Val Kilmer Quotes

I want to be remembered as a nice person who didn't hurt people - except my ex-husbands, maybe.

Im the kind of guy, when the marriage is breaking up, who doesnt want to yell in front of the kids. So I left, but it was very hard.

I know what "custody" [of the children] means. "Get even." That's all custody means. Get even with your old lady.

Old friends become bitter enemies on a sudden for toys and small offenses.

Friends are sometimes boring, but enemies never.

I don't remember ever being full of dislike and hatred for people, like some kids I've come across now.

Time should make enemies and Life should make friends.

I'm somebody's ex-wife, and I did things that drove him nuts. And now I'm somebody's girlfriend, for many years, and I've got different things that drive him nuts.

I have had five phenomenal children, a great husband and, even though we are separated, we are good friends.

Divorce is not easy, but if you genuinely put your kids first, that dictates the civility you should show each other. What example are you otherwise?

You've just got to have a sense of respect for the person you have children with. Anger doesn't help anybody. Ultimately you have to say forgiveness is important, and honoring what you had together is important. But it's easy to say and harder to do.

I have a friend that has five kids and she went through a trial separation with her husband, and she didn't have time to be upset. Every now and then, she'd call me on the cell phone and just cry.

My second wife Bonnie Owens and I worked together after we divorced for a period of maybe 20 years. And I managed to stay friends with another wife. And then there's one that I don't mess with. Everybody's got one of those.

Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.

I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies in a fight. But my friends, my goddamned friends, they're the ones who keep me walking the floor at nights!

Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.

I've never understood why the end of a relationship - especially one involving children - has to immediately signal a descent into hatred and toxicity.

A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

When your enemy falls, don't rejoice -- but don't pick him up either.

An enemy will agree, but a friend will argue.

I will always forgive but I will never forget.

The enemies cannot destroy the king who has at his service the respect and friendship of the wise men who can find fault, disagree, and correct him.

Do remember to pick your battles when you start parenting your stepchildren.

I always struggled with the idea of forgiving my enemies.

Unfortunately, it's the new normal to get divorced - and divorced with children is its own soil rich with land mines. There's a lot of comedy but a lot of heartache, too.