Ebbutt Quotes

#1. A child, I'm miserable admitting it, a child stands like a priest under his father's sky. Why do you fate me to fail you?

Denis Johnson

#2. Many a man wishes he were strong enough to tear a telephone book in half - especially if he has a teenage daughter.

Guy Lombardo

#3. Don't always refuse to go shopping with your wife. Of course it's a nuisance, but sometimes she honestly wants your advice, and you ought to be pleased to give it.

Blanche Ebbutt

#4. You cannot ask everyone to behave ethically.

Sepp Blatter

#5. Don't expect to drop into matrimonial harmony with the end of the honeymoon; you have not thoroughly learned to know each other's foibles by that time.

Blanche Ebbutt

#6. Don't settle down into an "old married man" while you are still in the prime of life. Take your wife out and about; give parties; visit your friends; and you will keep much younger than if you settle into the smoking-jacket and slippers habit.

Blanche Ebbutt

#7. Don't forget to be your wife's best friend as well as her husband. True friendship in marriage does away with all sorts of trouble.

Blanche Ebbutt

#8. Don't expect to know your husband inside and out within a month of marriage. For a long time you will be making discoveries; file them for future reference.

Blanche Ebbutt

#9. I don't read good reviews. I like to know what percentages are going on. When Sony sends out something saying that people are liking the movie, I like to know that, but I don't actually sit and read the good stuff.

Evan Goldberg

#10. The most powerful book in the world at the beginning of the twentieth century is the check-book.

Alec-Tweedie

#11. Don't forget to wish your husband good-morning when he sets off to the office. He will feel the lack of your good-bye kiss all day.

Blanche Ebbutt

#12. Pour away despair and rinse the cup. Eat happiness like bread.

Edna St. Vincent Millay

#13. And now I'm here for you, Megan. I am enchanted, as surely as if you were the goddess and I the mortal.
-Owen

Laura Kaye