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Wives Quotes

Wry and reflective quotes about wives and marriage.

This page collects short, wry lines about wives, from a joking claim about their profession to an observation that a calm husband can still have a stormy wife.

All our wives are experimental psychologists.

Quotes by Walter Becker

The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives.

Quotes by Thomas Dekker

Many men hoard for the future husbands of their wives.

Quotes by Solomon Ibn Gabirol

The faults of husbands are often caused by the excess virtues of their wives.

Quotes by Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

Commitment Quotes

If presidents can't do it to their wives, they do it to their country.

Quotes by Mel Brooks

Husbands are chiefly good as lovers when they are betraying their wives.

Marilyn Monroe

Most political wives are accidental politicians.

Quotes by Kellyanne Conway

Candidates' wives are supposed to sit cheerfully through their husbands' appearances.

Quotes by Jodi Kantor

Five wives can't all be wrong.

Quotes by J. Paul Getty

Emotion Quotes

All that remains is the faces and the names of the wives and the sons and the daughters.

Quotes by Gordon Lightfoot

I've had three wives. I've had five weddings.

Quotes by Edgar Bronfman, Sr.

All poets' wives have rotten lives Their husbands look at them like knives.

Quotes by Delmore Schwartz

I've had three wives and three guitars. I still play the guitars.

Quotes by Andres Segovia

I'm on very good terms with all my former wives.

Quotes by Andre Previn

Frequently Asked Questions

What tone do these wives quotes generally take?
Mostly wry and observational, using short generalizations about wives to make a broader point about marriage, temperament, or public versus private life.
What does the quote about experimental psychologists mean?
It's a tongue-in-cheek line suggesting that wives, in their close observation of their husbands, effectively act like experimental psychologists.
Is there a quote linking political spouses and marriage?
Yes, one jokes that most political wives end up as accidental politicians themselves, simply by being close to the role.
What does the calm husband quote say?
It observes that the calmest husbands can still end up with the stormiest wives, a wry comment on how temperaments in a marriage don't always match.
Does a quote connect private behavior to public life?
Yes, the closing quote suggests that mistreatment shown at home can foreshadow how the same person treats their country when given power. See related Family quotes.

One closing line reflects more broadly on how private behavior can echo into public life. See related Family quotes.