Joan Fontaine Quotes

They're making me out to be a serial marrying person or something. I'm laughing at that.

Having had five husbands, I guess I should know a thing or two about marriage.

My first wife was a brunette, and Barbi Benton, my major romantic relationship of the early 1970s, was a brunette. But since the end of my marriage, all of my girlfriends have been blonds.

I am a very committed wife. And I should be committed too - for being married so many times.

I don't want marriage. You know why? Because I did that. I did it for 32 years.

I was interested about how relationships change as you get older. You are great friends in your 20s. In your 30s, you get married. Your 40s are all about your kids. In your 50s, you get divorced, and your friendships become primary again.

But you base everything on people you know.

A girl must marry for love - and keep on marrying until she finds it.

I have been married three times and it just keeps better and better, but I'm going to stop here.

One thing that previous practice doesn't always make perfect: Marriage.

There is no more precious experience in life than friendship. And I am not forgetting love and marriage as I write this; the lovers, or the man and wife, who are not friends are but weakly joined together. One enlarges his circle of friends through contact with many people. One who limits those contacts narrows the circle and frequently his own point of view as well.

Only someone who believes in marriage would be married five times.

In my life the most influential people are people who are sort of brought to me, as opposed to people I seek out.

Having been married so many times, I know that one of the few things I am an expert in is falling in love.

Home is anywhere that you know all your friends and all your enemies.

I have the best divorce of anyone I've heard of.

You do not have to marry in order not to be alone- all you need not to be alone is to have some other humans to be your companions and close friends.

the real killer was when you married the wrong person but had the right children.

I wish I’d a knowed more people. I would of loved ‘em all. If I’d a knowed more, I would a loved more

Maybe the difference between first marriage and second marriage is that the second time at least you know you are gambling.

When a man takes a mistress, he doesn't turn around and divorce his wife.

Acquaintance many, and conquaintance few, But for inquaintance I know only two - The friend I've wept and the maid I woo.

One of the things that I will have ended my public service time with is a group of friends, a lot of friends. And I want to stay in touch with them and there's no better way to communicate with them than through email.

People will go to endless trouble to divorce one person and then marry someone who is exactly the same, except probably a bit poorer and a bit nastier. I don't think anybody learns anything.

We were married for better or worse. I couldn't have done better, and she couldn't have done worse.