Friend Quotes

Silence is a true friend who never betrays.

I would prefer as friend a good man ignorant than one more clever who is evil too.

Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years. For the next five years, scold them. By the time they turn sixteen, treat them like a friend. Your grown up children are your best friends.

Brando's a family friend. His mother gave my father a shot to be in a play at the Omaha Community Playhouse. That was the first production he was in.

Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth. While truths, on which eternal things depend, can hardly find a single friend.

A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.

Change should be a friend. It should happen by plan, not by accident.

One of the people that wrote a forward to my book is Gerry Spence, whom I admire. Gerry is a friend of mine, and Gerry's perhaps the leading criminal defense attorney in the country.

When a reporter sits down at the typewriter, he's nobody's friend.

I have lifelong friends. My oldest friend, Herbie, has been a friend since I was 9. I've had bonds for over 50 years with people.

It is amazing to think after all that has happened in this country in the last few years, the last few decades, that so many people have this blind faith that government is our friend and therefore, so we don't need protections against it.

Manuel is still today a good friend. The others I see rarely, but with Edgar I phone from time to time.

That one woman is capable of loving another is an historical truth; but never yet lived one who could not listen to her own praises at the expense of her adored friend.

I have lost someone I loved as a brother, as a closest friend, and a remarkable human being. We have also lost one of the best damn actors we'll ever see.

There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no greeting like his welcome, no homage like his praise.

I still want Oprah to play my best friend. I want to spend time with Oprah.

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.

Eminem is more like a friend. And I'm also a fan on Eminem.

A true friend is someone who is always there during the ups and downs, I actually have a song called 'True Friend'.

My closest friend, who died not long ago, is buried near Marx's grave in Highgate cemetery, so I see the gaggle of admirers laying roses at the foot of his tombstone regularly. I have never been tempted to leave flowers there myself. Great theories, shame about the practice. Marx did many things. But inventing class was not one of them.

To help a friend in need is easy, but to give him your time is not always opportune.

I thought I was dreaming. It was the most amazing moment of my entire life. Not only is Bill the love of my life, but he's also my best friend. I couldn't believe my dream guy was asking me to marry him!

That's your best friend and your worst enemy - your own brain.

To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it.

Senator, I served with Jack Kennedy, I knew Jack Kennedy. Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy.

I have a new little stray dog that I've had for about a month now. His name is Mikey Mohawk - he's this little terrier with a natural Mohawk. My friend found him hit by a car on Pico Boulevard.

It was there that, through a mutual friend, I met John Waters - proving what I've always said: you meet the best people on field trips.

He that is thy friend indeed, he will help thee in thy need: if thou sorrow, he will weep; if you wake, he cannot sleep; thus of every grief in heart he with thee doth bear a part.

If you really want to make a friend, go to someone's house and eat with him... the people who give you their food give you their heart.

We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan; and a widower that man who has lost his wife. But that man who has known the immense unhappiness of losing a friend, by what name do we call him? Here every language is silent and holds its peace in impotence.