Food recommendations are a must, but be careful. A friend went to a cafe I’d suggested and got food poisoning.
All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green.
A friend is a lot of things, but a critic isn’t.
My friend, the Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh, was murdered in 2004 for having been insufficiently reverent toward Islam.
We invest less in our friendships and expect more of friends than any other relationship. We spend days working out where to book for a romantic dinner, weeks wondering how to celebrate a partner or parent’s birthday, and seconds forgetting a friend’s important anniversary.
A friend forced me to watch ‘The Lord of the Rings,’ and even though it was a fantastic movie, I could only watch one.
Life has no blessing like a prudent friend.
One of the greatest punsters of all time, Peter Serafinowicz, is a good friend of mine, and I’ve been in situations more than once where people have been exhausted hanging around with him.
Time is your friend; impulse is your enemy.
I like to look good, my friend.
I know Marco Rubio very well. He’s a friend of mine. He’s a man of deep faith. He is a man who follows Catholic dogma and – you know, for whom religion is very important.
My mom is my best friend and my biggest cheerleader.
We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.
I had a lot of those fake friends. You just have to realize it’s happening. You can’t get caught up in the ‘Oh, my God, they want to be my friend, finally’ aspect.
Critics can be your most important friend. I don’t read criticism of my stuff only because when it’s bad, it’s rough-and when it’s good, it’s not good enough.
Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.
It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.
In, like, seventh or eighth grade every day after school, my friend Andrew and I would watch ‘Wayne’s World.’ And I think it’s a great example of a sketch effectively turned into a movie and a story that really works with a good journey. Not easily accomplished, but such a good journey.
It’s not that diamonds are a girl’s best friend, but it’s your best friends who are your diamonds. It’s your best friends who are supremely resilient, made under pressure and of astonishing value. They’re everlasting; they can cut glass if they need to.
Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.
My mother never breast fed me, she told me she only liked me as a friend.
You shouldn’t just work on your jump shot. You should work on being a better person, a better teammate, and a better friend.
They tell you in Washington that if you want a friend, get a dog. That is not true. Get a family. This is a hard place to be.
Oh, my God, I literally only have, like, one friend that I’m actually completely, like, myself with.
The Framers of the Constitution knew that free speech is the friend of change and revolution. But they also knew that it is always the deadliest enemy of tyranny.
Change, like sunshine, can be a friend or a foe, a blessing or a curse, a dawn or a dusk.
With any coach, you have a lot of respect for him, but it is difficult to be their friend.
My best friend is the most important girl, outside of family, to me. I met her when I went to college and we bonded immediately. I’d do anything for her at any time. We phone each other every day.
Every time I paint a portrait I lose a friend.
I’ve always been pleased with the investments I’ve made with my friend Albert Frere and I regret not having followed him more, because I would have been a lot richer.
I believe in soulmates, yes, but I believe you also have to work at love. I happen to believe your soulmate doesn’t have to be your partner – your soulmate could be your best friend, your sibling, it doesn’t have to be the person you marry.
An open foe may prove a curse, but a pretended friend is worse.
The reason I met my husband was because I remembered a friend’s birthday. The moral of the story is: Remember people’s birthdays.
Paolo Maldini. He was tough, tough, every time we played against each other. And I played against him many times. He’s a very good friend.
Peter Kaplan was a partner, a mentor, and a friend.
Don’t walk behind me; I may not lead. Don’t walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.
I love Saturday nights with my best friend and a big bowl of pasta, wanting a good scare, something that will say, ‘Listen, your life is not as bad as this. Your life can be so much worse.’
A sympathetic friend can be quite as dear as a brother.
I’ve known Donald forever, and I know the bad things they say about Donald Trump is not true because I’ve known him as a friend for so long. I’ve seen what he’s done for all types of people. I know how many people call him a racist and all this, and it just makes me sick because he’s not.
What really got me focused on cancer was when my best friend was diagnosed with breast cancer, and even though she was a well-to-do person, I found that her treatment costs were crippling.
Being a teen can be tough. Just try to surround yourself with really good friends that really have your back, and also be a really good friend to those who really care about you. If you’re not sure about certain things, talk to your friends that you trust and your family.
A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires.
Sleep is my best friend… A friend that helps you dream, relaxes, recharges, and is there at the end of every day!
A friend is someone with whom you dare to be yourself.
Good man! Genuine gentleman! God bless George Thompson, the great-hearted friend of my race.
A single rose can be my garden… a single friend, my world.
A cat will be your friend, but never your slave.
Listen! Clam up your mouth and be silent like an oyster shell, for that tongue of yours is the enemy of the soul, my friend. When the lips are silent, the heart has a hundred tongues.
I am a great friend of public amusements, they keep people from vice.
A friend, Sean Cunningham, who went on to do ‘Friday the 13th,’ was given a small budget to produce a scary movie, and he told me to write something. I’d never seen a horror film in my life; I’d fallen in love with Fellini.
A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.
Suddenly, my friend’s daughters are becoming my best friends. I have so many 12-year-old girlfriends.
When you meet your best friend in real life, or you meet your soulmate, you just know it, and you feel it.
The higher mental development of woman, the less possible it is for her to meet a congenial male who will see in her, not only sex, but also the human being, the friend, the comrade and strong individuality, who cannot and ought not lose a single trait of her character.
I’d rather kiss my best friend than kiss some random guy.
I got into gambling when I was playing a casino. I was a hermit in those days. I would go onstage, go to my room, or if we had to travel, I’d get in a car or a plane, whatever. But I didn’t do anything. One day, this friend of mine said, ‘Do you want to play some blackjack?’
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.
All you need to do to be my friend is like me.
I don’t even know what made me start wanting to do music. It just… happened. Because I sat in my basement all the time, and music was my best friend, and I just wanted to be a part of it.
A friend told me about a Nike competition, where they give you one minute to do tricks with a basketball. I wasn’t going to go, but they were giving away free sneakers. I ended up coming in second place.
It takes a long time to grow an old friend.
Suspicion is far more to be wrong than right; more often unjust than just. It is no friend to virtue, and always an enemy to happiness.
You don’t have to be married to have a good friend as your partner for life.
I’ve always had an argument with my best friend that Spider-Man was way better than Batman. I was a massive fan growing up.
It takes effort to be a real friend and to find a true friend.
When my daughter, Clare, was 4, she told me that a school friend had told her what I did for a living. Clare asked me, ‘Is it true you play Jack Rabbit?’
When self-doubt creeps in, don’t ignore it – address it. Respond to harsh self-criticism with something more compassionate. Talk to yourself like a trusted friend and refuse to believe your unrealistic, negative inner monologue.
I say: If you don’t know how to cook, I’m sure you have at least one friend who knows how to cook. Well, call that friend and say, ‘Can I come next time and can I bring some food and can I come an hour or two hours ahead and watch you and help you?’
My friend is he who will tell me my faults in private.
