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“She was leaving the world as woman who had loved and been loved back. She was leaving it as a friend, a companion, a guardian. A mother. A person of consequence at last. No. It was not so bad, Mariam thought, that she should die this way. Not so bad.”
Khaled Hosseini (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You can't ask a man to talk sensibly about the art of painting if he simply doesn't know anything about it. But by God, how can he [ Zola, his childhood friend who characterized Cezanne in L'Oeuvre] dare to say that a painter is done because he has painted one bad picture? When a picture isn't realized, you pitch it in the fire and start another one.”
Paul Cézanne (1839–1906) first seen 1902 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quote in a conversation with Vollard in Cezanne's studio in Aix - after the death of Zola in 1902; as quoted in Cézanne, Ambroise Vollard, Dover publications Inc. New York, 1984, p. 74
“With respect to the Reform Bill itself, I will repeat now the declaration I made when I entered the House of Commons as a member of the Reformed Parliament—that I consider the Reform Bill a final and irrevocable settlement of a great constitutional question—a settlement which no friend to the peace and welfare of this country would attempt to disturb, either by direct or by insidious means.”
Robert Peel (1788–1850) first seen 1834 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Tamworth Manifesto (18 December 1834)
“I think we have been the most Conservative. I think that myself, and my friend Mr. Bright, and many I see about me, who have voted for twenty years for what have been considered revolutionary measures, have been the great Conservatives of our own age.”
Richard Cobden (1804–1865) first seen 1861 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech in Rochdale (26 June 1861), quoted in John Bright and J. E. Thorold Rogers (eds.), Speeches on Questions of Public Policy by Richard Cobden, M.P. Volume II (1908), p. 437
“I am much obliged to you for your last letter, and the lessons reed, before. I think I now begin to see a little into the nature of modulation and the introduction of flats and sharps ; and when we meet you shall hear me play extempore.. [his friend William Jackson of Exeter was composer and organist]”
Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788) first seen 1768 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: letter to his friend William Jackson of Exeter, from Bath, 4 June 1768; as cited in Thomas Gainsborough, by William T, Whitley; New York, Charles Scribner's Sons – London, Smith, Elder & Co, Sept. 1915, p. 385 (Appendix…
“My dealer was a friend of the Beatles and the Stones, and he suggested they used a fine artist. I talked to the Beatles at length about what the cover would be. I worked out it would show the moment after they had played in a bandstand in the park. My big contribution was the life-size cutouts, the magic crowds.”
Peter Blake (born 1932) first seen 2004 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Cited in Charlotte Higgins, "It was 37 years ago today – and Sgt Pepper cover has still failed to pay", The Guardian, 2004-06-03
“How I miss you here [his friend in Paris - Manet visited Madrid and the famous museums there], and how delighted you would have been to see Velázquez, who in himself alone is worth the journey.. .He is the painter of painters. He did not astonish me, but delighted me.”
Édouard Manet (1832–1883) first seen 1865 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quote from Manet's letter to Fantin-Latour, Madrid 1865, as quoted in Letters of the great artists – from Blake to Pollock -, Richard Friedenthal, Thames and Hudson, London, 1963, (translation Daphne Woodward), p. 118
“He has no talent at all, that boy! You, who are his friend, tell him please to give up painting.”
Édouard Manet (1832–1883) first seen 1874 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: spoken to Claude Monet about Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1874), as quoted by John Rewald, The History of Impressionism, Vol.1 (1961).
“It's time to be more than a weekend wife and mother and friend and it's time to pass the torch to a new generation.”
Jackie Speier (born 1950) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I became aware of something today when I was with Fräulein Weshoff [German woman-sculptor, who married later the poet Rilke ]. I should like to have her as a friend. She is grand and splendid to look at – and that's the way she is as a person and as an artist. Today we raced down the hill on our little sleds. It was such fun.”
Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876–1907) first seen 1897 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: excerpt of her Journal, Worpswede 1897; as quoted in Voicing our visions, – Writings by women artists; ed. Mara R. Witzling, Universe New York, 1991, p. 194
“This acquaintance [with Marianne Werefkin ] would change my life. I became a friend of hers, of this clever woman gifted with genius.”
Alexej von Jawlensky (1864–1941) first seen 1936 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: from his memoirs, 1936/41: in Lebenserinnerungen (Memories), Alexej Jawlensky - Köpfe-GesichteMeditationen (Heads-Faces-Meditations), ed. Clemens Weiler (Hanau: H. Peters, 1970), p. 106
“It's really fun and just to be with a friend while you're working really hard. It can sometimes be really stressful. Also it's just fun to have someone to laugh with and have a good time with.”
Rachel Trachtenburg (born 1993) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Like my friend is saying the fans are saying that. No, the fans are saying "Louis Van Gaal's army! Louis Van Gaal's army!" So also the fans are satisfied with Louis Van Gaal and my players are also satisfied with me”
Louis van Gaal (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My friend Mercedes Pena made me get in touch with my emotions just before I had a breast cut off. Just as I suspected, they were awful. "How do you Latinas do this—all the time in touch with your emotions?" I asked her. "That's why we take siestas," she replied.”
Molly Ivins (1944–2007) first seen 2002 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Who Needs Breasts, Anyway?", Time Magazine (February 18, 2002).
“I tried the gloves on, and it just felt so natural. From that moment I became so embedded in boxing. I found a friend in boxing.”
Sugar Ray Leonard (born 1956) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The bearer of this letter is an old friend of mine not quite the right side of the blanket as they say in fact he is the son of a first rate butcher but his mother was a decent family called Hyssopps of the Glen so you see he is not so bad and is desireus of being the correct article.”
Daisy Ashford (1881–1972) said by 1972 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If all be true that I do think, There are five reasons we should drink: Good wine, a friend, or being dry, Or lest we should be by and by, Or any other reason why.”
Henry Aldrich (1648–1710) said by 1710 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Oxford Book of Seventeenth Century Verse, H. J. C. Grierson and G. Bullough, eds. (1934) Oxford University Press.
“We lost one of one of the great leaders of our lifetime on Monday. She was a true friend of America, and a champion of freedom. We're going to ensure that Margaret Thatcher’s legacy is honored by the United States government in a way commensurate with her enormous achievements.”
John Boehner (born 1949) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On the death of Margaret Thatcher. Southern Maryland News, April 14, 2013
“Our freedom as free lances Advances towards its end; The earth compels, upon it Sonnets and birds descend; And soon, my friend, We shall have no time for dances.”
Louis MacNeice (1907–1963) said by 1963 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“O faithful! Moulded in one womb, We have stood together all the years, All the glad years and all the sorrowful years, Own brothers: through good repute and ill, In direst peril true to me, Leaving all things for me, spending yourself In the hard service that I taught to you, Of all the men that I have known on earth, You only have been my familiar friend, Nor needed I another.”
Patrick Pearse (1879–1916) first seen 1916 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: To My Brother", poem by P. H. Pearse, written in Arbour Hill Detention Barracks, 1st May, 1916. Published by The Office of Public Works, Dublin.
“We were at the age when a friend's conversation seems like oneself talking, when one shares a life in common the way I still think, bachelor though I am, some married couples are able to live.”
Cesare Pavese (1908–1950) said by 1950 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We were very young. I don't think I ever slept that year, but I had a friend who slept even less than I did. Some mornings you could see him strolling up and down in front of the station when the first trains were arriving and leaving.”
Cesare Pavese (1908–1950) said by 1950 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is stupid to grieve for the loss of a girl friend: you might never have met her, so you can do without her.”
Cesare Pavese (1908–1950) said by 1950 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When they are asked the question by a journalist, a country, a friend, an enemy or anybody, "What is the real purpose of the taliban movement?" the answer to them all is that the taliban's mission and purpose is to implement the sharia on this land of Allah. That is their answer, true purpose and their mission from the beginning.”
Mohammed Omar (1960–2013) first seen 1996 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Appeal to the ulama of Afghanistan, 2 April 1996
“Perfect for me what is lacking of faith, of hope of Thy gifts, help Thou mine unbelief, establish my trembling hope, of love kindle its smoking flax. Shed abroad Thy love in my heart, so that I may love Thee, my friend in Thee, my enemy for Thee. O Thou who givest grace to the humble-minded, also give me grace to be humble-minded.”
Lancelot Andrewes (1555–1626) said by 1626 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I don't understand, Why do I stress a man, When there's so many bigger things at hand. We could've never had it all, We had to hit a wall, So this is inevitable withdrawal. Even if I stop wanting you And perspective pushes through, I'll be some next man's other woman soon. I couldn't play myself again, I should just be my own best friend, Not fuck myself in the head with stupid men.”
Amy Winehouse (1983–2011) said by 2011 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Judge — thee hasn't left me a dollar, but I wish to say to thee, and to all in this court room, that if anyone knows of a fugitive who wants a shelter, and a friend, send him to Thomas Garrett, and he will befriend him!”
Thomas Garrett (1789–1871) first seen 1848 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In a closing address at his trial (1848), after a judge said to "Thomas, I hope you will never be caught at this business again"; as quoted in History of the Rise and Fall of the Slave Power in America, Vol. 2 (1874) by…
“Water-based lube: Friend or Foe?”
Chris Pontius (born 1974) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Got my ticket at the airport Well I guess I've been marking time I've been living in another country That operates along entirely different lines Keep me away from porter or whiskey Don't play anything sentimental it'll make me cry I've got to go back my friend Is there really any need to ask why?”
Van Morrison (born 1945) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Some people say You can make it on your own Oh you can make it if you try I know better now You can't stand up alone Oh baby that is why.I'm real real gone I can't stand up by myself Don't you know I need your help You're a friend of mine And I'm real real gone.”
Van Morrison (born 1945) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am not an enemy of Turkey; I am a friend of the Turkish people”
Massoud Barzani (born 1946) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A friend of mine [Leonard Nimoy] suffered from COPD. That's why I wanted to let you know about Inogen, a new way to have oxygen anytime, anywhere. Look into the difference Inogen can make for you.”
William Shatner (born 1931) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I later found out from a friend of the Clinton’s that when President Clinton returned to the White House and was reviewing the briefing documents again he exclaimed —and she did a perfect impersonation of Bill Clinton— “ I know this is all true, but God damn it, they won’t tell me a thing. Not a God damned thing !”
Steven M. Greer (born 1955) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Is this the type of friend or lover I want to have? I ask myself every time I meet someone new. Charming but shallow; good-hearted but a bit conventional; too handsome for his own good; fascinating but probably unreliable; and so forth. I guess I've had my share of unreliable. More than my share? How many would constitute more than my share?”
Susanna Kaysen (born 1948) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I lifted my glass to my lips when suddenly I stopped and felt all my blood rush to my heart. This is what I heard: "What's the theme of the novel you're working on?" "Truth," replied Pierre Villiers. "What?" exclaimed his friend. "A succession of human beings caught just as they are.”
Henri Barbusse (1873–1935) said by 1935 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A wise parent humours the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and adviser when his absolute rule shall cease.”
Elizabeth Gaskell (1810–1865) first seen 1854 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: North and South, ch. 15 (1854-5)
“Would that he slips with both and hits himself repeatedly in the face", Entreri muttered to Jarlaxle. "So then when he's gone, my friend Entreri can take his place", the drow quipped back. "Shut up". "He is a powerful ally". "And a mighty enemy". "Watch him closely, then". "From behind".”
R. A. Salvatore (born 1959) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We do not hesitate to help and support the brother, the ill-fated friend or the needy wherever they are. This is our message to the world, and this is the United Arab Emirates.”
Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am truly happy that I am able to travel from time to time to the USSR — the country I love above all. I always have been, I am now and will always be a loyal friend of the Soviet Union.”
Paul Robeson (1898–1976) first seen 1949 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: ’I Love Above All, Russia,’ Robeson Says," Afro-American, (25 June 1949), p. 7
“I congratulate you, my dear friend, on the law of your state for suspending the importation of slaves, and for the glory you have justly acquired by endeavoring to prevent it forever. This abomination must have an end, and there is a superior bench reserved in heaven for those who hasten it.”
Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) said by 1826 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Our particular principles of religion are a subject of accountability to our god alone. I enquire after no man's and trouble none with mine; nor is it given to us in this life to know whether yours or mine, our friend's or our foe's, are exactly the right.”
Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) first seen 1814 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Letter to Miles King (26 September 1814)
“I never consider a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.”
Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) said by 1826 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in The Life and Writings of Thomas Jefferson : Including All of His Important Utterances on Public Questions (1900) by Samuel E. Forman, p. 429
“Villages and valleys pass by [Balla viewed during his train voyage to Düsseldorf in July 1912] and with my friend the binoculars [field glasses] I stare into the closest windows; semi-undressed people who wash themselves, bedding on balconies, clean almost empty rooms, a stupendous white shoulder of a women who, with a nude arm opens a door and goes inside.”
Giacomo Balla (1871–1958) first seen 1912 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: quote from a letter to Balla's family, July 1912; as quoted in Inventing Futurism: The Art and Politics of Artificial Optimism, by Christine Poggi, Princeton University Press, 2009, p. 306, note 34
“As a result we shall have the necessary variety of clothes, even if the people of a given city lack the imagination themselves. The happiness of our Futurist clothes will help to spread the kind of good humour aimed at by my great friend PaIazzeschi in his futurist 'Manifesto against Sadness'.”
Giacomo Balla (1871–1958) first seen 1913 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: (Manuscript, 1913); as quoted at dekorera.tumblr: futurist manifesto of men's clothing
“Having seen the replay, I think Steve Bucknor was right. I like Bucknor, in fact, he might be my only friend.”
Ben Dirs wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“True or not, this man who is married to the Star for All Seasons will remain an all-weather friend to me, and to most of us.”
Francis Escudero (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“No boys for me growing up! I was so skinny and tall. Everybody called me a giraffe. … I had no boobs and no butt and nobody liked me, I was so lonely. All the boys would come to me and want advice because they wanted my friend. But nobody ever wanted me — high school was a very sad, lonely time.”
Izabel Goulart (born 1984) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Pop Tarts: Victoria's Scarring Secrets: Teased for Being Too Skinny", 30 November 2007, Fox News.
“I had to work at Storer College as a janitor, as a dish washer. I kept on and was able to appreciate what Lincoln meant when he preached about being a friend of a common man. I also worked in the college farm; we had a horse and one of the ministers of the gospel was the head farmer, and he taught me how to handle the horse to plough.”
Nnamdi Azikiwe (1904–1996) said by 1996 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I had to work at Storer College as a janitor, as a dish washer. I kept on and was able to appreciate what Lincoln meant when he preached about being a friend of a common man. I also worked in the college farm; we had a horse and one of the ministers of the gospel was the head farmer, and he taught me how to handle the horse to plough. h washer.”
Nnamdi Azikiwe (1904–1996) said by 1996 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You can't even go out with a friend who's a celebrity and have a good time without people making shit up.”
Rihanna (born 1988) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source