Divorce Quotes

A collection of divorce quotes and some funny quotes about divorce.

I've never been married, but I tell people I'm divorced so they won't think something's wrong with me.- Elayne Boosler

Most women outlive their spouses. Divorce remains at record rates. It's important for a woman to be able to control her finances. - Maria Bartiromo

I'm not saying that people should not divorce, but at the rate at which it happens here is sick. The kids, they suffer. I don't care what anyone says. - Eric Braeden

I think that's part of the stress for children of divorce is that they feel like they have no control over anything that's happening to them, and if you can just give them a little bit of that control back, it's not quite as stressful for them. - Deborah Gaddy

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

There are four stages in a marriage. First there's the affair, then the marriage, then children and finally the fourth stage, without which you cannot know a woman, the divorce. - Norman Mailer

There's nothing like a family crisis, especially a divorce, to force a person to re-evaluate his life. - Michael Douglas

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

Years ago I wanted to buy an apartment in New York City. I was a single female - I had gone through my divorce - I had three children, I was in show business and black. It was, like, impossible. - Diana Ross

An open marriage is nature's way of telling you that you need a divorce. - Ann Landers

Divorced men are more likely to meet their car payments than their child support obligations. - Susan Faludi

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

Children must be considered in a divorce considered valuable pawns in the nasty legal and financial contest that is about to ensue. - P. J. O'Rourke

The worst problems for children stem from parental conflict, before, during, and after divorce or within marriage. - Author: Stephanie Coontz

Separation and divorce can have adverse effects on the health and well-being of children and adults. Past research has shown that divorce is associated with higher rates of mortality, more health problems, and more risky behaviors such as increased alcohol use. - Jeffrey Koplan

A lot of people have asked me how short I am. Since my last divorce, I think I'm about $100,000 short. - Mickey Rooney

He taught me housekeeping; when I divorce I keep the house. - Zsa Zsa Gabor

In Hollywood, after you get a little success, the next thing you usually get is a divorce. - Dan Dailey

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

My mother always said don't marry for money, divorce for money. - Wendy Liebman

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

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

You can fire your secretary, divorce your spouse, abandon your children. But they remain your co-authors forever. - Ellen Goodman

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

For some reason, we see divorce as a signal of failure, despite the fact that each of us has a right, and an obligation, to rectify any other mistake we make in life. - Joyce Brothers

Even before divorce, the lives of children of divorced parents may differ substantially from children in intact families, and it is plausible that these differences, rather than parental divorce, are the source of child mental-health problems. - Lisa Strohschein

Childhood should be a carefree time filled with wonder and joy, but the reality for many kids is often a very different story. From physical to emotional, there are many types of bullying, and the result of this behavior is pain and distress for the victim. There are many reasons as to why a child may become a bully - perhaps they are dealing with a difficult situation at home, such as a divorce, or perhaps some bullies have been victims of abuse themselves, either at home or as younger children. - Josh Bennett