“My act now is completely different. I took two years off when I first got with my wife and it was because my old act was all about "Where's the party after this?" I was humping the stool and it's all so disgusting and I was miserable, miserable in a lifeless angry marriage. Then I met my wife and I was completely happy. Like a snake that sheds its skin. I just got rid of all of that negativity.” YearsFirstsTwoDifferentPartyWifeMetsSkinsAngryMy WifeMiserableTwo YearsDisgustingShedNegativitySnakesLifelessStools Author:Jay Mohr
“I started to have panic attacks on stage and my wife just asked, "Why don't you just stop?" I was doing Ghost Whisperer at the time so I was making enough money where I could put it away and she said, "Then, when you go back, you just go up and tell the truth." And it's a lot more tiring.” SaidEnoughWifeStageMy WifeGhostTelling The TruthPanicTirePanic AttacksGhost Whisperer Author:Jay Mohr
“My wife and I have long discussions about [George] Carlin, and we refuse to accept that he died an atheist. It's just, confounding. When I talked to Kelly [George Carlin's daughter] about it, she said that George Carlin once took her at about 12 years old and said, "I've figured it out." And he says it in one of his specials sort of - he goes, "We're all energy and we're all connected. That goldfish you have, you, me, that boot laying in the street, we're all pieces of light to a giant electron.” YearsLongSaidLightEnergyAcceptingPiecesWifeStreetsDaughterDiedAtheistRefuseConnectedMy WifeDiscussionGiantsBootsElectronsGoldfishConfounding Author:Jay Mohr
“First of all, my wife writes half my act. I don't know how I could "steal" from my wife.” KnowsWritingFirstsHalfKnow HowWifeMy WifeStealing Author:Jay Mohr
“I've just completed a five-year period that can perhaps best be called a breathing spell. A time of getting my health back and gathering my strength. That time also included incredible cocaine abuse, a heart attack and my wife's recovery from both alcoholism and cocaine abuse.” YearsHeartFiveWifePeriodsAbuseIncrediblesMy WifeRecoveryBreathingFive YearsSpellsGatheringAlcoholismCocaineHeart Attack Author:George Carlin
“The effect of the coke on our relationship [with my wife Brenda] was very sick. Now that it's over, those were actually funny times. Looking for each other's coke, hiding it, finding it, doing some, not telling the other. Then fighting over it.” FightingWifeEffectsFindingsSickMy WifeOver ItHidingOur RelationshipCoke Author:George Carlin
“I'm just a guy that is basically depending on my responsibility skills. I'm really responsible with my children and my wife and my family life. Things have changed with me. I'm not a night person anymore. I've got too many responsibilities to play.” ChildrenPersonsPlayNightGuyResponsibilityWifeChangedSkillsMy FamilyResponsibleMy WifeMy ChildrenFamily LifeThings Have ChangedNight Person Author:Mike Tyson
“I view my wife as my lover, and we have a bond that goes beyond words like wife or girlfriend or mother.” MotherViewsWifeLoversMy WifeGirlfriendMy Lover Author:Tom Hanks
“I go to a church here in New Jersey that is just a very exciting place, and I just love to be there on Sunday morning - I just sit there in a pew with my wife, that's all I do, but I'm very much a part of that congregation. We've got a fantastic rector,she brings in people from places like the United Theological Seminary in New Brighton, Minnesota, where you've got good teaching, and our people are being introduced to great material and they really respond. They're able to believe without crossing their fingers. And I think that's a real step forward.” PeopleThinkingBelieveRealAbleChurchUnitedStepsMorningWifeTeachingMaterialsExcitingFingersMy WifeFantasticSundayJerseyCrossingsTheologicalNew JerseySteps ForwardCongregationMinnesotaSunday MorningGood TeachingSeminaryBrighton Author:John Shelby Spong
“I wrote this book [ Desperate Marriages] because of my own marriage. My wife and I struggled greatly in the early years of marriage. In spite of the fact that we were Christians before we got married, we prayed about getting married, we believed it was God's will for us to get married, and we still had great struggles.” YearsStillsBookFactsChristianMy OwnStruggleWifeMarriedMy WifeGods WillDesperateSpiteGetting MarriedYears Of Marriage Author:Gary Chapman
“If I walk in the house, and I greet my wife, and I give her a hug, kiss her on the cheek, and I say to her, "Honey, how'd your day go," and I listed to how her day went. If I say, "Is there anything I can do to help you," and she tells me, "Honey, if you could peel the potatoes," or whatever, I have influenced my wife in a very positive way.” IfsWayGivingI CanHelpingHouseCan DoWalksWifeKissingMy WifeHoneyCheeksHugPotatoesVery Positive Author:Gary Chapman
“On the other hand, if I walk in the house, I don't even bother to find her, I just walk in the den and flip on the TV, get myself something to drink, sit down, start unwinding, I have influenced my wife in a very negative way.” IfsWayHandsHouseWalksWifeTvsDrinkNegativeMy WifeBotherFlipDens Author:Gary Chapman
“Emotions are our spontaneous response to life. We have these emotions, but if the emotion is a negative emotion, then I have a choice to say, "I am feeling sad tonight because this happened, but I am not going to let my sadness keep me from engaging my wife in conversation. "” IfsFeelingsChoicesEmotionWifeHappenedSadnessConversationNegativeResponseMy WifeTonightSpontaneousEngagingFeeling SadNegative Emotions Author:Gary Chapman
“The government did a lot of things to us in terms of sending pictures to my house. If I had to go to a school to give a speech and the sorority wanted to sign a song, they would send [a person] to my house and tell my wife that I had sex with this woman or that woman.It got to the point where my wife didn't know what to believe anymore, and the fact that I didn't have a job, I couldn't support my bills, the fact that I was getting ready to go through maybe a mental setback in terms of depression, we just had a tremendous amount of things on us.” IfsKnowsGivingBelievePersonsFactsGovernmentWantedSchoolJobsSongHouseSexTermSupportWifeReadyAmountSpeechBillsMy WifeSetbackSorority Author:John Carlos
“It's many things that she had to deal with, and she got to the point where [my wife] didn't know what to believe anymore and she just didn't care to live her life anymore. I think it was devastating at that particular time, and it's even more devastating today as we grow older.” ThinkingKnowsBelieveCareTodayGrowsDealsWifeParticularMy Wife Author:John Carlos
“When I was playing, my wife and kids would go on the road with me, and we would go to different lunch spots that we saw on "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives."” DifferentKidsSawsWifeGoes OnMy WifeSpotsLunchDinersMy Wife And Kids Author:Prince Fielder
“It was pretty hard to actually have to say the words with my teammates, my wife and my boys there. I realized it was going to happen before that day [I announce retirement], but to have to announce it and talk about in front of a lot of people was tougher than I expected. I'm glad that feeling has kind of gone away. That sadness hasn't lingered.” PeopleKindHardFeelingsHappensBoysGoneWifeSadnessFrontsMy WifeExpectedI RealizedGladRetirementTeammateMy BoysGone Away Author:Prince Fielder
“There are maybe one or two hours a day when I think I can play, but I get over that real quick once I realize the risk and my wife tells me, "Just take a seat."” ThinkingI CanTwoRealPlayRealizingHoursWifeRiskMy WifeSeatsGet Over Author:Prince Fielder
“One of my favorite writers is Michel de Montaigne. My wife gave me a beautiful 17th-century edition of Montaigne's essays translated by John Florio. That's probably my most precious possession.” BeautifulWifeCenturyMy FavoritePossessionMy WifeEssays17th CenturyPrecious Possessions Author:Stephen Greenblatt
“I had gone to - that was my second time going to the mosque. And then at that time we met [with my wife], she was Muslim and - but was at a point where - because her father is an imam and her mother, though, is a convert, but she was basically raised Muslim. And she was at that point where she was deciding or trying to come to terms with her own relationship with Islam and how to embrace that for herself. So I was sort of trying to come walk toward it.” TryingMotherFatherTermWalksGoneWifeMetsEmbraceRaisedIslamMy WifeMosques Author:Mahershala Ali
“I went to a mosque in Philadelphia with [my wife] in December 24, 1999. And we we went to this mosque in Philly, and I just had such a strong reaction to the prayer. And I was really emotionally - I felt really grounded at that time. And so to be in this prayer and the imam is doing the prayer in Arabic and I don't understand a word of Arabic but I just remember these tears just coming down my face and it just really connecting to my spirit in a way that felt like I needed to pay attention to that.” WayRememberFacesSpiritStrongFeltPrayerPayAttentionWifeTearsNeededMy WifeReactionsPay AttentionGroundedConnectingDecemberPhiladelphiaMosques Author:Mahershala Ali
“I'm one of those people who tells my wife, "No coaching from the sidelines."” PeopleWifeMy WifeCoachingSidelines Author:Dave Barry
“The one thing I'm terrified of trying to write about is sex. I mean my God, my wife might read it or my daughter might read it or my son might read it, so no, I've never really written about eroticism at all.” WritingTryingMeanMightSexWifeWrittenOne ThingSonDaughterMy WifeMy DaughterMy SonTerrified Author:Dave Barry
“My wife never knew she'd be married to a 90-year-old. And I've prayed that I wouldn't be a crabby old coot, but a happy, joyous man who would let her know each day how much I love her and thank her for her loving care.” KnowsMenYearsCareWifeMarriedMy WifeEach DayBeing MarriedJoyous Author:Cliff Barrows
“My memories are beautiful because my wife Joan is English and shortly after we were married, we stayed in London and I never forgot it. We loved it so much that we've been back very often and it's always a thrill. To me, there's New York City where I was born and raised and then there's London!” BeautifulBornMemoriesCitiesWifeNew YorkMarriedRaisedMy WifeLondonNew York CityThrillBorn And Raised Author:Stan Lee
“I accept the teachings of my own church in terms of how I live, how my wife and I live, what we teach our kids. But I don't think the teachings of my church are such that I should legislate that for everybody else.” ThinkingShouldKidsTermChurchMy OwnAcceptingTeachWifeTeachingMy Wife Author:Tim Kaine
“[Elsa Dorfman]was well known. Certainly in the Boston area, she's well known as a portrait photographer. My wife always wanted to meet her and then there was some benefit where she was taking pictures.” WellsWantedKnownWifeBenefitsAreasPhotographerMy WifePortraitsWell KnownBostonTaking PicturesElsa Author:Errol Morris
“I'm very aware that people find my wife and I's marriage disagreeable. But all I have to do is look at my four kids, and the love I have in my heart for my wife after 18 years of marriage, and the ugliness does fade.” PeopleYearsLooksHeartDoeKidsFourWifeMy HeartMy WifeFadesUglinessDisagreeableYears Of Marriage Author:David Oyelowo
“I have members of my immediate family, and my wife's immediate family, who voted for Donald Trump, and now there's this gulf that I have no interest in bridging however much I love those people. It's almost like the Civil War.” PeopleWarInterestWifeTrumpMembersMy WifeCivil WarImmediate Family Author:Steve Erickson
“I don't let nobody sign for my money. Me and my wife write our own checks. So, if there's some money missing, we know how it got missing.” IfsKnowsWritingKnow HowWifeMissingMy WifeChecks Author:Steve Harvey
“In America, we happen to be living in a third world country from the point of view of economic and social development. I came back from New York yesterday and I took the fastest train in the country, the Acela. My wife and I took the New York-Boston train sixty years ago - it wasn't called the Acela then - and I think it's improved by about fifteen minutes since then. Any other country in the world would be about half the time. In fact when it's riding along the Connecticut turnpike it's barely keeping up with traffic, which is just scandalous.” ThinkingWorldYearsCountryFactsHappensWould BeAmericaSocialViewsHalfWifeEconomicMinutesNew YorkDevelopmentYears AgoThirdsTrainMy WifePoint Of ViewYesterdayRidingSixtyOther CountriesFifteenTrafficBostonThird WorldSocial DevelopmentScandalousConnecticutThird World Countries Author:Noam Chomsky
“Somebody, my daughter or my wife, gave me a music box for Christmas. It plays "My Funny Valentine" on celeste, you know? So I had Bobby [Irving] just play "Jean Pierre" with the changes on celeste.” KnowsPlayWifeDaughterBoxesMy WifeMy DaughterValentineFunny Valentine Author:Miles Davis
“I said to [Lionel] Richie, "Man, my wife says you must really respect women because you write such beautiful love songs."” MenWritingSaidBeautifulSongWifeMy WifeRespect WomenBeautiful Love Author:Miles Davis
“My wife, Amanda, is terribly good at warping reality. She is like a bowling ball on a rubber sheet, and you find yourself living in her universe, doing things that are completely unexpected or unimaginable for you, but you blink and you're up on a stage singing, or wearing a peculiar wig, or writing a book filled with feelings and emotion, or doing something equally as unlikely.” WritingBookFeelingsRealityUniverseEmotionWifeStageSingingBallsFilledMy WifeUnexpectedFinding YourselfPeculiarSheetsUnlikelyFeelings And EmotionsWriting A BookBlinkRubberUnimaginableWigsBowlingAmanda Author:Neil Gaiman
“When we finished [training with my wife] we came to St. Paul, because St. Paul was the first place where we got a job offer and we needed some sort of a job to earn some money in order to set up our own studio. It's rather ironic that this job offer came originally through the Walker Art Center.” FirstsArtJobsOrderWifeNeededOffersTrainingStudiosMy WifeFinishedIronicWalkers Author:Warren MacKenzie
“We moved up here [to St.Paul with my wife] and started to teach, we very quickly found out we were not equipped either to teach or to run our own pottery, and so we decided that we had to have further training.” RunningFoundTeachWifeTrainingDecidedMovedMy WifePottery Author:Warren MacKenzie
“We [me and my wife] went back to St. Paul, worked for a year - again, I guess I would have to admit now, doing a rather shaky job of teaching people - but at the end of that year we returned to England and worked in the [Bernard] Leach Pottery for two and a half years.” PeopleYearsTwoEndsJobsHalfWifeTeachingEnglandMy WifePotteryHalf A Year Author:Warren MacKenzie
“I could lie and say my wife cooks for me, but she doesn't. My wife has never learnt cooking but she has great cooks at home.” HomeLyingWifeCookingMy WifeCooks Author:Shahrukh Khan
“My fans are very forgiving. So are my wives and my kids.” KidsWifeFansForgivingMy Wife Author:Willie Nelson
“By myself, I'm a hard pill. My wife makes me look real good, because she smoothes my rough edges. That's why I say, "Take your wife everywhere. It's a good thing."” LooksRealHardWifeGood ThingsEdgesMy WifeRoughPillsRough Edges Author:Terry Crews
“Most of my life is over. I am going to enjoy my family and friends before any of us depart this earth. I'll never start another company. I'll never work long hours again. At this point in my life, I only answer to God, my wife, and my kids. Everything else is secondary - especially the expectations of strangers.” LongKidsEarthLife IsEnjoyHoursAnswersCompanyWifeExpectationsMy FamilyStrangerMy WifeFamily And FriendsLong Hours Author:Guy Kawasaki
“At the end of my life, I want to say that I made the world a better place because I raised good children, loved my wife, and empowered entrepreneurs. If I do these things, then I can rest knowing that I made the world a better place.” IfsWorldWantChildrenMadeI CanEndsKnowingWifeEntrepreneurRaisedMy WifeBetter PlaceEmpoweredChildren Love Author:Guy Kawasaki
“I am afraid that I am actually naturally good with money. My wife thinks it is because I am a Jew, which is both slightly anti-Semitic and also correct. Frankly, all my "goysha" - gentile - friends haven't got a clue.” ThinkingWifeHavensJewMy WifeClueGentilesAnti Semitic Author:Giles Coren
“So writing about love or having it infuse the poems that I'm writing has never been something I've set myself to do, except when I write a poem for my wife, for an occasion, such as our anniversary.” WritingWifeMy Wife Author:Ron Padgett
“As a book person and a movie person, I feel Jewish. My Dad was more Buddhist than anything, and on the West Coast I've often had the impression that Jews become Buddhists. I think, if anything, my religion has more to do with California consciousness, vibrations and energy. My wife isn't Jewish. There's nothing ceremonial going on at our house, I mean, occasionally a candle gets lit. But, definitely, my Judaism is an ongoing relationship, one that remains to be consummated.” ThinkingMeanBookHouseEnergyConsciousnessWifeDadMy DadJewMy WifeImpressionBuddhistCandleJudaismLit Author:Jonathan Raymond
“Marrying the right girl is even more imperative today than it was when I was 23 years old because it's so much harder to get on as an imaginative writer like me now. You need to have somebody who believes in what you're doing and who never is skeptical about what you're doing. My wife thought it was a great thing for me to be a writer because in practical terms it freed her to do what she wanted to do, which was work.” BelieveTodayGirlTermWifeMy WifeGreat ThingsImaginativeSkeptical Author:Richard Ford
“I would love it if everybody in America agreed with me on every issue. I can't get my wife to agree with me on every issue, let alone the American people. It's called democracy. That's what it's about.” PeopleDemocracyWifeAgreeMy Wife Author:Bernie Sanders
“I'll never forget what it was like to hold my wife and children again, to know that I was home, to know that I had managed to survive.” ChildrenHomeForgetWifeMy WifeNever Forget Author:Lakhdar Boumediene
“Once I came out in college I just have always been out and at work with pretty much everybody. My wife and I both working as journalists, because she's a photographer, and often working together, would have to kind of navigate this weird world. When you're trying to develop sources, when you're trying to you know make personal connections with people, you inevitably want to share things about yourself and that can be really tricky.” PeopleWorldTryingKindTogetherWifeShareCollegePhotographerMy WifeJournalistWorking TogetherAbout YourselfTricky Author:Lydia Polgreen
“India's notoriously difficult. It's visa routine is notoriously difficult to get a residency permit and all that stuff, so that threw up all kinds of complicated barriers for us. I remember once having to go meet with the foreign ministry official and say 'You know look I have a real problem here. Is this person really important to you?' And I just thought 'My God.' You know my wife and I have been together since college. You know it's 20 years.” KindImportantRealProblemTogetherRememberDifficultWifeCollegeComplicatedMy WifeAll KindsBarriersVisa Author:Lydia Polgreen