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“It’s like this: if you have one piece of cake, and you eat it, that’s fine. If you have two pieces of cake, you should probably share some with a friend. But maybe not. Occasionally we could all use two pieces of cake. But if you have a whole cake, and you eat *all* of it, that’s not very cool. It’s not just selfish, it’s kinda sick and unhealthy.”
Patrick Rothfuss (born 1973) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Concerning Cake, Bilbo Baggins and Charity. (19 January 2014)
“As my father used to say: “There are two sure ways to lose a friend, one is to borrow, the other to lend.”
Patrick Rothfuss (born 1973) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“An American economist of two generations ago, H. J. Davenport, who was the best friend Thorstein Veblen ever had (Veblen actually lived for a time in Davenport’s coal cellar) once said: “There is no reason why theoretical economics should be a monopoly of the reactionaries.” All my life I have tried to take this warning to heart, and I dare call it to your favorable attention.”
Paul Samuelson (1915–2009) first seen 1970 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Maximum Principles in Analytical Economics," Prize Lecture, Lecture to the memory of Alfred Nobel, December 11, 1970
“I am carrying so much cotton that I can't sleep thinking about it. It is wearing me out. What can I do?" " Sell down to the sleeping point," answered the friend.”
Edwin Lefèvre (1871–1943) said by 1943 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This day is a day that is proud to me, having occupied the position that I did for the past twelve years, and been misunderstood by your race. This is the first opportunity I have had during that time to say that I am your friend. I am here a representative of the southern people, one more slandered and maligned than any man in the nation.”
Nathan Bedford Forrest (1821–1877) said by 1877 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The disciple whom Jesus loved leaned on His bosom. Dear friend, where are you?”
Anna Shipton (1815–1901) said by 1901 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In my mind I'm goin' to Carolina. Can't you see the sunshine? Can't you just feel the moonshine? Ain't it just like a friend of mine To hit me from behind? Yes, I'm goin' to Carolina in my mind.”
James Taylor (born 1948) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Just yesterday morning, they let me know that you were gone. Suzanne, the plans they made put an end to you. I walked out this morning and I wrote down this song, I just can't remember who to send it to. I've seen fire and I've seen rain. I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end. I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend. But I always thought that I'd see you again.”
James Taylor (born 1948) first seen 1970 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Fire and Rain" · Live performance (1970)
“Where do those golden rainbows end? Why is this song so sad? Dreaming the dreams I've dreamed my friend Loving the love I love To love is just a word I've heard when things are being said Stories my poor head has told me cannot stand the cold And in between what might have been and what has come to pass A misbegotten guess alas and bits of broken glass…”
James Taylor (born 1948) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Stuck on you. I've got this feeling down Deep in my soul That I just can't lose. Guess, I'm on my way. Needed a friend And the way I feel now I guess I'll be with you till the end Guess I'm on my way Mighty glad you stayed.”
Lionel Richie (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Lord Jesus is a friend who never changes. There is no fickleness about Him. Those whom He loves, He loves unto the end.”
J. C. Ryle (1816–1900) said by 1900 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Veganism is not a fad, it's a healthy, lifestyle choice. … Yes I have a lot of plans to promote veganism in India. I’m joining hands with a friend’s restaurant to introduce vegan offerings to the Indian palate. I plan to rope in international chefs to whip up some delicious dishes. Once people see how nutritious and delicious vegan food can be, they’ll switch to a healthier dairy-free lifestyle.”
Mallika Sherawat (born 1976) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Mallika Sherawat to promote veganism in India", (April 11, 2018).
“A genuine faith lifts us above the bitterness of grief; a sense of Christ's living presence takes away all unbearable loneliness even when we are most alone. In our darkest hours, to know that our lost friend is still living, still loving us, still ours, in the highest and best sense, must be unspeakably consoling.”
Arthur Kenney (1776–1855) said by 1855 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“O.J. Simpson was a no-good jerk / He is a fucking asshole / He had no business killing his ex-wife Nicole, or her friend Ronald Goldman" - O.J. Simpson”
Wesley Willis (1963–2003) said by 2003 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A blessed companion is a book,—a book that fitly chosen is a life-long friend.”
Douglas William Jerrold (1803–1857) said by 1857 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Books, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
Also quoted by: Douglas Jerrold
“Is my right hon. Friend aware that in the 1970s and a lot of the 1980s, we would have thanked our lucky stars in the coalfield areas for growth of 1.75 per cent.? The only thing growing then were the lines of coke in front of boy George and the rest of them.”
Dennis Skinner (born 1932) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: (8 December 2005) : Column 988 publications.parliament.uk/
“When I face an issue of great import that cleaves both constituents and colleagues, I always take the same approach. I engage in deep deliberation and quiet contemplation. I wait to the last available minute and then I always vote with the losers. Because, my friend, the winners never remember and the losers never forget.”
Everett Dirksen (1896–1969) said by 1969 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Business Wit & Wisdom (2005) by Richard S. Zera, p. 164
“Stalin's infamous pact with his fellow dictator has at last made the issue plain: His Communism is the ally not the foe of Fascism; the enemy, not the friend of democracy and the worker's cause.”
Norman Thomas (1884–1968) first seen 1939 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Socialist Call, September 2, 1939, p. 3, as quoted in Norman Thomas: Respectable Rebel, Murray B. Seidler, Syracuse University Press (1961) p. 187
“An honest book is almost as good as a friend.”
Robert Charles Wilson (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For temptation is like the birth of another man inside a man, a horrible extension of himself. He drags this weight in his heart, not daring to cast it from him. For where could he cast it? Into another heart? The saint is always alone, at the foot of the cross. No other friend.”
Georges Bernanos (1888–1948) first seen 1940 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: p. 244 (1940 Macmillan ed.)
“I think that making a statement whether China is friend or foe we have to be careful not to label all Chinese but in terms of the government I think that there is a very carefully thought out and strategic plan to take over America. I think that China, the Chinese government is definitely a foe and one example is that China is taking American soil right now.”
Christine O'Donnell (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I don't care what's right or wrong, I don't try to understand, Let the devil take tomorrow, Lord tonight I need a friend.”
Kris Kristofferson (1936–2024) said by 2024 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Comin' close together with a feelin' that I've never known before, in my time. She ain't ashamed to be a woman, or afraid to be a friend. I don't know the answer to the easy way she opened every door in my mind. But dreamin' was as easy as believin' it was never gonna end.And lovin' her was easier than anything I'll ever do again.”
Kris Kristofferson (1936–2024) said by 2024 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What matter that the man stands for much I cannot love—the moment he touches the realms of truth he enters my world and is my friend.”
John Lancaster Spalding (1840–1916) said by 1916 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Jeremiah was a bull frog Was a good friend of mine I never understood a single word he said But I helped him a-drink his wine And he always had some mighty fine wine.”
Hoyt Axton (1938–1999) said by 1999 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I tremble for our world, where, in the smallest ways, we find it impossible, as Marshall Hodgson enjoined, to find room for the other in our minds. If we cannot accommodate a viewpoint in a friend without resorting to unkindness, how can we hope to heal the terrible problems of our planet? I no longer think that any principle or opinion is worth anything if it makes you unkind or intolerant.”
Karen Armstrong (born 1944) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Everybody loves you when you're dead. Everyone is suddenly your dearest friend. Nobody talks no dirt about you. But life, it just goes on above your head, when you're dead.”
Tod A (born 1965) first seen 1993 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Everybody Loves You (When You're Dead)", Ask Questions Later (March 30, 1993).
“Learn to use time, think of it as a friend, not an enemy. Don't waste it in going after things you don't want.”
Michael Korda (born 1933) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Oh rainy day woman, I've never seem to see you for the good times or the sunshine. You have been a friend of mine, rainy day woman.”
Waylon Jennings (1937–2002) first seen 1974 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Rainy Day Woman, from The Ramblin' Man (1974).
“That is simple, my friend. It is because Politics is more difficult than physics.”
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) first seen 1946 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Einstein when asked "Dr. Einstein, why is it that when the mind of man has stretched so far as to discover the structure of the atom we have been unable to devise the political means to keep the atom from destroying us?…
“That is simple my friend: because politics is more difficult than physics.”
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) first seen 1955 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The New York Times (22 April, 1955) response to being asked why people could discover atomic power, but not the means to control it.
“A third reason why we should love our enemies is that love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend. We never get rid of an enemy by meeting hate with hate; we get rid of an enemy by getting rid of enmity. By its very nature, love creates and builds up. Love transforms with redemptive power.”
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929–1968) said by 1968 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Your old friend Congressman Hartley of the Taft Hartley team ... has written a book ... The title of this book is Our New National Labor Policy, the Taft-Hartley Act and the Next Steps. Get that: "The Next Steps" ... They're going even further! ... The Republicans favor a minimum wage — the smaller the minimum the better.”
Harry S. Truman (1884–1972) first seen 1948 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Harry Truman at Akron (October 11, 1948), Good Old Harry
“And as I say to you, whenever you put a man on the Supreme Court, he ceases to be your friend, you can be sure of that.”
Harry S. Truman (1884–1972) first seen 1960 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reported in Truman Speaks (1960), p. 59.
“We later learned that all the nineteen passengers in the non-smoking compartment had been killed. When the plane had hit the water a hole had been made in the plane and the water had rushed in. I had told a friend at Oslo who was finding me a place that he must find me a place where I could smoke, remarking jocularly, 'If I cannot smoke, I shall die'. Unexpectedly, this turned out to be true.”
Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) said by 1970 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Criminals together. We're in hell, my little friend, and there's never any mistake there. People are not damned for nothing.”
Jean-Paul Sartre (1905–1980) said by 1980 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As for us, my little friend, we entered [the Communist Party] because we were tired of dying of hunger.”
Jean-Paul Sartre (1905–1980) said by 1980 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Back, n. That part of your friend which it is your privilege to contemplate in your adversity.”
Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914) said by 1914 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It must be very painful to a man of Lord Hugh Cecil's natural benevolence and human charity to find so many of God's children wandering simultaneously so far astray ... In these circumstances I would venture to suggest to my noble friend, whose gifts and virtues I have all my life admired, that some further refinement is needed in the catholicity of his condemnations.”
Winston Churchill (1874–1965) first seen 1936 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Letter to The Times on 12 May 1936, responding to Lord Cecil equally denouncing Italy, France, Japan, the USSR, and Germany; Churchill said that the French did not deserve as much criticism as the others. Quoted by John…
“The best friend is he that, when he wishes a person's good, wishes it for that person's own sake.”
Aristotle (384–322 BC) said by 322 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A friend is one soul abiding in two bodies.”
Aristotle (384–322 BC) said by 322 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Never apologize for showing feeling, my friend. Remember that when you do so, you apologize for truth.”
Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881) said by 1881 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Good bye, proud world! I'm going home; Thou art not my friend; I am not thine.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) said by 1882 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Solitude, the safeguard of mediocrity, is to genius the stern friend.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) said by 1882 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My closest friend and brother – this world is lucky to have a great personality as Kim Il Sung. This causes my boundless happiness. The fate of the world revolution and the international communist movement are on your shoulders, Comrade Kim Il Sung. I wish you long life and good health.”
Mao Zedong (1893–1976) said by 1976 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer. Charlotte was both.”
E. B. White (1899–1985) said by 1985 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am a socialist, and a very different kind of socialist from your rich friend Reventlow. I was once an ordinary workingman... But your kind of socialism is nothing but Marxism.”
Adolf Hitler (1889–1945) said by 1945 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In the desert I saw a creature, naked, bestial, Who, squatting upon the ground, Held his heart in his hands, And ate of it. I said, "Is it good, friend?" "It is bitter—bitter," he answered; "But I like it Because it is bitter, And because it is my heart.”
Stephen Crane (1871–1900) said by 1900 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The individual who refuses to defend his rights when called by his Government, deserves to be a slave, and must be punished as an enemy of his country and friend to her foe.”
Andrew Jackson (1767–1845) first seen 1814 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Proclamation to the people of Louisiana" from Mobile (21 September 1814).
“When fascism comes to America, it will not be in brown and black shirts. It will not be with jack-boots. It will be Nike sneakers and Smiley shirts … Germany lost the Second World War. Fascism won it. Believe me, my friend.”
George Carlin (1937–2008) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Real Time with Bill Maher, September 9, 2005