Carice van Houten Quotes

Of course, bad marriages are so pervasive that they have invaded the faith community too.

One of the reasons my ex-husband and I broke up is that he stopped eating my food.

My marriage started to go badly wrong after I had my second son.

That problem has been going on since men and women and their children moved from the plains and into caves. How many times have you heard Howard Cunningham talking to Marian about shopping? Too many.

I vividly remember throwing a bowl of porridge at my husband Rayne once when he defended the children instead of me - the patch on the ceiling stayed for years.

Probably no strychnine has sent as many husbands into their graves as mealtime scolding has, and nothing has driven more men into the arms of other women as the sound of a shrill whine at table.

Being the father of girls is a kind of illness, in its own way - since any guy who has tried to live in a house with a wife and two daughters is, without any doubt, going to go certifiably nuts.

Of course, the most important factor of all for long life is a good family. When a person goes home with the wife or the kids giving him endless headaches, then it's hard for that person to enjoy a long life. I am very fortunate, because my wife Elizabeth and my obedient children are very good; they have given me happiness.

One fool at least in every married couple.

My wife and I tried two or three times in the last 40 years to have breakfast together, but it was so disagreeable we had to stop.

I like having a smaller family. I think the more people you have in the family, the more people there are to have problems with.

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

There are no cartoons about happy marriages.

When people divorce, it's always such a tragedy. At the same time, if people stay together it can be even worse.

It took, like, 30 years for Carrie to be really happy with me. I don't know what the problem ever was. I've had to work at it.

I have three boys. Sometimes my wife and I really have to battle to keep video games from encroaching.

For us, a lot of the cartoon and crazy stuff on 'F Is for Family' is tertiary characters; it happens on the television in the show. We try to keep whatever problem the Murphy family is dealing with rooted as much as we can in reality.

Wayward, disobedient children cause their parents grief and anxiety.

I've been married twice, and I can tell you this right now: no one wants their mother in law all up in their business. Especially if you're a woman and you have your own mind.

As a father of two children, I am used to seeing kids in the midst of a five-alarm meltdown over the choice of DVD or the necessity of broccoli.

I can tell you right away that no marriage is easy.

I'll never get sick of raising my children, but other people might get sick of them.

I can't get my wife to agree with me on everything or my kids to agree with everything.

Many families remain for years in the same place, though both husband and wife are sick of it, simply because there is neither complete division nor agreement between them.

Being in a marriage and having children is the greatest pleasure, but it is certainly not the easiest pleasure. It is not like eating ice cream.