“It has been an honor to work in the Barack Obama Administration and to serve this President, particularly during a period of unprecedented change in the broader Middle East. Obviously, there is still work to do but I promised my wife I would return to government for only two years and we both agreed it is time to act on my promise.” YearsHas BeensStillsTwoGovernmentPresidentWifeMiddleReturnHonorPeriodsPromiseMy WifeEastAdministrationTwo YearsMiddle EastI PromiseUnprecedented Author:Dennis A. Ross
“The nation needs to return to the colonial way of life, when a wife was judged by the amount of wood she could split.” WayNeedsNationsWifeReturnAmountWoodsJudgedSplits Author:W. C. Fields
“God bids you not to commit lechery, that is, not to have sex with any woman except your wife. You ask of her that she should not have sex with anyone except you -- yet you are not willing to observe the same restraint in return.” ShouldAsksSexWifeWillingReturnCommitRestraintAdulteryLecheryCommitting Adultery Author:Saint Augustine
“When the soldier returns from the wars, even though he has white hair, he very soon finds a young wife. But a woman has only one summer; if she does not make hay while the sun shines, no one will afterwards have anything to say to her, and she spends her days consulting oracles that never send her a husband.” IfsDoeWarYoungWhiteSunWifeHairReturnHusbandSummerShiningSoldierConsultingOraclesHaySun ShinesWhite HairYoung Wife Author:Aristophanes
“The kind of crabbing my wife likes to do is to return from an afternoon's swim or sunbathing session, open the refrigerator door, and find a generous plate of crab cakes all ready to cook.” KindWifeDoorsFoodReadyReturnCookingMy WifeLikesCooksGenerousCulinarySwimCakeAfternoonPlatesSessionRefrigeratorsCrabsSunbathing Author:Euell Gibbons
“The house wife is an unpaid employee in her husband's house in return for the security of being a permanent employee.” HouseWifeSecurityReturnHusbandPermanentEmployee Author:Germaine Greer
“O wretched is the dame, to whom the sound, "Your lord will soon return," no phrase brings.” SoundLordWifeReturnPhrasesWretchedDames Author:Charles Robert Maturin
“As the years go by, he returns to this invisible world rather than to earth for peace and solace. There also he finds a profound enchantment, although he can seldom describe it. He can discuss it with others of his kind, and because they too know and feel its power they understand. But his attempts to communicate his feelings to his wife or other earthly confidants invariable end in failure.” KnowsWorldFeelsYearsKindEndsFeelingsEarthWifeReturnProfoundCommunicateInvisibleFlightAviationSolaceEnchantmentConfidant Author:Ernest K. Gann
“My wife would not speak evil of ... anyone ... without cause. Joseph is a liar and not she. That Smith admired and lusted after many men's wives and daughters, is a fact, but they could not help that. They or most of them considered his admiration an insult, and treated him with scorn. In return for this scorn, he generally managed to blacken their reputations - see the case of... Mrs. Pratt, a good, virtuous woman.” MenFactsHelpingEvilSpeakCausesCasesWifeReturnDaughterMy WifeTreatedReputationInsultLiarsAdmirationVirtuousScornPolygamyWife And DaughterVirtuous Woman Author:William Law
“During terms, Professor Marsden lives in Cambridge with his wife, chess player extraordinaire and distinguished physician and surgeon Bryony Asquith Marsden. His favorite time of day is half past six in the evening, when he meets Mrs. Marsden's train at the station, as the latter returns from her day in London. On Sunday afternoons, rain or shine, Professor and Mrs. Marsden take a walk along The Backs, and treasure growing old together.” TogetherPastTermWalksHalfWifeGrowingPlayerReturnSixRainShiningTrainLondonChessTreasureEveningLatterSundayStationsProfessorsAfternoonPhysiciansDistinguishedGrowing OldSurgeonsChess PlayersCambridgeTime Of DaySunday AfternoonsRain Or Shine Author:Sherry Thomas