Quote: I know one husband and wife who, whatever the official reasons given to the court for the break up of their marriage, were really divorced because the husband believed that nobody ought to read while he was talking and the wife that nobody ought to talk while she was reading. Author: Vera Brittain 1893-1970, British Writer
Quote: Divorce is the one human tragedy that reduces everything to cash. Author: Rita Mae Brown 1944-, American Writer
Quote: Two lives that once part are as ships that divide. Author: Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton 1803-1873, British Novelist, Poet
Quote: People named John and Mary never divorce. For better or for worse, in madness and in saneness, they seem bound together for eternity by their rudimentary nomenclature. They may loathe and despise one another, quarrel, weep, and commit mayhem, but they are not free to divorce. Tom, Dick, and Harry can go to Reno on a whim, but nothing short of death can separate John and Mary. Author: John Cheever 1912-1982, American Author
Quote: The only solid and lasting peace between a man and his wife is, doubtless, a separation. Author: Lord Chesterfield 1694-1773, British Statesman, Author
Quote: The possibility of divorce renders both marriage partners stricter in their observance of the duties they owe to each other. Divorces help to improve morals and to increase the population. Author: Denis Diderot 1713-1784, French Philosopher
Quote: Conrad Hilton was very generous to me in the divorce settlement. He gave me 5, 000 Gideon Bibles. Author: Zsa Zsa Gabor 1918-, Hungarian-born American Actress
Quote: Getting divorced just because you don't love a man is almost as silly as getting married just because you do. Author: Zsa Zsa Gabor 1918-, Hungarian-born American Actress
Quote: I am a marvelous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man I keep his house. Author: Zsa Zsa Gabor 1918-, Hungarian-born American Actress
Quote: You never really know a man until you have divorced him. Author: Zsa Zsa Gabor 1918-, Hungarian-born American Actress
Quote: Divorce is a game played by lawyers. Author: Cary Grant 1904-1986, British-born American Actor
Quote: Many divorces are not really the result of irreparable injury but involve, instead, a desire on the part of the man or woman to shatter the setup, start out from scratch alone, and make life work for them all over again. They want the risk of disaster, want to touch bottom, see where bottom is, and, coming up, to breathe the air with relief and relish again. Author: Edward Hoagland 1932-, American Novelist, Essayist
Quote: 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. Author: Jean Kerr 1923-, American Author, Playwright
Quote: Every divorce is the result of selfishness on the part of one or the other or both parties to a marriage contract. Someone is thinking of self comforts, conveniences, freedoms, luxuries, or ease. Sometimes the ceaseless pin pricking of an unhappy, discontented, and selfish spouse can finally add up to serious physical violence. Sometimes people are goaded to the point where they erringly feel justified in doing the things that are so wrong. Nothing of course justifies sin. Author: Spencer W. Kimball
Quote: Divorce is a declaration of independence with only two signers. Author: Gerald F. Lieberman American Writer
Quote: You know, that's the only good thing about divorce; you get to sleep with your mother. Author: Clare Boothe Luce 1903-1987, American Diplomat, Writer
Quote: A Roman divorced from his wife, being highly blamed by his friends, who demanded, ''Was she not chaste? Was she not fair? Was she not fruitful?'' holding out his shoe, asked them whether it was not new and well made. ''Yet,'' added he, ''none of you can tell where it pinches me. Author: Plutarch 46-120 AD, Greek Essayist, Biographer
Quote: Divorce is the sacrament of adultery. Author: French Proverb Sayings of French Origin
Quote: A lot of people have asked me how short I am. Since my last divorce, I think I'm about $100, 000 short. Author: Mickey Rooney American Actor
Quote: France may claim the happiest marriages in the world, but the happiest divorces in the world are ''made in America.'' Author: Helen Rowland 1875-1950, American Journalist
Quote: Love, the quest; marriage, the conquest; divorce, the inquest. Author: Helen Rowland 1875-1950, American Journalist
Quote: 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. Author: Helen Rowland 1875-1950, American Journalist
Quote: Like I said, I've got too much respect for women to marry them, but that doesn't mean you can't support them emotionally and financially. Author: Sylvester Stallone 1946-, American Actor, Writer, Director, Producer
Quote: My divorce came to me as a complete surprise. That's what happens when you haven't been home in eighteen years. Author: Lee Trevino 1939-, American Golfer
Quote: It takes two to destroy a marriage. Author: Margaret Trudeau Wife of Former Canadian Prime Minister, Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Quote: You can't stay married in a situation where you are afraid to go to sleep in case your wife might cut your throat. Author: Mike Tyson 1966-, American Boxer
Quote: If you think you have trouble supporting a wife, try not supporting her. Author: Source Unknown
Quote: Divorce is probably of nearly the same date as marriage. I believe, however, that marriage is some weeks the more ancient. Author: Voltaire 1694-1778, French Historian, Writer
Quote: A New York divorce is in itself a diploma of virtue. Author: Edith Wharton 1862-1937, American Author
Quote: It is he who has broken the bond of marriage -- not I. I only break its bondage. Author: Oscar Wilde 1856-1900, British Author, Wit
Quote: Divorce puts you on the edge of sanity. Author: Abigail Trafford
Quote: All spouses think that their exs are crazy. Author: Anonymous
Quote: What a lovely surprise to finally discover how unlonely being alone can be Author: Ellen Burstyn
Quote: We owned what we learned back there; the experience and the growth are grafted into our lives Author: Ellen Goodman
Quote: The worst problems for children stem from parental conflict, before, during, and after divorce or within marriage. Author: Stephanie Coontz
Quote: We are divorced, we are friends, and we are good parents Author: Sarah Ferguson
Quote: Divorce is most likely to wreak havoc when spouses declare war on each other and draft their kids Author: Constance Ahrons
Quote: Divorced fathers measure time by memories, not by the clock Author: Ken Lewis
Quote: Divorce is a distressful and confusing process which is applied to poorly defined problems. The largely unpredictable outcome requires education, effort, patience and rigorous attention to details. Author: Joe Atkin
Quote: Life is like an onion. You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep. Author: Carl Sandberg
Quote: You can't divorce religious belief and public service ... I've never detected any conflict between God's will and my political duty. If you violate one, you violate the other - 39th US President Author: Jimmy Carter
Quote: Accident counts for much in companionship, as in marriage Author: Henry Brooks Adams
Quote: The happiest time in any man's life is just after the first divorce Author: John Kenneth Galbraith
Quote: The time I am most powerful and in control of my life is when I drive my car. Whatever lonely feelings I have from the lack of communication with my husband disappear in no time flat. When the windows and the top are open with my favorite jazz station on the radio playing, nothing and nobody can touch me. Then I go home to the same relentless battle. Life can be a pisser Author: Anonymous
Quote: She got the gold mine. I got the shaft. Author: Anonymous
Quote: When a couple decide to divorce, they should inform both sets of parents before having a party and telling all their friends. This is not only courteous but practical. Parents may be very willing to pitch in with comments, criticism and malicious gossip of their own to help the divorce along Author: P.J. O'Rourke
Quote: Divorce is like a root canal: never wanted, sometimes needed. Author: Elizabeth A. Griffith
Quote: Marriage is about love; divorce is about money Author: Anonymous
Quote: I don't think I'll get married again. I'll just find a woman I don't like and give her a house Author: Lewis Grizzard
Quote: Many divorces are not really the result of irreparable injury but involve, instead, a desire on the part of the man or woman to shatter the setup, start out from scratch alone, and make life work for them all over again. They want the risk of disaster, want to touch bottom, see where bottom is, and, coming up, to breathe the air with relief and relish again. Author: Edward Hoagland
Quote: A Roman divorced from his wife, being highly blamed by his friends, who demanded, Was she not chaste? Was she not fair? Was she not fruitful? holding out his shoe, asked them whether it was not new and well made. Yet, added he, none of you can tell where it pinches me. Author: Plutarch
Quote: 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. Author: Helen Rowland
Quote: Divorce is probably of nearly the same date as marriage. I believe, however, that marriage is some weeks the more ancient. Author: Voltaire