Sigmund Freud
Neurologist, Psychoanalyst
"If you want your wife to listen to you, then talk to another woman; she will be all ears."
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Martin Luther
Theologian
"But know that to serve God is nothing else than to serve your neighbor and do good to him in love, be it a child, wife, servant, enemy, friend....If you do not find yourself among the needy and the poor, where the Gospel shows us Christ, then you may know that your faith is not right, and that you have not yet tasted of Christ's benevolence and work for you."
Alfred Hitchcock
Director, Producer, Screenwriter
"The ideal husband understands every word his wife doesn't say."
Willie Nelson
Musician, Actor
"My wife actually got worried about my drinking so much regular milk, you know, so she got me into rice milk and now soy milk, which I greatly enjoy. A soy mocha's a fine thing."
Dean Martin
Singer
"With his blessings from above, serve it generously with love. One man, one wife, one love, through life."
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"Of all the home remedies, a good wife is best."
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"Heaven deprives me of a wife who never caused me any other grief than that of her death."
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"Fiction was invented the day Jonas arrived home and told his wife that he was three days late because he had been swallowed by a whale."
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"I dragged my wife from our honeymoon in Africa and landed her in Ontario, Canada, when it was -40 degrees."
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"If you haven't seen your wife smile at a traffic cop, you haven't seen her smile her prettiest."
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"As a woman you are better off in life earning your own money. You couldn't prevent your husband from leaving you or taking another wife, but you could have some of your dignity if you didn't have to beg him for financial support."
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"A wife should no more take her husband's name than he should hers. My name is my identity and must not be lost"
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"A jealous husband doesnt doubt his wife, but himself."
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"I'll be a wife and mother first, then First Lady."
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"My wife has dated broke black dudes."
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"Don't say 'wife.' I'm your mistress. Wife's such an ugly word. Your 'permanent mistress' is so much more tangible and desirable… ."
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"Whenever you want to marry someone, go have lunch with his ex-wife."
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"When I started on Disneyland, my wife used to say, "But why do you want to build an amusement park? They're so dirty." I told her that was just the point - mine wouldn't be."
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"Never ask your wife if she still hears from her old pimp."
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"I have no wife whom I love so well that I would not put a javelin through her heart, and I would do it with clean hands."
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"I want my wife to wake me up with a sweet kiss"
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"I don't have to 'freedom-kiss' my wife when what I really want to do is French-kiss her."
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"I was thrown out of NYU for cheating-with the deans wife"
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"The secret to a happy marriage? Do whatever your wife tells you. 'Yes, dear.' And breathe."
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"No money is better spent than what is laid out for domestic satisfaction. A man is pleased that his wife is dressed as well as other people, and the wife is pleased that she is dressed."
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