Spousal Communication Quotes

I don't discuss my career with my husband.

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

Voices are a good way to get in and out of things. James Carville constantly calls my wife to say I'll be home late. Mandy Patinkin and Al Pacino call to get me restaurant reservations.

If your husband wants to lick the beaters on the mixer, shut them off before you give them to him.

Among even the happiest married couples there are always moments of regret.

My husband is so useless that it's hard for me to be romantic with him. I get down on the floor and say, If you love me, blink your eyes.

I've never seen my dad come home from work and not walk straight to my mom and ask her about her day.

What is the biggest obstacle facing the family right now? It is over-commitment; time pressure. There is nothing that will destroy family life more insidiously than hectic schedules and busy lives, where spouses are too exhausted to communicate, too worn out to have sex, too fatigued to talk to the kids. That frantic lifestyle is just as destructive as one involving outbroken sin. If Satan can't make you sin, he'll make you busy, and that's just about the same thing.

I unfortunately don't speak French, but my wife is now fluent in English, which really reflects rather badly on me.

The only time that most women give their orating husbands undivided attention is when the old boys mumble in their sleep.

I got married recently. So far, so good. Less sex than I expected, but other than that, it's a pretty good lifestyle.

Many young men, when they receive their first wife, are just so untrained. The woman, if she's not careful, will be overbearing and always ask permission for what she wants. And ladies, build up your husband by being submissive. That's how you will give your children success; you will want your children to be obedient, to be submissive to righteous living.

I don't think I'm good in bed. My husband never said anything, but after we made love he'd take a piece of chalk and outline my body.

I wake my wife up at 3 a.m. and say, "Listen to this!"

Show me a husband who keeps his thoughts to himself, and I will show you a frustrated wife.

I don't see how being married could be any worse than listening to you talk for twenty years, but that still ain't much of a recommendation for it.

Let husband and wife never speak to one another in loud tones,unless the house is on fire.

It might do wonders for your marriage,” Amelia continued. “It’s lovely to talk to your husband after you’ve been to bed together. They just lie there feeling grateful and say yes to everything.” - Amelia to Poppy

After youve been married quite a few years, you learn to take orders; it just comes easy.

If your husband expects you to laugh, do so; if he expects you to cry, don't; if you don't know what he expects, what are you doing married?

Sonny Von Bulow, who said to her husband Claus on their honeymoon, Stop needling me. Never got a dinner!

Husbands and wives talk of the cares of matrimony, and bachelors and spinsters bear them.

Is there anyone to whom you entrust a greater number of serious matters than your wife? And is there anyone with whom you have fewer conversations?

[On husband Phil Donahue:] The man does not know the meaning of the word tidy. He asked me one day, 'Where are my shoes?' So I asked him, 'Where are my shoes?' I don't know what it is about men. They think that women have radar attached to our uteruses.

Spouses should spend at least one full hour each day talking together about subjects that have nothing to do with their work or business. Children need at least ten minutes of face-to-face contact with their parents each day.