went and saw the accountant and said she's pulling the plug. She said you guys are done. I said, how bad can it be? 10 grand? She said you're not even close. It came out to almost $50,000 in alcohol for two months."

Zakk Wylde, American Musician

Wife, Alcohol, Day, Months

5

"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

5

"It's about a young man who has climbed to fame and he discovers that his writing and the relationship with his wife are really more important for him than anything else."

"It's about a young man who has climbed to fame and he discovers that his writing and the relationship with his wife are really more important for him than anything else."

Ismail Merchant, Indian Producer

Wife, Fame, Man, Writing

5

"And I had to take care of a little dog too named Suzy. It was the promoter's wife's - Judy Lynn's - it was her dog. And one of my duties going on the tour was to take care of it."

"And I had to take care of a little dog too named Suzy. It was the promoter's wife's - Judy Lynn's - it was her dog. And one of my duties going on the tour was to take care of it."

Mel Tillis, American Musician

5

"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

5

"What a kid I got, I told him about the birds and the bee and he told me about the butcher and my wife."

"What a kid I got, I told him about the birds and the bee and he told me about the butcher and my wife."

Rodney Dangerfield, American Comedian

5

"I prefer the word 'homemaker' because 'housewife' always implies that there may be a wife someplace else."

"I prefer the word 'homemaker' because 'housewife' always implies that there may be a wife someplace else."

Bella Abzug, American Lawyer

Wife, May, Word

5

"I am so glad my wife tolerates me. And we have three wonderful sons."

"I am so glad my wife tolerates me. And we have three wonderful sons."

Donald Sutherland, Canadian Actor

5

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