“Hubert Humphrey talks so fast that listening to him is like trying to read Playboy magazine with your wife turning the pages.” TryingMarriageHistoryWifeListeningPagesMagazinesReading BooksPlayboyPlayboy MagazinePlayboy Bunnies Author:Barry Goldwater
“I was listening to the guy that represented me in the state Senate, and I just got really frustrated. I called my wife and said, Ive always wanted to do something that makes a difference. So I ended up running and won.” SaidStatesRunningWantedGuyDifferencesWifeListeningMy WifeMaking A DifferenceSenateFrustrated Author:Matt Salmon
“Popularity--The capacity for listening sympathetically when men boast of their wives and women complain of their husbands.” MenMarriageWifeListeningHusbandCapacityComplainingPopularityBoast Author:H. L. Mencken
“A girl becomes a wife with her eyes wide open. She knows that those sweetest words, 'I take thee to be my wedded husband,' really mean, 'I promise thee to cook three meals a day for 60 years; thee will I clean up after; thee will I talk to even when thou art not listening; thee will I worry about, cry over and take all manner of hurts from.” KnowsMenYearsMeanArtWisdomEyeTimeGirlThreeHurtKnowledgeWorryWifeCryListeningPromiseHusbandCleanWideTheeCooksMealsHer EyesReally MeanSweetestI PromiseEyes Wide Open Author:Alan Beck
“My wife and I just started listening to the late Beethoven Quartets together, an activity I recommend for all married couples, but that doesn't really mean that I'm finished reading.” MeanTogetherReadingWifeListeningCoupleActivityLateMarriedMy WifeFinishedReally MeanQuartetsMarried Couples Author:Clive James
“A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and temperance, is, by Christian standards, in an infinitely higher state than one who is listening to Bach or reading Plato in a state of pride.” MenStatesChristianLyingReadingSleepWifeHumilityPrideListeningHigherEatingStandardsPreparingPlatoThankfulnessGoing To SleepTemperancePride And Humility Author:C. S. Lewis