83 Movie Quotes about Divorce (+ Sound Clips) - page 4

Updated: Apr 14, 2026

Memorable quotes about divorce, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

31 What happened to your marriage, Bea? -It drowned in champagne.

Dean Martin as Sam Harmon; Angie Dickinson as Beatrice Ocean in Ocean's 11 (1960)

32 You went to work after the divorce, didn't you? -Well, yes, except for a brief interlude in a couple of alcoholic sanitariums.

Katharine Hepburn as Tracy Lord; Cary Grant as C.K. Dexter Haven in The Philadelphia Story (1940)

33 The thing I want is I want you two kids to get married. Right here on the dance floor. A public wedding. I mean, you get divorced right after the show, if you want. It's just for effect.

Gig Young as Rocky Gravo in They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

34 What's wrong? -I'm sorry. I mean, these stupid holidays are making me feel more divorced, you know? -Absolutely! -I mean, with the songs and the constant chocolate-eating...

Tom Cruise as Jerry Maguire in Jerry Maguire

35 The sun was shining when your wife left you.

Orlando Bloom as Paris Of Troy in Troy

36 How are those two little women of yours? -The kid's fine. That ex-wife of mine, man, she's worse than Bacco. If that alimony isn't there on the first, her lawyer's there on the second.

Harry Belafonte as Johnny Ingram in Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)

37 You divorce wives, not children.

Alicia Silverstone as Cher Horowitz in Clueless (1995)

38 So I'm going back to work for myself and that means I'm going to live for myself too. And in case you don't understand English, I'm gonna get a divorce. What have you got to say to that?

Virginia Mayo as Marie Derry in The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

39 You're always happy. What's the secret? -Oh, I don't know. I don't know. My place is half empty, I have rheumatism, and my husband left me with five children and they're all ashamed of me. I don't know.

Irene Dunne as Terry McKay in Love Affair (1939)

40 You're about as much fun as a divorce. Which is not a bad idea.

David Hasselhoff as Michael Knight in Knight Rider (1982)