Marriage Dynamics Quotes

Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife; he is always proud of himself as the source of it.

I've never had a dislike for men. I've been badly treated by some. But I've been loved greatly by some. I married a lot of them.

Marriage, in my view, should be a balanced stalemate between equal adversaries.

My husband spends the whole day in politics. I make it a point not to discuss politics with him when he comes home.

A woman's place in public is to sit beside her husband, be silent, and be sure her hat is on straight.

I have been married twice, but both of my wives have been too bright to be sucked in by women's lib.

The modern individual family is based on the open or disguised domestic enslavement of the woman.

I married my husband who is thirteen years older, so I will always be a trophy wife for him.

I knew 'Rakta Charitra' would be a story between two men, Suriya and Vivek Oberoi. I had no problem when Ram Gopal Varma told me that I had only a small role as Suriya's wife who is supportive of his decisions.

My wife, she still gives me a hard time, and says I hunt too much or I like to play golf too much. And she's probably right, but it sure beats some of the things I used to do.

I could have stayed home and been kept by my wife.

A married woman is a slave you must know how to seat upon a throne.

Only two things are necessary to keep one's wife happy. One is to let her think she is having her own way, and the other is to let her have it.

A woman might as well propose: her husband will claim she did.

I think my wife puts up with me 'cause I try. I think that's all any guy can do is just try. That's right! 'Cause we ain't never gunna get it. 'Cause as soon as we get close you ladies change it. It's like this memo goes out, 'they're getting close, change it, change it!'

A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him.

I married a Jewish lady, and we're raising our son Jewish, and since I'm not Jewish the whole thing is just a mystery to me. I leave it to her, actually, because it's just a great mystery.

There is no such thing as being good to your wife.

Anyone who imagines that bliss is normal is going to waste a lot of time running around shouting that he’s been robbed. The fact is that most putts don’t drop, most beef is tough, most children grow up to just be people, most successful marriages require a high degree of mutual toleration, most jobs are more often dull than otherwise. Life is like an old-time rail journey—delays, sidetracks, smoke, dust, cinders, and jolts, interspersed only occasionally by beautiful vistas and thrilling bursts of speed. The trick is to thank the Lord for letting you have the ride.

When my husband turned 40, I was obsessed. 'Has he had his medical checkup?' He needed to go to the doctor; he needed to go to the dentist. Any little cough, I was really on him. Then he turned 40, and I thought, 'Maybe that's why I've been so obsessed with his health!'

Researchers in Canada say they have discovered the part of the brain that is used to make decisions, and this is weird: If you're married, it's actually located in your wife's brain.

In marriage, it's always that give and take and rebalancing that we have to do in how we can help each other. But, I have been known at times by my sons, that is the name that they call me-the Mitt stabilizer.

To be happy, a man must love his wife as she chooses to be loved.

I couldn't bear a marriage in which one partner hinges on the other.

I'm unconventional and eccentric and talk things out, and it seemed that the person I married - maybe in reaction - got quieter and more conventional over time. It felt as if we were putting each other in a straitjacket.