Evan Esar Quotes

Some couples divorce because of a misunderstanding; others, because they understand each other too well.

Evan Esar

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• The divorce was the toughest thing in my life. It still hurts.

  

  Edd Byrnes
  • Life
  • My Life
  • Divorce

• I'm not a divorce monger by any means, but if you're not happy in a relationship, and you've grown apart, it's not healthy for a couple to stay together. It's better for kids to see two happy parents than two miserable parents.

  

  Laura Wasser
  • Kids
  • Together
  • Happy

• Marriage counselors in particular all strongly recommend divorcees try to understand their role in a divorce before re-marrying. Statistics show if you re-marry before you've clearly seen things from the biter's point of view - you're re-bounded to fail again!

  

  Karen Salmansohn
  • Marriage
  • Divorce
  • View

• Conrad Hilton was very generous to me in the divorce settlement. He gave me 5000 Gideon Bibles.

  

  Zsa Zsa Gabor
  • Divorce
  • Very
  • Generous

• In Palm Springs, they think homelessness is caused by bad divorce lawyers.

  

  Garry Trudeau
  • Bad
  • Think
  • Divorce

• I don't like feeling vulnerable. I think my mum and dad's divorce affected me more than I let on.

  

  Abbey Clancy
  • Think
  • Feeling
  • Me

• It's lonely. That's why, in many ways, the CIA is the world's biggest dating agency, I think. I imagine it's much like two actors that get married because they understand that universe. You know, I'm pretty sure the agency's divorce rate is rather high.

  

  Valerie Plame
  • World
  • Why
  • High

• I am strong. I lived through a divorce, separation from my family. I never let it break me down. I’m not an alcoholic. I’ve never smoked, I’ve never done drugs. I’ve floated through the disaster of my past clean. I arrived here undamaged.

  

  Tina Turner Ike & Tina Turner
  • Family
  • Done
  • Past

• Divorce is horrible. I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy. I don't think it's anything that's ever completely resolved.

  

  Andie MacDowell
  • Wish
  • Enemy
  • Divorce

• Compared to America or Europe, God isn't a big part of our lives here. I don't know anyone here who goes to church when he's had a rough divorce or is going through depression. We go out into nature instead.

  

  Bjork
  • God
  • America
  • Nature

• It is of great concern that the fabric of African life, its very source of hope and stability, is threatened by divorce, abortion, prostitution, human trafficking, and a contraception mentality.

  

  Pope Benedict XVI
  • Life
  • Great
  • Hope

• 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
  • Growth
  • Failure
  • Path

• What I always liked about country music was the stories, the ability to talk about very real things like divorce and drinking and death and jail.

  

  Margo Price
  • Music
  • Country
  • Real

• I think it's better, if people aren't getting on, that they should divorce.

  

  Katherine Ryan
  • People
  • Divorce

• Divorce is brutal and horrible and... you have to actively work to get your life back on track.

  

  Jane Kaczmarek
  • Life
  • Work
  • Divorce

• Whether you want to lose 20 pounds or 200, what the contestants on 'The Biggest Loser' have learned - and taught me - holds true: You've got to make a break. You've got to divorce yourself from the past and find a different way of living. And you can never go back.

  

  Bob Harper
  • Different
  • True
  • Past

• Something like a divorce does change you, but children change you more, and now I've had three.

  

  Keeley Hawes
  • Children
  • Divorce

• Post-divorce, the world can feel harsh and full of jagged edges.

  

  Emily V. Gordon
  • World
  • Divorce

• You have to be with the right person. It's so much more important to meet the right person, whether you're married or not, than it is to get married and get a divorce.

  

  Joanna Garcia
  • Important
  • Divorce

• A combine is a series of athletic tasks that help a coaching staff measure an athlete's ability to be competitive in a sport. A bobsled combine requires a sprint, broad jump, two-handed shot toss, and a back squat and power clean.

  

  Lauren Gibbs
  • Power
  • Help
  • Athlete

• When you can't compete on cost, compete on quality.

  

  James Dyson
  • Quality

• In the culture at large, the war over science fiction's creative validity has been long since won, but guardians at the gates of literature, movies, and TV linger unconvinced, even as other genres fitfully transcend critical perceptions of insubstantiality.

  

  Steve Erickson
  • Culture
  • Fiction
  • Perceptions

• Some couples divorce because of a misunderstanding; others, because they understand each other too well.

  

  Evan Esar
  • Divorce
  • Misunderstanding