Quotes About Friendship

What I've always valued is people.

Valued companionships begin with a personal commitment to be an exemplary companion.

I've dressed thousands of actors, actresses and animals, but whenever I am asked which star is my personal favorite, I answer, 'Grace Kelly.' She is a charming lady, a most gifted actress and, to me, a valued friend.

If you aren't respected by someone, how can the friendship with them be valued?

For Korea, ASEAN has undoubtedly been a special and valued friend.

It wasn't that I got pinned against my locker, but I was intensely aware that the things I valued weren't shared by anyone. Girls didn't like me, and I had few friends.

when our Christ was taken, Peter failed to stand with him. He denied him, Abigail. It broke his heart. But it also perhaps made him into the man he is today. "But Peter also warns us, continually, that we are not able to stand in our own strength. We need God's presence with us. We must pray that God will keep us strong for whatever lies ahead and faithful to the end. And we must encourage one another. Daily.

Jesus told us that anyone can love a friend. Even the unbelievers do so, even the Romans. But we as believers are called to love our enemies." He paused and stared down at the floor. "I left that meeting a broken man.

Might there be strength for the hard times, humor to ease the tense times, and shoulders always available for the times of tears

We did not go right to sleep but talked until late into the night. There was so much to tell one another, so many questions on my mind.

Tom Wolfe was in town and I invited him over to the house to meet Hunter. The two of them were great fans of each other, Hell's Angels and The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test were almost companion books, yet these men had never met.

He talked in curlicues and long, winding metaphors. I started out as a partisan on Artie's side in his long and tortured relationship with Paul Simon. As the years passed, I got a far more nuanced education on that partnership. Artie remained a lifelong pal.

I WANTED TO DO whatever I could for Al Gore. Clinton was in my age cohort, but Al was my generation. Bill was an Elvis fan. Al was a student of Bob Dylan.

PETE TOWNSHEND WROTE a lengthy essay, "A Discourse on Mick Jagger's Fortieth Birthday," and sent us a picture of himself holding a lit candle with "Happy Birthday Mick" written across his chest.

Al and Tipper were at their front door waiting for me with a bottle of Cristal; the very day before, he had won the Nobel Peace Prize. They had been up late celebrating with Sheryl Crow and the gang. There were hugs, kisses, and high fives.

BONO AND HIS family had moved around the corner from us on Central Park West. We could wave at each other from our terraces.

He filled the camp with fellow ecstasy fanatics, free spirits, and babes. There was more than enough sensuality to be had, but three guys in their sixties traveling with the wives of their close friends was like traveling with private detectives.

There are many reasons to avoid taking risks. Friendship is not among them.

Some gifts of friendship cannot be earned. They exist, beyond price, and we cannot hope to match up to them.

Man kann nur eines tragen: seinen Korb mit Gold oder seinen besten Freund.

My own impression, from having divided my life between United States cities and New Guinea villages, is that the so-called blessings of civilization are mixed. For example, compared with hunter-gatherers, citizens of modern industrialized states enjoy better medical care, lower risk of death by homicide, and a longer life span, but receive much less social support from friendships and extended families.

We calculate that our urgings of the coauthors of those com- pleted volumes cost us on the average, per volume, two friendships for life and several more friendships for at least a decade.

When you're a kid and a teen, you're not in control of your circumstances. But the beautiful thing about growing up is that you get to create your own reality and your own family. That family might be a group of tight-knit friends, that family might be a spouse and children of your own. But ultimately, your childhood realities do not have to perpetuate themselves into adulthood, not if you don't let them. It for sure takes work.

It was once remarked of a well-known Oxford scholar that, while he had no enemies, he was hated by all his friends. Something of the same kind would express the feelings towards the FBI of its fellow U.S. agencies.