John Steinbeck Quotes

In my whole career, I've never really gotten hurt. The only ones that really hurt me were my wives.

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My husband says, 'God, Roseanne, I can't remember the last time we had sex.' Well, I can, and that is why we ain't doing it.

Marriage may often be a stormy lake, but celibacy is almost always a muddy horse pond.

If you made a list of reasons why any couple got married, and another list of the reasons for their divorce, you'd have a hell of a lot of overlapping.

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

My second marriage had a lot to do with alcohol.

I just don't know a couple that's been married more than three years that doesn't annoy the heck out of each other every 15 minutes.

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.

Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is his wife.

Me, I'm a lesbian: I find women fascinating.

I’m just going to say I’m not gay. I really, really like women.

I was married at the time when I first joined the band and my wife said: 'Why don't you write a song about me ?' So I wrote 'She's got balls'. Then she divorced me.

Each [of my wives] was jealous and resentful of my preoccupation with business. Yet none showed any visible aversion to sharing in the proceeds.

I've had three wives, six children and six grandchildren and I still don't understand women

It's better to like beautiful girls than to be gay.

I didn't know every day I would be discussing the tone of my voice with my wife. I thought it was a marriage. Apparently, it's a musical.

I cannot even pretend to feel as much interest in boys as in girls.

Last year my wife ran off with the fellow next door and I must admit, I still miss him.

I don't date boys. I don't like boys. It's true. I don't change.

These things, regrettably, are bound to occur when one is married and befriended.

If your wife locks you out of the house, you don't have a problem with your door.

Love is a matter of give and take -- marriage, a matter of misgive and mistake.

Husbands are never happy. My husband asked me for more space, so I locked him out of the house.

The cave-dweller's wife complained that he hadn't dragged her anywhere in months.