68 Divorce Quotes and Sayings
In this post, you will find best divorce sayings.
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Short Divorce Sayings
“Each divorce is the death of a small civilization.” —Pat Conroy
“Lies don’t end relationships the truth does.” —Shannon L. Alder
“In our family we don’t divorce our me, we bury them.” —Ruth Gordon
“You never really know a man until you have divorced him.” —Zsa Zsa Gabor
“He taught me housekeeping; when I divorce I keep the house.” —Zsa Zsa Gabor
“Divorce is like death without a burial.” —Dane Cunningham
“Grief is the emotional contract of divorce.” —Cheryl Nielsen
“Marriage is about love; divorce is about money.” —Unknown
“I’m not upset about my divorce. I’m only upset I’m not a widow.” —Roseanne Barr
“A divorce lawyer is a chameleon with a law book.” —Marvin Mitchelson
“Divorce is the sacrament of adultery.” —Unknown
“It takes two to destroy a marriage.” —Margaret Trudeau
“Heartbreak is a loss. Divorce is a piece of paper.” —Taylor Jenkins Reid
“Divorce is an embarrassing public admission of defeat.” —Tracy Letts
“Love, the quest; marriage, the conquest; divorce, the inquest.” —Helen Rowland
“Marriage is the chief cause of divorce.” —Groucho Marx
“Sometimes divorce is better than marriage.” —Sumner Redstone
“Divorce is a game played by lawyers.” —Cary Grant
“Divorce is the one human tragedy that reduces everything to cash.” —Rita Mae Brown
“An open marriage is nature’s way of telling you that you need a divorce.” —Ann Landers
“I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.” —Groucho Marx
“Two lives that once part are as ships that divide.” —Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Divorce Sayings
“A divorce is like an amputation: You survive it, but there’s less of you.” —Margaret Atwood
“Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce.” —Voltaire
“Divorce and separation, is the realization that, one of the two, no longer is growing his or her way to prosperity, next to that other person.” —Unknown
“Marriage is not 50-50. Divorce is 50-50. Marriage has to be 100-100. It isn’t dividing everything in half, but giving everything you’ve got!” —Dave Willis
“My mother always said don’t marry for money, divorce for money.” —Wendy Liebman
“Instead of getting married again, I’m going to find a woman I don’t like and just give her a house.” —Lewis Grizzard
“I used to think that divorce meant failure, but now I see it more as a step along the path of self-realization and growth.” —Alana Stewart
“When people divorce, it’s always such a tragedy. At the same time, if people stay together it can be even worse.” —Monica Bellucci
“My husband and I have never considered divorce… murder sometimes, but never divorce.” —Joyce Brothers
“When a husband stops paying attention to the garden, he’s thinking of pulling up roots.” —Amy Tan
“Men tell me that I’ve saved their marriages. It costs them a fortune in shoes, but it’s cheaper than a divorce. So I’m still useful, you see.” —Manolo Blahnik
“Half of all marriages end in divorce, and then there are the really unhappy ones.” —Joan Rivers
“Divorce is always terrible, but I haven’t met anyone who went through it and isn’t happier now.” —Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
“Divorce is a failed challenge, which leads to a broken life. It is a socially transmittable disease that can transfer from one generation to another, and it is spreading fast.” —Sia F. Dean
“The obvious effect of frivolous divorce will be frivolous marriage. If people can be separated for no reason they will feel it all the easier to be united for no reason.” —G.K. Chesterton
“The happiest time in any man’s life is just after the first divorce.” —John Kenneth Galbraith
“According to ancient Jewish law, bad breath is grounds for divorce.” —Unknown
“Getting divorced just because you don’t love a man is almost as silly as getting married just because you do.” —Zsa Zsa Gabor
“Divorce is like construction. It always takes longer and costs more than you think!” —Unknown
“Divorce isn’t the child’s fault. Don’t say anything unkind about your ex to the child, because you’re really just hurting the child.” —Valerie Bertinell
“You can get married in an hour, but it typically takes a year to get divorced.” —Steven Magee
“She says what holds their marriage together is that she feels too damn sorry for him to ask for a divorce.” —Dean Koontz
“Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.” —Ambrose Bierce
“American husbands are the best in the world; no other husbands are so generous to their wives, or can be so easily divorced.” —Elinor Glyn
“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
“Divorce is a fire exit. When a house is burning, it doesn’t matter who set the fire. If there is no fire exit, everyone in the house will be burned!” —Mehmet Murat ildan
“Divorce should not be the answer for marital stress but that is what most people choose.” —Unknown
“Although marriages traditionally begin with I do, when they fail, they invariably end with You don’t.” —Judith Viorst
“You know, that’s the only good thing about divorce; you get to sleep with your mother.” —Clare Boothe Luce
“I don’t see divorce as a failure. I see it as the end to a story. In a story, everything has an end and a beginning.” —Olga Kurylenko
“You can get married for a few hundred dollars and divorced for the bulk of your assets.” —Steven Magee
“Those who divorce aren’t necessarily the most unhappy, just those neatly able to believe their misery is caused by one other person.” —Alain de Botton
“A divorce is like an amputation: you survive it, but there’s less of you.” —Margaret Atwood
“You marry because you lack of judgement, and divorce because you lack of patience, and you remarry because you lack of good memories.” —Unknown
Top Ten Divorce Sayings
Here you will find top ten divorce sayings selected by our team.
- “Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce.” —Voltaire
- “My husband and I have never considered divorce… murder sometimes, but never divorce.” —Joyce Brothers
- “Marriage is not 50-50. Divorce is 50-50. Marriage has to be 100-100. It isn’t dividing everything in half, but giving everything you’ve got!” —Dave Willis
- “I’m not upset about my divorce. I’m only upset I’m not a widow.” —Roseanne Barr
- “My mother always said don’t marry for money, divorce for money.” —Wendy Liebman
- “Men tell me that I’ve saved their marriages. It costs them a fortune in shoes, but it’s cheaper than a divorce. So I’m still useful, you see.” —Manolo Blahnik
- “Divorce is a fire exit. When a house is burning, it doesn’t matter who set the fire. If there is no fire exit, everyone in the house will be burned!” —Mehmet Murat ildan
- “When a husband stops paying attention to the garden, he’s thinking of pulling up roots.” —Amy Tan
- “Although marriages traditionally begin with I do, when they fail, they invariably end with You don’t.” —Judith Viorst
- “She says what holds their marriage together is that she feels too damn sorry for him to ask for a divorce.” —Dean Koontz
