162 Getting Divorced Quotes

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Famous Getting Divorced Quotes

Sometimes divorce is better than marriage — Sumner Redstone

Divorce is the psychological equivalent of a triple coronary bypass. — Mary Blakely

It is easy to get divorced for a bachelor. — Turkish Proverbs

Being divorced is like being hit by a Mack truck. If you live through it, you start looking very carefully to the right and to the left. — Jean Kerr

I was married to a state of mind and I divorced it — Black Thought

Marriages come and go, but divorce is forever. — Nora Ephron

Divorce is a game played by lawyers. — Cary Grant

Divorce isn't such a tragedy. A tragedy's staying in an unhappy marriage, teaching your children the wrong things about love. Nobody ever died of divorce. — Jennifer Weiner

Divorce sucks. Let me tell you, after five years of marriage, it is devastating to have the person with the good credit move out. — Rich Vos

A New York divorce is in itself a diploma of virtue. — Edith Wharton

Getting divorced just because you don't love a man is almost as silly as getting married just because you do. — Zsa Zsa Gabor

I'm a great housekeeper. I get divorced. I keep the house. — Zsa Zsa Gabor

A divorce is like an amputation: you survive it, but there's less of you. - Margaret Atwood

A divorce is like an amputation: you survive it, but there's less of you. — Margaret Atwood

When people divorce, it's always such a tragedy. At the same time, if people stay together it can be even worse. — Monica Bellucci

It was tough being a single mom. It was tough being in a divorce with children. Very, very hard. — Melissa Etheridge

Short Getting Divorced Quotes

  • To get over my divorce, I got a prescription to live at the Playboy Mansion for a while. — James Caan
  • Ah, yes, divorce... from the Latin word meaning to rip out a man's genitals through his wallet. — Robin Williams
  • You never really know a man until you have divorced him. — Zsa Zsa Gabor
  • Each divorce is the death of a small civilization. — Pat Conroy
  • Remarrying a husband you've divorced is like having your appendix put back in. — Phyllis Diller
  • Bigamy is one way of avoiding the painful publicity of divorce and the expense of alimony. — Oliver Herford
  • Marriage is really tough because you have to deal with feelings... and lawyers. — Richard Pryor
  • When there are kids involved, there's no such thing as divorce. — Carl Whitaker
  • A hundred percent of marriages end in divorce, disappearance or death. — Steve Aylett
  • Alimony -- the ransom that the happy pay to the devil. — H. L. Mencken
Getting divorced quote Getting knocked down in life is a given. Getting up and moving forward is a choice.
Getting knocked down in life is a given. Getting up and moving forward is a choice.

Parents Getting Divorced Quotes

I got into guitar because no parent will buy their eight-year-old kid drums, unless they're divorced and trying to get back at their wife. — Joshua Homme

I get sick of that old rationalization, "We're staying together because of the children." Kids couldn't be more miserable living with parents who can't stand each other. They're far better off if there's an honest, clean divorce. — Johnny Carson

When you're the youngest and the only boy, you get spoilt but you get told you're spoilt so you don't get to enjoy it very much. I was the only man in the house because my parents divorced and my dad moved away when I was 13. — Eddie Marsan

Getting divorced quote Some people feel the rain, others just get wet.
Some people feel the rain, others just get wet.

My parents, last time we went to Ikea, got into a huge fight, almost got divorced. My dad accidentally put his fist through the wood. I don't know what it was made of. Just going there it's like a maze. My mom makes me go. I get lost. It's very stressful. — Jedediah Bila

Where do I get my seriousness? You can't help but grow up fast when your parents get divorced. You see your mother go to get food stamps and she's making fifty dollars too much to get them, with four kids to support. — Tom Cruise

When my parents were getting divorced, I just said to myself, 'Go to sleep, and tomorrow you can go skiing.' I cried myself to sleep, and in the morning I was up on the mountain, and I was good. — Lindsey Vonn

Getting divorced quote Ask yourself if what you're doing today is getting you closer to where you want to be tomorrow.
Ask yourself if what you're doing today is getting you closer to where you want to be tomorrow.

Once you get to your forties or fifties in this society, very few people haven't had at least one body blow - financial, bankruptcy, divorce, relationship disaster, addiction, trouble with a child, trouble with a parent. Most people take some blow. — Marianne Williamson

Everybody is agreeing so tersely. I just had a flashback to the month before my parents finally admitted they were getting a divorce. — Samantha Bee

My parents got divorced. Early and ugly. My mum was nuts so I lived with my dad. We used to play a father/son games. Pin the blame on me, rock, paper, get me another beer, casino night. — Christopher Titus

I never thought in my life, I never really thought I would get married. I watched my parents go through a divorce, and I thought, like, this is just not something people are supposed to do. — Ashton Kutcher

Getting Divorce Quotes

Willie Nelson's the one who told me the reason it costs so much to get divorced is because it's worth it. — Merle Haggard

If it is right to be legally married, it is right to be legally divorced ... To be deprived of a Divorce is like being shut up in prison because someone attempted to kill you. It is just as honorable to get out of matrimonial trouble legally, as to be freed from any other wrong. — Mary Edwards Walker

Let me tell you clearly if you get a wife through the Facebook, you would lose her through the Youtube. — Enoch Adeboye

Getting divorced quote Self-control is strength. Calmness is mastery. You have to get to a point where your mood doesn't sh
Self-control is strength. Calmness is mastery. You have to get to a point where your mood doesn't shift based on the insignificant actions of someone else. Don't allow others to control the direction of your life. Don't allow your emotions to overpower your intelligence.

You have to go into relationship not with what you can get out of it, but with what you can put into it. — Corey Wayne

If you are going out on a date with an expectation of having sex, go get a hooker. — Corey Wayne

Don’t get married to the idea of something having to be one way. — Hannah Bronfman

Getting divorced quote Make today so awesome, yesterday gets jealous.
Make today so awesome, yesterday gets jealous.

My career is not finished, I cannot say that now. There is work to be done. I hope to progress and get better, win a maximum number of titles. Right now, I am not where I want to be. — Paul Pogba

I can't get divorced because I'm a Catholic. Catholics don't get divorced. They stay together through anger and hatred and festering misery, just like God intended. — Lenny Clarke

What we wait around a lifetime for with one person, we can find in a moment with someone else. — Stephanie Klein

Work hard do not sit back and expect a miracle – there are no “Get Rich Quick Methods” with God. — Folorunsho Alakija

Inspirational Quotes

Religion is for people who fear hell, spirituality is for people who have been there. — David Bowie

One day you will ask me which is more important? My life or yours? I will say mine and you will walk away not knowing that you are my life. — Kahlil Gibran

Life is short. Kiss slowly, laugh insanely, love truly and forgive quickly - Paulo Coelho

Life is short. Kiss slowly, laugh insanely, love truly and forgive quickly — Paulo Coelho

Getting divorced quote Analyze your mistakes. You've already paid the tuition, you might as well get the lesson.
Analyze your mistakes. You've already paid the tuition, you might as well get the lesson.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. — Helen Keller

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds — Paul the Apostle

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader. — John Quincy Adams

Getting divorced quote The smarter you get, the less you speak.
The smarter you get, the less you speak.

If God is for us, who can be against us? — Paul the Apostle

The POSITIVE THINKER sees the INVISIBLE, feels the INTANGIBLE, and achieves the IMPOSSIBLE. — Winston Churchill

I had to make my own living and my own opportunity. But I made it! Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them. — Madam C. J. Walker

Every day may not be good... but there's something good in every day — Alice Morse Earle

Stop Divorce Quotes

Stop searching for happiness in the same place you lost it. Change is not dismantling the old, it’s building the new. — Brianna Wiest

I guess the only way to stop divorce is to stop marriage. — Will Rogers

Once you love something, you can never stop loving it. Even after a divorce, the heart will not stop loving. — Gregory David Roberts

Getting divorced quote Some people feel the rain. Other just get wet.
Some people feel the rain. Other just get wet.

Divorce has become so easy nowadays that women have stopped crying at weddings. — Evan Esar

No one can stop what God has for you. — Russell Wilson

People don't just stop playing Facebook games. They divorce them. — Jesse Schell

Getting divorced quote You must tell yourself "No matter how hard it is, or how hard it gets, I'm going to make it".
You must tell yourself "No matter how hard it is, or how hard it gets, I'm going to make it".

I would say that if you really want to STOP knowing someone, you have to divorce him. — Elizabeth Gilbert

Do not let anyone stop you from succeding — Sharon M. Draper

Divorce Is Final Quotes

Divorce is a 50-50 thing, and it can be a number of petty things that finally drive you out of your mind. — Lee Radziwill

Today's new climate policy is like delivering the final divorce papers to the public and the world, ... And it is divorced from the reality of global warming. — Jim Jeffords

The divorce is from my old putter. I think it's final - at least we're due for a long separation. I've suffered with that old putter for two years now. It got so rude I couldn't stand it. — Shelley Hamlin

The divorce has lasted way longer than the marriage, but finally it's over. Enough about that. The point is that for a long time, the fact that I was divorced was the most important thing about me. And now it's not. — Nora Ephron

Getting A Divorce Quotes

People do not get married planning to divorce. Divorce is the result of a lack of preparation for marriage and the failure to learn the skills of working together as teammates in an intimate relationship. — Gary Chapman

When people get married because they think it's a long-time love affair, they'll be divorced very soon, because all love affairs end in disappointment. But marriage is a recognition of a spiritual identity. — Joseph Campbell

Christ and The Church: If he were to apply for a divorce on the grounds of cruelty, adultery and desertion, he would probably get one. — Samuel Butler

Marriage is the hardest thing you will ever do. The secret is removing divorce as an option. Anybody who gives themselves that option will get a divorce. — Will Smith

In the last few years, losing my father, going through a divorce and not getting some jobs I really wanted, is making me a much more interesting person, I think. This all really does feel like a rebirth, a new chapter. — John Stamos

I'm going through a divorce now. This is the second one, and like baseball, I'm not gonna get three strikes. I've been living by myself for five years and I'm very comfortable. I can play my guitar when I want to. — Buddy Guy

Remember there is no way you can give the father custody of the children without getting a divorce. — Phyllis Diller

Divorce is one of the most financially traumatic things you can go through. Money spent on getting mad or getting even is money wasted. — Richard Wagner

A 99-year-old man is filing for divorce from his 96-year-old wife, making them the world's oldest divorced couple. It's got to be weird when a divorce lawyer is fighting for your kids to get custody of you. — Jimmy Fallon

I had to learn - since I'm divorced now and everyone is like, 'Oh my God, you're single, what's going on?' - that if I don't like to spend time with myself, how can I ask someone else to enjoy spending time with me? I'm getting to learn how to enjoy my solitude and have a good time. — Gabrielle Union

Being Divorced Quotes

In every friendship hearts grow and entwine themselves together, so that the two hearts seem to make only one heart with only a common thought. That is why separation is so painful; it is not so much two hearts separating, but one being torn asunder. — Fulton J. Sheen

Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

No soul that seriously and constantly desires joy will ever miss it. Those who seek find. To those who knock it is opened. — C. S. Lewis

It's really hard to maintain a one-on-one relationship if the other person is not going to allow me to be with other people. — Axl Rose

Dante can be understood only within the context of Italian thought, and Faust would be unthinkable if divorced from its German background; but both are part of our common cultural heritage. — Gustav Stresemann

When people find out how strong and powerful love is, then this world will be a better place. I want to see this happen one day. — Amanda Nunes

I wanted to be an independent woman, a woman who could pay for her bills, a woman who could run her own life – and I became that woman. — Diane Von Furstenberg

If you buy a car with money you didn’t earn lawfully, you’ll be riding in a moving coffin. — Enoch Adeboye

The life you want, the marriage you want, the family you want… Is all going to be fueled by the business you build. — Russell Brunson

That’s why I be so careful with my money and always try to invest. I see people who have it all and then lose it. — Cardi B

Going Through Divorce Quotes

She cried, and the judge wiped her tears with my checkbook. — Tommy Manville

People that go through what I went through and people going through divorce, it's really a difficulty process; it's heartbreaking and it hurts really bad. It can really mess with your head. — David Arquette

Marriage is the chief cause of divorce. — Groucho Marx

Love is sweet even when what you go through is bitter. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Divorce is expensive. I used to joke they were going to call it 'all the money,' but they changed it to 'alimony.' It's ripping your heart out through your wallet. — Robin Williams

I think most of us become nicer as we get older, less judgmental, less full of certitude; life tends to knock a few corners of us as we go through. Cancer, divorce, teenagers, and other plagues make us give up on expecting ourselves - or life - to be perfect, which is a real relief. — Molly Ivins

Why does every flight attendant seem like they are going through a divorce? — Natasha Leggero

I tell you, if I'm going to go through a divorce, I would date again a younger man. Because I have so much energy, there's no way an older man can keep up with me. — Ivana Trump

Some women get divorces on the grounds of incompatibility; others, on just the first two syllables. — Evan Esar

For anyone going through a divorce or any other painful challenge, the first and most important recommendation I can make is to find some kind of spiritual and emotional support. — Alana Stewart

Divorce Quotes

On the British Royal Divorce (Charles and Dianna). She is such a sad soul. It is good that it is over. Nobody was happy anyhow. I know I should preach family love and unity, but in their case. . . . — Mother Teresa

Your body is the ground and metaphor of your life, the expression of your existence. It is your Bible, your encyclopedia, your life story. Everything that happens to you is stored and reflected in your body. In the marriage of flesh and spirit divorce is impossible. — Gabrielle Roth

A lawyer is never entirely comfortable with a friendly divorce, anymore than a good mortician wants to finish his job and then have the patient sit up on the table. — Jean Kerr

We need to divorce ourselves from venture capital as an occupation and focus on using capital as a way to take really big bets on things that just seem totally audacious. — Chamath Palihapitiya

Land and sea, weakness and decline are great separators, but death is the great divorcer for ever. — John Keats

One of the biggest issues that we face is that we have people who have their own particular concerns, whether it's on abortion, birth control, divorce and remarriage, civil rights or social justice. — William P. Leahy

My wife Mary and I have been married for forty-seven years and not once have we had an argument serious enough to consider divorce; murder, yes, but divorce, never. — Jack Benny

Don’t allow your wounds to transform you into someone you are not. - Paulo Coelho

Don’t allow your wounds to transform you into someone you are not. — Paulo Coelho

We deserve to experience love fully, equally, without shame and without compromise. — Elliot Page

Human feelings are difficult to predict. — Antonio Vivaldi

After Divorce Quotes

Marriage isn't all that it's cracked up to be, let me tell you. Honestly. Marriage is probably the chief cause of divorce. — Larry Gelbart

A divorce lawyer is a chameleon with a law book. — Marvin Mitchelson

I believe in freedom for women to have equal rights - the right to work, the right to hold high positions, the right to take custody of their children after divorcing. — Farah Diba

Half of all marriages end in divorce- and then there are the really unhappy ones. — Joan Rivers

She would go to Memphis and this was after our divorce. And I would send her to Memphis to be with him. — Priscilla Presley

All my wives were great housekeepers. After every divorce, they kept the house. — Willie Pep

I was down after divorce - I was all the way down. And I just felt like, "God, I gotta turn this around. I can't go down like this. I have to know that this is happening for a reason." And I knew that I had to turn to music. — Gwen Stefani

Winning isn't the end of the world — David Pleat

The happiest time of anyone's life is just after the first divorce. — John Kenneth Galbraith

I find to my astonishment that an unhappy marriage goes on being unhappy when it is over. — Rebecca West

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More Getting Divorced Quotes

Christians don't steal or lie, they don't get divorced or have abortions. If the Ten Commandments were followed by everyone we would be able to fire half the police force and in six months the prisons would be all half empty. — John Hagee

Faith will get in the ditch with you, faith will go in the prison with you, faith will go into divorce court with you, faith will go in the hospital with you, faith will go in the nursing home with you. — T. D. Jakes

A lot of people manage to find common ground and not let disagreements or tensions build up and destroy them, and other people break up or get divorced. I don't think anything is ever going to change that situation. You simply try to find an accommodation and an understanding with another person and work from there. — Jack Nicholson

Let sleeping dogs lie or lying dogs sleep or whatever. Time to move on. People get divorced. Life doesn't owe you your own personal happy ending especially at another's, or in this case several others', expense. — Axl Rose

The truth is, the notion that gay marriage is harmful to marriage, is sort of mind-boggling, because these are people trying to get married. But it seems to me, if you want to defend marriage against something, defend it against divorce. — Cokie Roberts

I’m a woman. Every woman, I think, wants to get married and wants to have children. — Cardi B

Maybe it's because my mother divorced and my grandmother divorced, so maybe I'm frightened deep down. But then I also feel there is no real need. Why do I need to get married? To reassure me? No I don't need reassurance. — Juliette Binoche

The negative effects of combat were nightmares, and I'd get jumpy around certain noises and stuff, but you'd have that after a car accident or a bad divorce. Life's filled with trauma. You don't need to go to war to find it it's going to find you. We all deal with it, and the effects go away after awhile. At least they did for me. — Sebastian Junger

The ceremony took six minutes. The marriage lasted about the same amount of time though we didn't get a divorce for almost a year. — Hedy Lamarr

I used to say to my dad, 'How did you and Mom stay married for all this time?' and he'd say, 'Two things. Number one: You gotta have the same dreams. One person can't be daydreaming about walking down the street in Paris, the other person want to work in a coal mine. Number two: We never wanted to get divorced at the same time.' — Gwyneth Paltrow

In Hollywood, an equitable divorce settlement means each party getting fifty percent of publicity. — Lauren Bacall

I firmly believe in marriage. It's a real important decision that takes a lot of dedication and time. If you're thinking about divorce. You shouldn't get married. — Seth Green

We're beginning to play God and get into cloning. We give up quickly. Divorce is an easy option. So why not just create your own mate? Synthesize a human being. You get tired of it, turn it off and put it in the closet like the vacuum cleaner. — Lenny Kravitz

Catholicism is a really mean religion, and it's incredibly hypocritical. But it plays a role in my life 'cause you can't really get a lot of things out of your head, such as what Jesus Christ looks like and that divorce is a horrible thing. — Madonna Ciccone

Speaking of our unkind labeling of each other with, "she is divorced, she used to be inactive, etc", asked, "Can't we get over this hardening of the categories?". — Sheri L. Dew

Kids today don't want to get married. Too many of their friends have been married and divorced already. They just don't believe in it — Wally Schirra

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. — Helen Rowland

For a while we pondered whether to take a vacation or get a divorce. We decided that a trip to Bermuda is over in two weeks, but a divorce is something you always have. — Woody Allen

Today, one year after their divorce, Pamela and Tommy Lee announced they're getting back together. You know what that means? There's still hope for Ike and Tina Turner. — Jay Leno

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