Famous Quotes & Sayings

A. A. Milne

It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like "What about lunch?

A. A. Milne

Come, come, come. Without a monster or two it's not a quest, merely a gaggle of friends wandering about.

A. A. Milne

We'll be Friends Forever, won't we, Pooh?' asked Piglet. Even longer,' Pooh answered.

Friendship is one of our most treasured relationships, but it isn't codified and celebrated; it's never going to give you a party.

Alexander Pope

Trust not yourself, but your defects to know, make use of every friend and every foe.

Alexander Pope

True friendship's laws are by this rule express'd, Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest.

Alexander Pope

There is nothing meritorious but virtue and friendship.

Alexander Pope

Absent or dead, still let a friend be dear.

Alexander Pope

Statesman, yet friend to truth! of soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honour clear; Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end, Who gain'd no title, and who lost no friend.

Alexander Pope

Cursed be the verse, how well so e'er it flow, That tends to make one worthy man my foe.

Alexander Pope

Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe, Are lost on hearers that our merits know.

Alexander Pope

Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.

E. M. Forster

The final test for a novel will be our affection for it, as it is the test of our friends, and of anything else which we cannot define.

E. M. Forster

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to make a mess of life.

E. M. Forster

If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.

Drew Barrymore

What's helped me is having really good friends I know I can rely on. Cameron Diaz is one of the greatest friends anyone can ever have. She has so much love to give.

Donald Trump

Friendship can be really tested only in bad times.

Duke of Wellington

I hate the whole race. There is no believing a word they say, your professional poets, I mean there never existed a more worthless set than Byron and his friends for example.

Douglas William Jerrold

Fix yourself upon the wealthy. In a word, take this for a golden rule through life: Never, never have a friend that is poorer than yourself.

Dorothy Dunnett

So she was on her own, Kate thought, and instilled all the friendly helpfulness she could into her next question. “Excuse me, but are you the bad company young Mr. Scott has got into?

Don Henley

For you girl, there is not enough love in the world.

Dalai Lama

When the only bond between close friends is attachment, then even a minor issue may cause one's projections to change. As soon as our projections change, the attachment disappears, because that attachment was based solely on projection and expectation. It is possible to have compassion without attachment, and similarly, to have anger without hatred.

Dalai Lama

Genuine human friendship is on the basis of human affection, irrespective of your position. Therefore, the more you show concern about the welfare and rights of others, the more you are a genuine friend. The more you remain open and sincere, then ultimately more benefits will come to you. If you forget or do not bother about others, then eventually you will lose your own benefit.

Dalai Lama

The mind is key. If anything should be considered a god, so to speak, it is the mind, not money. A healthy positive mind is the utmost priority. But if we were to reverse the order of these priorities, what would happen? I find it hard to imagine how a person with great wealth, bad health, no friends, and no peace of mind could feel even slightly happy.

Dalai Lama

Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend - or a meaningful day.

Dodie Smith

What a tiny list of friends I have! All my fault. I less and less want to see people.

Dodie Smith

Like many other much-loved humans, they believed that they owned their dogs, instead of realizing that their dogs owned them.

Diogenes

All things are in common among friends.

Diogenes

As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task.

Desmond Morris

A true bond of friendship is usually only possible between people of roughly equal status. This equality is demonstrated in many indirect ways, but it is reinforced in face-to-face encounters by a matching of the posture of relaxation or alertness.

Desmond Morris

Under crowded conditions the friendly social interactions between members of a group become reduced, and the destructive and aggressive patterns show a marked rise in frequency and intensity.

David Oyelowo

One of the things I have an allergic reaction to playing, especially as a black actor, is the mandatory kind of best friend/cop/detective type. You will never see me in that movie.

Dag Hammarskjold

Friendship needs no words - it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness.