Helen Rowland Quotes (98 Quotes)

A man's desire for a son is usually nothing but the wish to duplicate himself in order that such a remarkable pattern may not be lost to the world.

Before marriage, a man will lay down his life for you after marriage he won't even lay down his newspaper.

When two people decide to get a divorce, it isn't a sign that they "don't understand" one another, but a sign that they have, at last, begun to.

In olden times sacrifices were made at the altar - a practice which is still continued.

Flirting is the gentle art of making a man feel pleased with himself.

Never trust a husband too far, nor a bachelor too near.

Between lovers a little confession is a dangerous thing.

Variety is the spice of love.

Falling in love consists merely in uncorking the imagination and bottling the common sense.

Love, the quest; marriage, the conquest; divorce, the inquest.

There are two kinds of men -- dead and deadly.

Wedding: the point at which a man stops toasting a woman and begins roasting her.

Never trust a husband too far or a bachelor too near.

Nowadays love is a matter of chance, matrimony a matter of money and divorce a matter of course.

Marriage is like twirling a baton, turning hand springs or eating with chopsticks. It looks easy until you try it.

Life begins at 40 - but so do fallen arches, rheumatism, faulty eyesight, and the tendency to tell a story to the same person, three or four times.

When a man makes a woman his wife, it's the highest compliment he can pay her, and it's usually the last.

Home is any four walls that enclose the right person.

When a man spends his time giving his wife criticism and advice instead of compliments, he forgets that it was not his good judgment, but his charming manners, that won her heart.

Call the bald man, 'Boy' make the sage thy toy greet the youth with solemn face praise the fat man for his grace.

A fool and her money are soon courted.

A bachelor has to have inspiration for making love to a woman, a married man needs only an excuse

There are only two kinds of men; the dead and the deadly.

Some women blush when they are kissed, some call for the police, some swear, some bite. But the worst are those who laugh.

The hardest task of a girl's life, nowadays, is to prove to a man that his intentions are serious.

When you see what some women marry, you realize how they must hate to work for a living.

A man loses his illusions first, his teeth second, and his follies last.

The follies which a man regrets the most in his life are those which he didn't commit when he had the opportunity.

The tenderest spot in a man's make-up is sometimes the bald spot on top of his head.

To a woman the first kiss is just the end of the beginning to a man it's the beginning of the end.

It is easier to keep half a dozen lovers guessing than to keep one lover after he has stopped guessing.

The woman who appeals to a man's vanity may stimulate him, the woman who appeals to his heart may attract him, but it is the woman who appeals to his imagination who gets him.

It's easier to hide your light under a bushel than to keep your shady side dark.

Ever since Eve started it all by offering Adam the apple, woman's punishment has been to supply a man with food then suffer the consequences when it disagrees with him.

It takes a woman twenty years to make a man of her son, and another woman twenty minutes to make a fool of him.

Some widowers are bereaved others relieved.

For repeating themselves from the first kiss to the last sigh, the average man's love affairs have History blushing with envy.

It isn't tying himself to one woman that a man dreads when he thinks of marrying; it's separating himself from all the others.

Kissing a smoker is like licking an ashtray.

The honeymoon is not actually over until we cease to stifle our sighs and begin to stifle our yawns.

A husband is what is left of a lover, after the nerve has been extracted.

Before marriage, a man declares that he would lay down his life to serve you; after marriage, he won't even lay down his newspaper to talk to you.

Before marriage, a man will go home and lie awake all night thinking about something you said after marriage, he'll go to sleep before you finish saying it.

No man can understand why a woman shouldn't prefer a good reputation to a good time.

Telling lies is a fault in a boy, an art in a lover, an accomplishment in a bachelor, and second-nature in a married man.

A widow is a fascinating being with the flavor of maturity, the spice of experience, the piquancy of novelty, the tang of practised coquetry, and the halo of one man's approval.

There aren't any embarrassing questions - only embarrassing answers.

When a girl marries, she exchanges the attentions of many men for the inattention of one.