Husband Expectation From Wife Quotes

We do not converse. She visits me to talk. My task to murmur. She talks about her grandsons, her daughter who lives in Delphi, her sister or her husband - both gone - obscure friends - dead - obscurer aunts and uncles - lost - ancient neighbors, members of her church or of her clubs - passed or passing on; and in this way she brings the ends of her life together with a terrifying rush: she is a girl, a wife, a mother, widow, all at once. All at once - appalling - but I believe it; I wince in expectation of the clap. Her talk's a fence - shade drawn, window fastened, door that's locked - for no one dies taking tea in a kitchen; and as her years compress and begin to jumble, I really believe in the brevity of life; I sweat in my wonder; death is the dog down the street, the angry gander, bedroom spider, goblin who's come to get her; and it occurs to me that in my listening posture I'm the boy who suffered the winds of my grandfather with an exactly similar politeness, that I am, right now, all my ages, out in elbows, as angular as badly stacekd cards. Thus was I, when I loved you, every man I could be, youth and child - far from enough - and you, so strangely ambiguous a being, met me, h eart for spade, play after play, the whole run of our suits. ~ William H. Gass

After you play husband and wife on camera multiple times, it becomes easy to be husband and wife off camera as well. ~ Amy Yasbeck

Between husband and wife friendship seems to exist by nature, for man is naturally disposed to pairing. ~ Aristotle.

Do you ask why I am unwilling to marry a rich wife? It is because I am unwilling to be taken to husband by my wife. The mistress of the house should be subordinate to her husband, for in no other way, Priscus, will the wife and husband be on an equality. ~ Martial

If ever wife was happy in a man, compare with me, ye women if you can. ~ Anne Bradstreet

I think a good husband has to depend on having a good wife. ~ Jimmy Carter

Being a husband or a wife, is already a huge responsibility to shoulder, without adding in the expectations. ~ Norhafsah Hamid

I could be such a wonderful wife to another wife's husband. ~ Judith Viorst

There is no association richer than the companionship of husband and wife. ~ Gordon B. Hinckley

Happy is that family where both the husband and wife are mutual members of Christ's body ~ William Gouge

The love of husband and wife is the force that welds society together. ~ Saint John Chrysostom

They are not said to be husband and wife, who merely sit together. Rather they alone are called husband and wife, who have one soul in two bodies. ~ Guru Amar Das

Every conscientious husband and wife should measure their marriage by the unchanging standard of the principles found in God's Word. ~ Myles Munroe

Much contention and strife will arise in that house where the wife shall get up dissatisfied with her husband. ~ Saadi

The relation between husband and wife should turn into a love of the heart untouched by desire. ~ Mata Amritanandamayi

A husband and wife who have separate bedrooms have either drifted apart or found happiness. ~ Honore De Balzac

The ideal husband understands every word his wife doesn't say. ~ Alfred Hitchcock

The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself. ~ Voltaire

Nobody can tell you how to be a good wife or husband. ~ Nicole Ari Parker

That never goes over big with your wife. I will be a very good husband for a change. ~ Donald Trump

There are two kinds of marriages - where the husband quotes the wife and where the wife quotes the husband. ~ Clifford Odets

A wife's power is not to prove her husband but rather to improve him. ~ Johnnie Dent Jr.

A loving wife will do anything for her husband except stop criticizing him and trying to improve him. ~ J.B. Priestley

Lakshmi, the Goddess of wealth, comes of Her own accord where fools are not respected, grain is well stored up, and the husband and wife do not quarrel. ~ Chanakya

No husband will ever be better avenged than by his wife's lover. ~ Honore De Balzac

When a woman is frustrated, and it's your wife, you as the husband get that frustration. ~ Magic Johnson

There are no sweeter words in the English language (or any other) than husband and wife. ~ Lanier Ivester

An obedient wife commands her husband. ~ Benjamin Disraeli

Every once in a while, I run into somebody who tells me that she met her husband in my campaign or a husband who says, I met my wife. I have to tell you, I caused a few divorces too. ~ George McGovern

I love being my husband's wife. ~ Julianna Margulies

When a husband's story is believed, he begins to suspect his wife. ~ H.L. Mencken

Marriage is sanctified when it is cherished and honored in holiness. That union is not merely between husband and wife; it embraces a partnership with God. ~ Russell M. Nelson

He is not an ideal husband. I am his wife. ~ Ljupka Cvetanova

A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him. ~ Publilius Syrus

What a generous thing that is, I realize, for a husband to try to make his wife laugh. ~ Gillian Flynn

In every marriage the wife has to keep her mouth shut about at least one small thing her husband does that disgusts her. ~ John O'Hara

The wife ought to have the first child and the husband the second, then there wouldn't ever be any more. ~ Flora Thompson

A friend never defends a husband who gets his wife an electric skillet for her birthday. ~ Erma Bombeck

There's nothing like the first kiss once you've been pronounced husband and wife. It's such a wonderful moment! ~ Sara Ramirez

My advice to a new husband is nothing more than 'husbands, love your wives.' And 'love your wife as Christ has loved the church.' Never forget that you are Christ's representative in serving your wife. ~ J.I. Packer

That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage against her will. ~ Plautus

Why always repeat the same stories - husband with lover, husband with wife and sick child, husband with wife, lover, and sick child? There were more important things in the world to talk about. ~ Paulo Coelho

Your husband or your wife is the only person you can really choose to be your family and to have unconditional love with them. ~ Jessica Alba

A good wife maketh a good husband. ~ John Heywood

The husband and wife are one, and that one is the husband. ~ William Blackstone

The only time a wife listens to her husband is when he's asleep. ~ Chuck Jones

I think it's important to show a husband and a wife together, in a room, raising children, because you don't see that anymore. ~ Tyler Perry

A legal or religious ceremony by which two persons of the opposite sex solemnly agree to harass and spy on each other ... until death do them join. ~ Elbert Hubbard

Most of a husband's life is spent in doing research on his wife. ~ Pawan Mishra

She is a true wife who is clean (suci), expert, chaste, pleasing to the husband, and truthful. ~ Chanakya

Somehow we've even developed the notion that a woman who seeks to meet her husband's needs is subservient (but a husband who fails to meet his wife's needs is a pig.) ~ Laura Schlessinger

Obviously, anyone who has seen Mr. and Mrs. Smith knows that husband and wife married spies is something that I find particularly interesting. ~ Doug Liman

When a wife has a good husband, it is easily seen on her face. ~ Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

When trying to communicate with each other, a husband and wife should be careful to make sure their voices and faces agree with their words. ~ Myles Munroe

People shop for a bathing suit with more care than they do a husband or wife. The rules are the same. Look for something you'll feel comfortable wearing. Allow for room to grow. ~ Erma Bombeck

I heard someone say the other day that they thought it was sexier to call someone their fiance instead of their husband or wife. ~ Leelee Sobieski

A husband should tell his wife everything that he is sure she will find out, and before anyone else does. ~ Thomas Dewar, 1st Baron Dewar

When the husband and wife are healthy, and free from inherited weaknesses and diseases that might be transmitted with injury to their offspring the use of contraceptives is to be condemned. ~ David O. McKay

When a man retires, his wife gets twice the husband but only half the income. ~ Chi Chi Rodriguez

My wife and I were present at this congress. Sabina told me, "Richard, stand up and wash away this shame from the face of Christ! They are spitting in His face." I said to her, "If I do so, you lose your husband." She replied, "I don't wish to have a coward as a husband. ~ Richard Wurmbrand

The relationship between husband and wife should be one of closest friends. ~ B.R. Ambedkar

The only woman a wife should ever be jealous of is her husband's mom. ~ Jason Thomas

A man's satisfaction with his salary depends on whether he makes more than his wife's sister's husband. ~ H.L. Mencken

Epitaph on a scolding wife by her husband: Here my poor Bridget's corpse doth lie, she is at rest - and so am I! ~ Benjamin Franklin

Your ultimate goal for marriage is that both of you - as husband and wife - commit to keep growing spiritually. ~ Elizabeth George

Fear accomplishes much in love. The husband of the Middle Ages was loved by his wife for his very severity. The bride of William the Conqueror, having been beaten by him, recognized him by this token for her lord and husband ~ Jules Michelet

When custom has made familiar the charms that are most attractive, when youthful freshness has died away, and with the brightness of domestic life more and more shadows have mingled, then ... and not till then, can the wife say of the husband, "He is worthy of love;" then, first, the husband say of the wife, "She blooms in imperishable beauty. ~ Timothy Shay Arthur

Nothing is more inspiring in today's world of easily dissolved marriages than to observe a husband and wife quietly appreciating and enjoying each other's friendship year in and year out as they experience together the blessings and trials of mortality. ~ Marlin K. Jensen

It is sometimes essential for a husband and a wife to quarrel - they get to know each other better. ~ Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

The wife who submits to sexual intercourse against her wishes or desires, virtually commits suicide; while the husband who compels it, commits murder. ~ Victoria Woodhull

He was doubtless an understanding Fellow that said, there was no happy Marriage but betwixt a blind Wife and a deaf Husband. ~ Michel De Montaigne

The laws that Charondas gave to Catana, ... A man might divorce his wife, or a wife her husband, said Charondas, but then he or she must not marry anyone younger than the divorced mate. ~ Will Durant

We go on dates thinking that person is our future husband or wife, without getting to know them, as we live in a fantasy and an illusion of romance. ~ Patti Stanger

A woman may be called a wife and mother for most of her life, while a man is called a husband and father only at his funeral. ~ Barbara Holland

I 'm your husband ... "
"No. You are not my husband," she interrupted in a voice thickened with hatred and tears. "You have never been my husband. A husband loves, honours and cherishes! A husband is a lover and a champion ... Look into the next room if you want to see what a real husband is, because you are no such thing! ~ Natasha Anders

All that a husband or wife really wants is to be pitied a little, praised a little, and appreciated a little. ~ Oliver Goldsmith

Women's liberationists spread the word that the only peaceful family is one in which either the wife is enslaved or the husband is androgynous. ~ Emmett Tyrrell

The thing that is my main focus is my family. More than anything, I want to be a good husband to my wife and a good father to my kids. ~ Rex Hudler

God designed husbands and wives to complete each other, not to compete with each other. ~ Jimmy Evans

I shall not tell your husband and you shall not tell my wife."
Tell them what?"
That you and I were outwitted by a ropma."
That would be shamful."
Girl, we could never live it down. ~ Donita K. Paul

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

A husband and wife honor God when they love and honor each other. ~ Jim George

You can have terrible things happen in your family. A husband and wife can be having a knock-down, drag-out fight and the minute one of the kids gets hurt, the fight is over and it's about the family. ~ Sophia Bush

A wife who obsesses on "fixing" her husband only succeeds in demeaning him.
pg 48 ~ Michael Ben Zehabe

The wife of a self-admirer must expect a very cold and negligent husband. ~ Samuel Richardson

Pilot season after pilot season, I read the same part: the wife who rolls her eyes at her somewhat immature husband that she still loves. Literally. ~ Beth Littleford

On Love - Any husband who stammers that he's just been too busy to tell his wife he loves her is a lazy fool or a liar. ~ Marsha Hinds

When a man marries a widow his jealousies revert to the past: no man is as good as his wife says her first husband was ~ Samuel Johnson

A man is very revealed by his wife, just as a woman is revealed by her husband. People never marry beneath or above themselves, I assure you. ~ Carol Grace

Sex is still the most interesting subject under the sun. People will say my wife is too tired or my husband is too tired, and I listen and I say 'go for help.' ~ Ruth Westheimer

A wife is to submit graciously to the servant leadership of her husband even as the church willingly submits to the headship of Christ. ~ Mike Huckabee

My wife would probably say I'm the messiest person in the history of husbands. ~ Stephen Curry

We had a happy marriage because we were together all the time. We were friends as well as husband and wife. We just had a good time. ~ Julia Child

The husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the Head of the Church. And the wife is there to bless and support and help him. ~ Elisabeth Elliot

By all implies marry if you get a great wife/husband, you are going to be pleased. If you get a bad a single, you are going to become a philosopher. ~ Socrates

Gentlemen, no one objects to the husband being the head of the wife as Christ was the head of the church
to crucify himself; whatwe object to is his crucifying his wife. ~ Susan B. Anthony

The fear of making permanent commitments can change the mutual love of husband and wife into two loves of self-two loves existing side by side, until they end in separation. ~ Pope John Paul II

Pride is the chief cause in the decline in the number of husbands and wives. ~ Neil Diamond

No wife can endure a gambling husband; unless he is a steady winner. ~ Thomas Dewar

Texas governor Rick Perry's wife, Anita, has come out slugging in her glittering leopard-print jacket against what she sees as the unfair treatment of her husband. She tearfully said that he has been 'brutalized' for his faith. ~ Patti Davis