“Last week I did a piece for Style on advice to Laura Bush about how to help her husband. This week it's religion. It just depends on what I find interesting at the moment.” MomentsHelpingLastsInterestingPiecesWeekAdviceStyleDependsHusbandLaura Author:Sally Quinn
“But on the other hand, I talked to a woman who was a working woman, and it was actually great for her, because she had her husband one week of the month and the other three weeks, while he was with his other wives, she got to pursue what she wanted to do.” HandsWantedThreeWifeWeekMonthsHusbandPursueWorking Women Author:Jeanne Tripplehorn
“It is not cheerful for a girl to discover within twenty-four hours of her wedding that her husband is a hopeless drunkard, and to see him die of delirium tremens within six weeks. An experience so vivid, like lightning must blast something in a woman's conception of life. Because one man's kisses reeked of whisky the kisses of all male humanity were anathema.” MenHumanityDiesGirlHoursFourWeekHusbandKissingSixTwentiesMalesHopelessOne ManConceptionLightningCheerfulVividBlastDrunkardsDeliriumWhiskyAnathemaDelirium Tremens Book:Septimus Source: Septimus
“Sexism in politics is nothing new when you're standing for election. But don't stand for election and it's almost as bad. Shockingly, David Cameron thought it acceptable to claim this week that my decision not to run for the Labour leadership was because my husband, Ed Balls, "stopped [me] from standing."” RunningDecisionWeekHusbandStandingBallsClaimsElectionLabourMy HusbandSexismAcceptableNothing NewCameron Author:Yvette Cooper
“Just this week, my husband proposed a plan for schools and libraries to develop their own plans to keep children from finding indecent material on the Internet as an alternative to a Congressional proposal that would require a federally mandated solution.” ChildrenSchoolPlansWeekMaterialsInternetHusbandFindingsSolutionsLibraryAlternativesMy HusbandProposal Author:Tipper Gore
“Prepare yourselves for two weeks from tomorrow; and I will tell you now, that if you will tarry with your husbands, after I have set you free, you must bow down to it, and submit yourselves to the celestial law. You may go where you please, after two weeks from tomorrow; but, remember, that I will not hear any more of this whining.” IfsMayTwoRememberLawWeekTomorrowPleaseHusbandBowsSubmitTwo WeeksCelestialPolygamyYour HusbandWhining Author:Brigham Young
“If you buy your husband or boyfriend a video camera, for the first few weeks he has it, lock the door when you go to the bathroom. Most of my husband's early films end with a scream and a flush.” IfsMenFirstsEndsHumorFunnyFilmDoorsWeekHusbandCamerasVideoMy HusbandScreamLocksBathroomYour HusbandVideo Cameras Author:Rita Rudner
“I tell people I'm a stand-up comedian two hours a week. The rest of the time, I'm somebody's husband, I'm somebody's father. I'm a man. I take great pride in that.” PeopleMenTwoFatherHoursWeekPrideHusbandComedianStand Up Comedian Author:Steve Harvey
“I first met my husband when I was 15. He was very cool, in a band, all that kind of thing, but he took a long time to grow up. Our paths crossed again 10 years later, and after about two weeks I knew that was it. I'm glad I met him when I did, even though I was fairly young. Because I think sometimes you can crystallise into singledom.” ThinkingYearsFirstsKindLongTwoSometimesYoungGrowsGrowing UpPathWeekMetsBandHusbandLong TimeGladMy HusbandTwo WeeksVery CoolTime To Grow Up Author:Natascha McElhone
“To know nothing, or little, is in the nature of some husbands. To hide, in the nature of how many women? Oh, ladies! how many of you have surreptitious milliners' bills? How many of you have gowns and bracelets which you daren't show, or which you wear trembling?--trembling, and coaxing with smiles the husband by your side, who does not know the new velvet gown from the old one, or the new bracelet from last year's, or has any notion that the ragged-looking yellow lace scarf cost forty guineas and that Madame Bobinot is writing dunning letters every week for the money!” KnowsWritingYearsLittlesDoeShowsLastsSidesWeekCostHusbandLettersBillsNotionFortyYellowLast YearTremblingYour SideVelvetGownsLaceGuineaScarvesRaggedBracelet Book:Delphi Complete Works of William Makepeace Thackeray (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of William Makepeace Thackeray (Illustrated)
“The CEO of Enron, Jeffrey Skilling, married one of the Enron secretaries this week. It's amazing how romantic these Enron guys can be when they realize that wives can't be forced to testify against their husbands. Skilling said today she was the best secretary Enron had ever had. She could shred 950 words a minute. ... I guess they are on their honeymoon right now. That's going pretty well. Hey, he's used to screwing Enron employees.” WellsSaidTodayUsedGuyRealizingWifeWeekMinutesRight NowHusbandMarriedHeyEmployeeSecretaryCeoHoneymoonEnron Author:Jay Leno
“My husband and I were born three weeks apart, and our plan had always been to throw a joint party for our 40th birthdays.” ThreeBornPartyPlansWeekHusbandMy HusbandJoints40th Birthday Author:Deborah Copaken
“There are some people who want me and my husband to stay where it is safe and draw a paycheck every week instead of what we are doing (which is creating and sharing our art with others). The truth is that there are people in this world - Dave and I being two - who would die a slow painful death if stuck in an office and made to do the kind of work that we are not made to do.” PeopleIfsWorldWantKindArtMadeTwoDiesWeekThis WorldTruth IsSafeHusbandOfficeCreatingDrawsPainfulStuckMy HusbandWant MePaychecksDavePainful Death Author:Mary Engelbreit
“I've met my bride-to-be in Italy and I will be married in Italy soon, in a couple of weeks. In Venice of all places! In closing, I guess what I would like to say is to my bride-to-be, Amal, that I love you very much and I can't wait to be your husband.” I CanWaitingWeekLove YouCoupleMetsHusbandMarriedClosingBeing MarriedBridesVeniceYour HusbandI Love You Very Much Author:George Clooney
“My husband and I are in preproduction of three movies, a Latin show, and a children's animation. I'm doing a very unique nail polish line, and finally, I'm developing a hair care line because people always ask me about my hair care system. I do a mask once a week that my grandma taught me how to make, so I want to share it with everyone.” PeopleWantChildrenShowsCareThreeAsksLinesWeekShareTaughtHairHusbandUniqueDevelopingAsk MeMaskMy HusbandLatinNailsAnimationPolishGrandmaMy GrandmaNail Polish Author:Joyce Giraud
“That's why I have to be a fiction writer, because I can't remember what just happened or where I went last week or what movie I just watched with my husband. I'm better off just making things up.” I CanLastsRememberFictionHappenedWeekHusbandMy HusbandBetter OffBecause I CanFiction Writers Author:Bonnie Jo Campbell
“I have a 22-year-old son, and when my son was born I made a decision to raise him. My husband and I took turns working, and it's easier to raise a kid in the documentary world, where you go away for two weeks or three weeks rather than the months that you spend on a feature. That was and still is much more open to women DPs than the world of fiction.” WorldYearsMadeStillsTwoKidsTurnsThreeBornDecisionFictionWeekSonMonthsEasierHusbandRaisesFeaturesGoing AwayMy HusbandMy SonDocumentariesTwo Weeks Author:Maryse Alberti
“One night my son was downstairs studying, and he had been up so late all that week, and my husband said, "I feel so sorry for him." I said, "Look, if he's going to become a surgeon" - he is studying to be a doctor - "he's going to have his hard times. I feel sorry for him too, but if he lives in this world he's going to have more hard times. He's going to stay up some more nights." I think we can't shield them from the hard times, even though we'd like to. I say to the children that I teach and to my own - I can't test the ground for you and tell you that's a safe step there.” IfsThinkingWorldFeelsLooksChildrenSaidI CanHardNightMy OwnStepsTeachStudyWeekThis WorldSonSafeHusbandLateDoctorsTestsSorryHard TimesMy HusbandMy SonShieldsOne NightSurgeonsSorry For Him Author:Marva Collins
“When I had been dating my husband for a while, the president Obama said to me, "When is he going to put a ring on it?" And I was like, "Oh, come on. We are so busy. We don't need to think about that." He said, "He needs to put a ring on it because you're worth it." And the thing is, I'm not even kidding you, it was about a week or two later that we got engaged.” ThinkingPresidentWeekHusbandDatingBusyRingsMy HusbandPresident ObamaWorth It Author:Alyssa Mastromonaco
“I love Donnie Darko movie so much. Just before I got that script, I had been to see some European art film. I walked out of that movie and said to my husband, "That's what I want to do! I want to do an art film and take it to the edge." Within two weeks, we were getting ready to go on vacation, and my agent called.” ArtFilmWeekHusbandMy HusbandVacation Author:Beth Grant
“My husband, Sal, and I put date nights on the calendar once a week. I know that doesn't sound romantic, but otherwise it won't get done.” KnowsDoneNightSoundWeekHusbandMy HusbandCalendarsSound DoctrineDate Night Author:Sherri Shepherd
“Alexia had found pregnancy relatively manageable, up to a point. That point having been some three weeks ago, at which juncture her natural reserves of control gave way to sentimentality. Only yesterday she had ended breakfast sobbing over the fried eggs because they looked at her funny. The pack had spent a good half hour trying to find a way to pacify her. Her husband was so worried he looked to start crying himself.” WayTryingThreeFoundHoursNaturalHalfWeekCryHusbandYesterdayWorriedEggsPregnancyBreakfastReservesPacksSentimentalityHalf HoursManageableSobbingJuncture Author:Gail Carriger