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Wife Quotes - Page 25

The new-come stepmother hates the children born to a first wife.

Euripides (2013). “Euripides I: Alcestis, Medea, The Children of Heracles, Hippolytus”, p.30, University of Chicago Press

If you are a married man resident in Cuba, you cannot get a passport to go to the next town without your wife's permission in writing.

Edward Burnett Tylor (1861). “Anahuac; Or, Mexico and the Mexicans: Ancient and Modern”, p.3

When you leave a good job to go off on your own and don't expect to make money for a while, you name the firm whatever your wife says you should.

David Einhorn (2010). “Fooling Some of the People All of the Time, A Long Short (and Now Complete) Story, Updated with New Epilogue”, p.27, John Wiley & Sons

My wife asked me once if I weren't a comedian, what I would do. I couldn't answer the question. I never imagined doing anything else.

"Dave Chappelle on comedy, fame and what’s next". Interview with Chuck Martin, www.seattletimes.com. September 30, 2005.

If anyone tells me I'm fat, I say, - That's because every time I make love to your wife, she gives me a biscuit

"I find chat shows hard work these days. It was so different when Ustinov and Niven were weaving their magic on Parky" by Maureen Lipman, www.theguardian.com. September 3, 2006.