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“That singular act is now etched in history and it is a permanent reminder of the bonds of friendship which frame our long-standing relations.”
Aisa Kirabo Kacyira (1965–2025) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Women leaders at the centre of climate action. Relief Web. (November 2017)
“And as for company … I do not crave the companionship of other women, for I have never found one who did not judge me against herself and find me either to be envied or pitied. As for the friendship of men … well, when the day comes when one is man enough to treat me as his equal, then, only then, will I allow desire to be my guide.”
Paula Brackston wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“She needs the hand of friendship extended. Are we not all of us, at some time or another, dependent on the kindness of others? Would we not wish someone to act selflessly for our sake?”
Paula Brackston wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The fact that warring nations met and discussed the war problems sanely and in friendship while all their male relatives were out shooting each other is to my mind a great and significant event in history…”
Crystal Eastman (1881–1928) first seen 1916 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Letter to Alice Lewisohn, February 21, 1916
“Life does imitate art many times, and people pick up from the movies. Messages are sent that way. I’d like to see more and more women collaborate on films in which they show great, deep devotion and friendship. It’s important.”
Kim Basinger (born 1953) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: on female representation in film in 2015.
“Marriage is not friendship or courtship; it is a serious business. You also have to pray about it and that’s one of the mistakes I made because I didn’t pray about my marriage. When problems arise in your marriage, you should be able to endure. I guess I was always too quick to act. Give God a chance in your marriage”
Uche Elendu (born 1986) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Mass travel by air made possible by the Jet Age may prove to be more significant to world destiny than the atom bomb. For there can be no atom bomb more powerful than the air tourist, charged with curiosity, enthusiasm and good will, who can roam the four corners of the world, meeting in friendship and understanding the people of other nations and races.”
Juan Trippe (1899–1981) first seen 1958 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Pan Am Story" (Pg. 8) (1958)
“Friendship is a social relation of a kind that is beyond all "ethics," you see, and if you ever think of it in terms of ethics you misunderstand it. It is a great pleasure between two, very different from sexual pleasure between man and woman, but of the same species, in that it is pleasant, and never feels like "ethics," which is for cows.”
Bronze Age Pervert (born 1980) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Other foes made their intentions clear by denunciations of one’s family or religion, and by ravaging the countryside and plundering the towns. The British, generally so restrained in their language and so disciplined in the field, were very different. They could make hostility look like friendship and conquest like a favor. It was difficult to rally support against such tactics.”
John Keay (born 1941) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: quoted in Antonio de Nicolas, Krishnan Ramaswamy, and Aditi Banerjee (eds.) (2007), Invading the Sacred: An Analysis Of Hinduism Studies In America (Publisher: Rupa & Co., p. 112)
“On the Korean battlefield, the Chinese People’s Volunteers and the Korean People’s Army fought shoulder to shoulder to help each other like brothers. Fighting together for three years, the Chinese People's Volunteers and the Korean people and the Korean People’s Army built up a militant friendship sealed in blood. The feeling of internationalism between our two peoples became even more profound.”
Peng Dehuai (1898–1974) said by 1974 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Our country has a strong belief in the future of the close cooperation which links our two nations, and there is no doubt on my mind that this official visit will further consolidate the friendship and the solidarity which bind the people of both nations and strengthen our thoughtful and sincere relations in any field.”
Gnassingbé Eyadéma (1935–2005) first seen 1990 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Remarks Following Discussions With President Gnassingbe Eyadema of Togo" (31 July 1990)
“Letters of friendship, of love, of hate, of business, of state, have come into new value within the last twenty-five years. Reading them has come to be one of the most alluring pleasures of a large class of persons.”
Mary Augusta Jordan (1855–1941) said by 1941 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A young generation felt a strange call from the future and so turned a perfectly courteous back upon the past with its failures; and with a resolute morning face fronted the new order of things where everybody should have a fair chance, where it should never be too late to make a fresh start, and where friendship should be the leading business of individuals and of nations.”
Mary Augusta Jordan (1855–1941) said by 1941 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There are two categories of friendship: those in which people enliven one another and those in which people must be enlivened to be with one another. In the first category one clears the decks to be together; in the second one looks for an empty space in the schedule.”
Vivian Gornick (born 1935) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The exchange will always deepen, even if the friendship does not.”
Vivian Gornick (born 1935) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For our physiology to calm down, heal, and grow we need a visceral feeling of safety. No doctor can write a prescription for friendship and love: These are complex and hard-earned capacities. You don't need a history of trauma to feel self-conscious and even panicked at a party with strangers – but trauma can turn the whole world into a gathering of aliens.”
Bessel van der Kolk (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[...] I try to remind myself every day how lucky I am to have my life. A life where love, family, and friendship are at the forefront. It's not lost on me that the importance of these is one of the great lessons of the Harry Potter stories. The realization of this is what makes me a very rich man indeed.”
Tom Felton (born 1987) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Yet while I think retrenchment absolutely necessary, I am not very sure that this is just the time to make it in the army,—now when England has acted justly, I will not say generously,—now when she has lost her empire—when she still feels the wounds of the last unhappy war, and comforts herself only with the faithful friendship of Ireland.”
Henry Grattan (1746–1820) first seen 1783 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech in the Irish House of Commons (28 October 1783), quoted in The Parliamentary Register: Or, History of the Proceedings and Debates of the House of Commons of Ireland, The First Session of the Fourth Parliament in …
“The relationship we develop with a classic is like a lifelong friendship: it goes through ups and downs. Whenever we reopen the book, we are different, and, as a result, what we read is too. This, I think, is another definition of a literary classic: like a mirror, it reflects what is in front of it.”
Ilan Stavans (born 1961) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Respect and friendship for Cuffaro who was established in Rebibbia, the Christian Democrats respect the institutions, even when they are thrown into the dust. May it be a lesson for the shame of those who reject judgments and sentences.”
Mario Adinolfi (born 1971) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Our friendship could no longer go on: we had poured too much into each other. (March 29, C.E.1894; Vergani, p. 74)”
Jules Renard (1864–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My difficulty in forming close friendships stems from my desire for authenticity and shared character traits, true friendship should be built on honesty and authenticity, which I find lacking in many interactions.”
Karen Nyamu wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The best part of my job is the friendship i create with my clients and never knowing who would walk through my door. It is always a joy an honor to serve.”
Monicazation wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Maybe love was some combination of friendship and infatuation. A deeply felt affection accompanied by a certain sort of awe. And by gratitude. And by a desire for a lifetime of togetherness.”
Chinelo Okparanta (born 1981) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“.. said it. I blew it off, but that moment on a Boston sidewalk hurt me. The friendship is in a holding pattern for many reasons, but I can't get that comment”
Stephanie Bennett-Henrey (born 1989) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When you think back in history about producers and artists or writers who’ve had good synergy, a lot of times they date, or they’re married, or there’s a friendship and a kinshi”
Solange Knowles (born 1986) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A foundation of friendship is the basis for any relationship.”
Ade Laoye (born 1984) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Laoye on relationship in 2016
“I love that friendship. I love many characters in The Walking Dead but Carol’s character is one of the strongest feminine characters in the history of TV. We discover a woman completely traumatized by her husband in the first season. Just crying the whole time. And we see her in Season 11 just so strong.”
Anne Charrier (born 1974) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: One of the strongest feminine characters" - The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon star Anne Charrier loves Carol and Daryl's bond (Exclusive)", SK Pop (October 9, 2023)
“We enter into all major relationships with no real clue of where we are going: marriage, birth, friendship. We carry maps we believe are true: our parents’ relationship, what it says in the baby books, the landscape of our own childhood. These maps are approximate at best, dangerously misleading at worst.”
Maureen F. McHugh (born 1959) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I don’t think Laura approached anything in her life, be it producing movies, or battling cancer, or motherhood, or friendship in a traditional way. Like every great hero, she had a vision and she set us into motion and now its up to us to continue moving forward to achieve her dream. (of beating cancer)”
Laura Ziskin (1950–2011) said by 2011 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Stand Up to Cancer 2012 Laura Ziskin Tribute - Archive
“The true Evangelical approach is not only to be generous, but to enter into friendship, to share life.”
Gustavo Oscar Carrara (born 1973) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The grateful memory of Father Carlos Múgica remains in the hearts of his people, 50 years after his assassination (13 May 2024) Fides News Agency
“I have great feelings about the people of this country who are extraordinary. It's a people who know how to express feelings of true friendship, of affection and this is engraved in my heart.”
Giovanni Gaspari (born 1963) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Outgoing Apostolic Nuncio Lauds “wonderful partnership” between Angola, São Tomé & Príncipe and Vatican (30 March 2024) ACIA Africa
“We need never be afraid to speak the truth. Authentic ecumenism requires that we speak the truth to each other lovingly, and love each other truthfully. Inter-church families must be a special focus of our concern. We ought offer them our friendship, respect their experience and try to find new ways to respond to their needs.”
Michael Ernest Putney (1946–2014) first seen 1998 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: H. Exc. Most Rev. Michael Ernest PUTNEY, Titular Bishop of Mizigi, Auxiliary of Brisbane, Australia (25 November 1998) Press Office of the Holy See
“I can only say that friendship should rise above man-made laws, which tend to be capricious by their very nature.”
Tendai Huchu (born 1982) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The value of friendship is immeasurable, as it enriches our lives in ways we never thought possible.”
Yasmina Khadra (born 1955) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I shall be the first head of state to visit a reunited Berlin. Tonga had an understanding with Bismarck and provided coaling stations for German ships. It was before our Treaty of Friendship with Britain. Germany was a South Pacific colonial power - in Samoa and New Guinea - until 1919. There is thus some historic significance in my going there now, I suppose.”
Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV (1918–2006) first seen 1990 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: October 1990 interview, cited in The Independent obituary (12 September 2006)
“Friendship, if you know how to work it, is better than a cousin in Parliament.”
Marcus Clarke (1846–1881) said by 1881 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On Friendship", in A Marcus Clarke Reader (1963)
“It takes two persons to make a Proper Friendship. The one has to be befriended, the other to be friendly. I'd rather be the friendly man by a darned sight. He gets all the fat off the mutual leg of mutton, and not unfrequently scrapes the bone.”
Marcus Clarke (1846–1881) said by 1881 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On Friendship", in A Marcus Clarke Reader (1963)
“This award is a wonderful surprise and incredibly encouraging. I accept it on behalf of the courageous women I've worked alongside for so many years, as well as my colleagues in the Organ for National Healing, Reconciliation, and Integration. I also want to acknowledge the long-standing support and friendship from Australian Aboriginal advocates for human rights and peace with justice.”
Sekai Holland (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“CLOE, dear JACK, that once victorious Name, CLOE, the Object of my raging Flame, Whom I did more than Life or Friendship prize, In Fleetstreet now a common strumpet plies, Turns up to ev’ry Puppy in the Town, And claps the Temple Rake for half a Crown.”
Nicholas Amhurst (1697–1742) first seen 1723 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Catullus Imitated", in Poems on Several Occasions, 2nd ed. (1723), p. 35, adapting ep. 58
“It is envisaged that South Africa’s contribution of 79,200 doses of the Covid-19 Johnson & Johnson vaccines shall deepen the mutually beneficial cooperation with Liberia, and enhance our friendship and relations with the people and government of Liberia”
Candith Mashego-Dlamini (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Saw you perchance before the Trojan wall A sister's husband or wife's father fall, A valiant man? for next one's kin and blood Is such affinity most close of all:Or one knit close to you in friendship's bands, Gracious of heart and mighty of his hands? Since nowise lesser than a brother born The comrade is who wisdom understands.”
John William Mackail (1859–1945) said by 1945 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Here I want to emphasize that one of the most beautiful things of our Anti-Fascist War has been the friendship and brotherly love between illegal and partisan youth, our extraordinary, pure and noble bond as fighters for the liberation of the homeland and for the dreams of life cloud.”
Liri Belishova (1923–2018) said by 2018 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“During Eswatini's 55th Independence Day celebration, attended by President Tsai, I had the honor of serving as minister-in-waiting. The memories of President Tsai's presence during the occasion were etched in our hearts and minds, underscoring the deep, enduring friendship between Taiwan and Eswatini, as well as the genuine warmth of our bilateral relationship.”
Pholile Shakantu wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I hope the longstanding friendship and cooperation between Taiwan and Eswatini continue to flourish, guided by cherished shared values and mutual respect.”
Pholile Shakantu wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To better integrate into people's lives, you need to learn their mother tongue, communicate, understand each other, establish bonds of friendship and communion.”
Vincent Nguyễn Văn Bản (born 1956) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Apostolate and Pastoral Service in the Central Highlands of Vietnam: "Being and Making Community" (28 March 2023) Fides News Agency
“Friendship's an empty name, made to deceive Those whose good nature tempts them to believe: There's no such thing on earth; the best that we Can hope for here is faint neutrality.”
Sir Samuel Tuke, 1st Baronet (1615–1674) said by 1674 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When your friendship unit is really strong and you genuinely care for someone, everything else, you do it as a team.”
Wendy Osefo (born 1984) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“World Youth Day is always a wonderful opportunity for young people from around the world to build bridges of friendship and hope between continents, peoples and cultures.”
Peter Joseph Connors (born 1937) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: With Pastoral Letter the Bishop of Ballarat encourages participation in World Youth Day in Sydney next year (23 October 2007) Fides News Agency
“The moment created a friendship, an emotional moment, and a significant message to the world.”
Derartu Tulu (born 1972) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source