Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Dickens

Fan the sinking flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship; and pass the rosy wine.

Charles Dickens

Many merry Christmases, many happy New Years. Unbroken friendships, great accumulations of cheerful recollections and affections on earth, and heaven for us all.

Charles Dickens

The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.

Charles Caleb Colton

The firmest of friendships have been formed in mutual adversity, as iron is most strongly united by the fiercest flame.

Charles Caleb Colton

Friendship, of itself a holy tie, is made more sacred by adversity.

Charles Dickens

"Do not repine, my friends," said Mr. Pecksniff, tenderly. "Do not weep for me. It is chronic."

Alanis Morissette

These precious illusions in my head did not let me down when I was defenseless, and parting with them is like parting with invisible best friends.

Alanis Morissette

You are a worksmith and who cares for his brothers, whos not seduced by illusions or fair weather friends.

Alan Watts

If the earth is man's extended body, to be loved and respected as one's own body, those who do no greening of themselves will hardly bring about the greening of America. The idea of 'greening' involves color, flowering, freshness of spring, and, above all, respect for what is organic and vegetative as distinct from the mechanical and metallic.

David Shore

You're supposed to trust friends. You have no reason to be his friend? That is part of the pleasure of friendship: trusting without absolute evidence and then being rewarded for that trust.

Dave Barry

Your friends love you anyway.

David Storey

The essence of true friendship is to make allowance for another's little lapses.

David Powers

President Kennedy was the greatest man I ever met, and the best friend I ever had.

Byron Katie

It only takes one clear person to have a good relationship.

Catherine Drinker Bowen

Writers seldom choose as friends those self-contained characters who are never in trouble, never unhappy or ill, never make mistakes, and always count their change when it is handed to them.

Catherine Drinker Bowen

Chamber music - a conversation between friends.

Carole King

Now and forever, I'll remember all the promises still unbroken and think about all the words between us that never needed to be spoken.

Carlos Ruiz Zafon

I don't suppose you have many friends. Neither do I. I don't trust people who say they have a lot of friends. It's a sure sign that they don't really know anyone.

Caleb Carr

Every human being must find his own way to cope with severe loss, and the only job of a true friend is to facilitate whatever method he chooses.

Giacinto Facchetti

We are proud of their friendship and success, and of having such distinguished fans.

William Shakespeare

O no, thy love though much, is not so great, It is my love that keeps mine eye awake, Mine own true love that doth my rest defeat, To play the watchman ever for thy sake. For thee watch I, whilst thou dost wake elsewhere, From me far off, with others all too near.

William Shakespeare

Friendship's full of dregs.

William Shakespeare

Most friendship is faining, most loving mere folly: Then, heigh-ho, the holly. This life is most jolly.

William Shakespeare

Friendship is full of dregs.

Charles William Eliot

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.

Billy Joel

What will it take for you to believe in me, the way that I believe in you?

Billy Joel

I could walk away from anyone I ever knew, but I can't walk away from you.

Billy Joel

Don't go changing, to try and please me You never let me down before.

Billy Joel

I'm sure you have some cosmic rationale, but here you are with your faith and your Peter Pan advice.

Beverley Mitchell

My best friend and I love to make fish faces.

Beverly Cleary

Otis was inspired by a boy who sat across the aisle from me in sixth grade. He was a lively person. My best friend appears in assorted books in various disguises.

Bernard Williams

A friend is a lot of things, but a critic isn't.

Benjamin Netanyahu

Our friendship will weather the current disagreement as well, to grow even stronger in the future.