Quotes About Friendship

At the other end of the room the three old men discussed infirmities; exchanging symptoms in undertones as boys might speak of lust.

I spend plenty of time in London and it doesn't scare me, but it's a lonely place, even if you've got friends there. My job takes me all around the world, meeting lots of interesting people. But I think if I couldn't get home, if I couldn't get back to what I consider my real life I'd be frightened.

The only people you can really share certain things with in secret are your girlfriends.

Women being pitted each other another in Hollywood is an old tactic, but it's not real at all.

This MGM flurry of concern about my body was unnerving. Having always taken my appearance for granted, I felt suddenly misshapen. Even Mother, whose earlier comments had always been good-natured, joined the critical chorus. [...] Stuck with myself, once again I resolved to stay friends with my body.

Be courteous to all, but intimate with a few and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.

You see how it is, my dear friends. There's no pleasing everyone. It's hopeless to even try, and the more you play the peacemaker, the less peaceful things become.

I never turn down a drink. Among friend's it's always appropriate. A man is only a man as they say but brandy is still brandy. You'll find that in the Talmud too.

Nothing begets friendship so readily as trouble.

friends are precious gifts that we give ourselves!

May you never know hunger May you love with a full heart The light burn in your eyes May the fire be your friend And the sea rock you gently May the moon light your way Till the wind sets you free

If you are ready to accept things as they are, you will receive them as old friends, even though you appreciate them with new feeling.

You should not be surprised at whatever you see or hear...If you are ready to accept things as they are, you will receive them as old friends.

The verb 'to love' in Persian is 'to have a friend.' 'I love you' translated literally is 'I have you as a friend,' and 'I don't like you' simply means 'I don't have you as a friend.'

Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty.

A true friend has no definition ...... as its only you who knows who they are!!!!

Without love and friendship, we'd be a planet of lemmings, jumping off the cliff, no one quite knowing why.

John Cassavetes once gave me some advice that has proved invaluable... He said, 'We're good friends, but never, ever do an artistic favor for a friend. Loan friends money, be there for them in every other way, but don't do them any artistic favors, because you've got to have one area of your life where there's no room for compromise.

A tiny bit of myself is lost when my friends are gone. A tiny bit of myself was lost when my brothers, all but one, passed away.

It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanism of friendship.

Do I not effectually destroy my enemies, in making them my friends?

No tenés amigos de infancia? —No me casé con los amigos de la infancia. Si ahora tengo poco discernimiento para elegirlos, ¿cómo habrán sido las equivocaciones de mis primeros años? Las amistades de infancia son erróneas, y no se puede ser fiel al erro indefinidamente.

It had taken time for him to realize that no one was truly self-sufficient, and that those who thought they were merely took refuge in a form of weakness, the weakness of being unable to ask for help and guidance and thus find greater strength in reliance on close friends and comrades.

There is no pleasure in this world like the company of friends," said the Mouse, "and no pain like losing them.