Quotes with friends

Quotes 481 till 500 of 546.

  • Owen Meredith We may live without friends; we may live without books. But civilized men cannot live without cooks.
    Owen Meredith
    British writer, critic and politician (ps. of Edward Bulwer-Lytton) (1802 - 1873)
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  • Augustus William Hare We never know the true value of friends. While they live, we are too sensitive of their faults; when we have lost them, we only see their virtues.
    Augustus William Hare
    British writer (1792 - 1834)
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  • Fay Weldon We shelter children for a time; we live side by side with men; and that is all. We owe them nothing, and are owed nothing. I think we owe our friends more, especially our female friends.
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson We talk of choosing our friends, but friends are self-elected
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • William James We want all our friends to tell us our bad qualities; it is only the particular ass that does so whom we can't tolerate.
    William James
    American philosopher (1842 - 1910)
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  • Black Kettle We were once friends with the whites but you nudged us out of the way by your intrigues, and now when we are in council you keep nudging each other.
    Black Kettle
    Native Indian Cheyenne chief (1803 - 1868)
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  • George Eliot Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles. What do we live for if not to make the world less difficult for each other?
    George Eliot
    English writer and poet (1819 - 1880)
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  • Kenneth Grahame Well, well, perhaps I am a bit of a talker. A popular fellow such as I am - my friends get round me - we chaff, we sparkle, we tell witty stories - and somehow my tongue gets wagging. I have the gift of conversation. I've been told I ought to have a salon, whatever that may be.
    Kenneth Grahame
    British novelist (1859 - 1932)
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  • Stephen King What Darwin was too polite to say, my friends, is that we came to rule the earth not because we were the smartest, or even the meanest, but because we have always been the craziest, most murderous motherfuckers in the jungle.
    Stephen King
    American author of horror and supernatural fiction (1947 - )
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  • Bob Taft What happened on September 11 compels us to focus on who we are as Americans, what we stand for, what really matters in our lives - family, friends, faith and freedom.
    Bob Taft
    American politician and attorney (1942 - )
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  • Thomas Moore What though youth gave love and roses, Age still leaves us friends and wine.
    Thomas Moore
    Irish poet (1779 - 1852)
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  • Ben Jonson When a virtuous man is raised, it brings gladness to his friends, grief to his enemies, and glory to his posterity.
    Ben Jonson
    British Dramatist, Poet (1572 - 1637)
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  • Bruce Jackson When friends and lovers die and your world gets quieter; that's when the silence comes closer; that's when next isn't the least bit theoretical or abstract.
    Bruce Jackson
    American folklorist, documentary filmmaker and writer (1936 - )
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  • Anatole Broyard When friends stop being frank and useful to each other, the whole world loses some of its radiance.
    Anatole Broyard
    American writer, literary critic, and editor (0 - 1990)
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  • Carla Bruni When I met Eric Clapton, I was a very young girl. I was 20 years old. And we were linked for a very short time, and then we became friends. And then we lost touch, which I'm really sorry about.
    Carla Bruni
    Italian-French singer-songwriter (1967 - )
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  • Alice Hamilton When I talked to my medical friends about the strange silence on this subject in American medical magazines and textbooks, I gained the impression that here was a subject tainted with Socialism or with feminine sentimentality for the poor.
    Alice Hamilton
    American physician, research scientist, and author (1869 - 1970)
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  • A. N. Wilson When I think about atheist friends, including my father, they seem to me like people who have no ear for music, or who have never been in love.
    A. N. Wilson
    English writer and columnist (1950 - )
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  • Carine Roitfeld When I was young, no one got married. Now, all the young people, they want to get married, they want security. Now that my children's friends are getting married, I go to more weddings than I ever did when I was young.
    Carine Roitfeld
    French fashion editor (1954 - )
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  • Henry Miller When one is trying to do something beyond his known powers it is useless to seek the approval of friends. Friends are at their best in moments of defeat.
    Henry Miller
    American writer (1891 - 1980)
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  • Brian Austin Green When somebody gives up their friends and everything they do just to be with a person, they wake up miserable one day. They're denying themselves for no real reason other than they think that's the thing to do.
    Brian Austin Green
    American actor, rapper and producer (1973 - )
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