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“I ended up in my home country, Malawi, helping a friend run a lodge. I realised I loved hospitality and tourism. So I opened a backpackers’ campsite. The plan was to do long-distance learning for my law degree; I’d read from the beach. Of course, that didn’t happen. After about 3 years of a wonderful life in the hospitality space, I went back to London and did a diploma in hospitality and tourism.”
Zilanie Gondwe wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I met my husband during a friend's wedding, and we got married for 6 years.”
Shilole (born 1987) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There was a time I was talking to Don Jazzy, he’s my personal friend, and he told me whenever I am ready to travel to Nigeria, I should hit him up.”
Lydia Jazmine (born 1991) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Yes. Some people feel me and my mother are unhealthily close. I look like my father, but I am my mother; like, this is her character! She is my best friend. She is the best antidote. By the time I leave at 9:30, I feel like I’m Superwoman.”
Nana Kagga (born 1979) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We would like Australia to be a better friend, to increase the level of relationship and engagement and accompany Burundi as we strive to improve our economic, social and political stability”
Imelde Sabushimike first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Burundi’s Path to Peace: “What Doesn’t Kill You Only Makes You Stronger,Published 28 Nov 2024,Written by Liubov Korina
“Having been inured for many years to the labors of a missionary life, we feel ready, in spite of our advanced age, to share with you all the hardships' of the ministry. We are ambitious of no distinction. We expect to find in each of you a friend.”
John Stephen Bazin (1796–1848) said by 1848 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You see, my good friend, how much we are the creatures of situation and circumstance, and with what pliant servility the mind resigns itself to the impressions of the senses, or the illusions of the imagination.”
Sydney, Lady Morgan (1783–1859) first seen 1806 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Wild Irish Girl (1806), ep. 5
“https://dailypost.ng/2023/10/24/friend-who-mocked-me-for-doing-skits-now-works-for-me-skit-maker-mark-angel-2/”
Mark Angel wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Our friend alcohol was given us of the gods to make us see for a while that we are more nearly men and women, more nearly kind and gentle and generous, pleasanter and stronger, than without its vision there is any evidence we are.”
Bernard DeVoto (1897–1955) first seen 1948 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Our Friend Alcohol", in Harper's (c. 1948). Collected, and revised, in The Hour (Boston: Houghton, Mifflin Co., 1951), ch. 5 (pp. 83, 84):
“Just so we’re very clear, I have no angst against Dave Bautista. I haven’t seen him, but he’s still a good friend of mine, and someone who if I saw him I'd give him a big hug, Mick Foley too. I don't care what your politics are... you're wrong... but I still love you.”
The Undertaker (born 1965) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 26 November 2024 video clip
“(About Erik Priebke) You could say he's my friend. [...] I consider him a German citizen, a Catholic Christian, a loyal soldier. [...] And then he's the only person over 70 behind bars who is innocent. It's scandalous, scandalous how Priebke has been treated. That's the scandal in Italy, not the dignified way in which refugees are being taken in at Lampedusa. Shame on you.”
Florian Abrahamowicz (born 1961) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Gisella Ruccia, Don Abrahamowicz: "Priebke? Innocente. Italia accoglie immigrati e perseguita lui", il Fatto Quotidiano.it (October 15, 2013)
“Lost in solipsism, he then slowly pulls a lever which sets off a mechanism which does nothing whatsoever, but the nothing that it does negates the everything we know because it's screaming just because, because it's neither friend or foe, and so we label it a menace or a grandiose work of art. From its finale to its genesis, we slowly pull it all apart.”
Neil Cicierega (born 1986) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“...These are exciting times. Another World Revolution is happening. The Global Right and the Global Left are once again contending with each other and with centrist liberalism. It is different this time around, but imagination and perseverance will be rewarded, as they were in the World Revolution of 1917. As my old friend often said, a luta continua. (2020)”
Christopher Chase-Dunn (born 1944) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Thinking Diagonally," contribution to GTI Forum "Planetize the Movement!," Great Transition Initiative (April 2020)
“To each soul Christ comes, all trusting as a friend, and in each soul He is betrayed over and over again.”
Robert Hugh Benson (1871–1914) said by 1914 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“One gender to walk the wide world in Is the feminine, A plight that — softly to a friend — I can recommend.”
Helen Bevington (1906–2001) first seen 1950 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: To Susan at Birth". Nineteen Million Elephants, and Other Poems (Boston: Houghton, Mifflin Co., 1950), p. 66
“Hyena speakes like a friend, and devoures like a Foe.”
Stephen Gosson (1554–1624) said by 1624 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I keep a few mementos of Olivia around the house. One is a letter that she wrote when she was about 6 to a family friend. It says, “Dear Sheila, Thank you for the bubbly gum. I hope you are well. The bubbly was the most exciting present I ever had and I can blow bubbles... Love, Olivia. XXXXX.” That’s my Olivia. Isn’t she a honey of a girl?”
Patricia Neal (1926–2010) said by 2010 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Call no man foe, but never love a stranger. Build up no plan, nor any star pursue. Go forth with crowds; in loneliness is danger. Thus nothing Fate can send, And nothing Fate can do Shall pierce your peace, my friend.”
Stella Benson (1892–1933) first seen 1918 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Titled "To the Unborn". Twenty (New York: The Macmillan Co., 1918), pp. 27–8
“What is this Charity, this clinking of money between strangers, and when did Charity cease to be a comforting and secret thing between one friend and another? ... The real Love knows her neighbour face to face, and laughs with him and weeps with him, and eats and drinks with him, so that at last, when his black day dawns, she may share with him, not what she can spare, but all that she has.”
Stella Benson (1892–1933) said by 1933 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Yeah, the Jews got pissed at that magazine I sent you. None of them want to see my friend Hitler get his due... [Hitler] lifted the pride of the white people up and tried to get rid of the commies and exile the Jews where they wouldn’t hassle anyone but themselves…But of course "society" is making an “example” of Charles Manson in the same way they made an example of the Germans at Nuremburg.”
Adam Parfrey (1957–2018) said by 2018 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: letter to James Mason, quoted in Sunshine 2024, p. 212
“Posing as a "friend of the Negro," they, under the guise of a campaign for Negro rights, set race against race in the cold-blooded struggle for power. Their hypocrisy and the falsity of their claims are clearly revealed in a number of instances.”
Manning Johnson (1908–1959) said by 1959 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“These are empty and unambiguous names: man and animal love and hate enemy and friend darkness and light.”
Tadeusz Różewicz (1921–2014) said by 2014 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nothing worse than losin' a friend And the feeling you get when everybody that you love ain't around I really gotta get away from this town I'm just waiting for a wave and I'll drown Satan letting me down.”
Lil Peep (1996–2017) said by 2017 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I happened to find this person through a friend who sold products, so that’s the only way I knew how to start, was just in the beginning was ask a lot of questions, and that’s really what an entrepreneur should be doing, is okay”
Julie Austin wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I didn't know her, didn't know personally. She was not a friend of mine.”
Yolanda Hill Robinson wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I wanted a more immediate audience for my efforts, and one day a friend of mine showed me an interesting advert in the paper for the Forensic Science Service .”
Angela Gallop (born 1950) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“People have definitely come to appreciate the smaller, everyday luxuries the time to enjoy a real conversation and dinner with a friend”
Annastasia Seebohm wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is nothing better than the encouragement of a good friend.”
Katharine Butler (born 1967) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Externally: Last year I bought a house on my own. I never thought I would be a homeowner and I am so proud of myself for not letting my doubts keep me from realizing this dream. I also co-founded a publishing company, 619 Wreath LLC, with my friend Miloš Savić… and we wrote a book titled “Radical Grace: Essays and Conversations on Teaching”. These are things that make me feel like such a grown-up!”
Candice Renee Price wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is very difficult to die for a friend, but dying for enemies is even more difficult. Christ, however, died for us when we were still his enemies. God always remains close to us; it is the constancy of love to the extreme limit, indeed without limits. This is the reason for our joy. (homily of 14 September 1993)”
Pino Puglisi (1937–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When I am working, I am a different person. I don’t care if you are my friend or not, if you aren’t good, I won’t put you in that movie.”
Mike Ezuruonye (born 1982) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: If you offer sex for roles, you will fade away - Mike Ezuruonye 14 December 2018, THE PULSE (Nigeria)
“[T]his is in a critical time in terms of American foreign policy. The Shah of Iran, long an American puppet, has just been overthrown, and when he was in charge... the entire West had access to Iranian oil reserves at very reasonable prices. So suddenly...Iran... went from being a very close ally and friend of both America and Israel to an enemy... as it became an Islamist theocracy.”
Craig Unger (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“No, most spiders are harmless and they do play a very important part in nature. We market spiders as the "Farmer’s and gardener’s best friend." Spiders are very important predators in crops and they prey on a variety of pest species. Of the more than 2,000 known species of South Africa only a few come into contact with humans and when they bite the wound might need some treatment.”
Ansie Dippenaar-Schoeman (born 1948) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am an extremely competitive person. In school, I always wanted to have the highest grades; I would set out to do better than the other high achievers in my classes, even if it was my best friend. In my career I always strived to give my best effort and to reach out to others or seek the information that could close any gaps that hindered me from doing so.”
Dorothy J. Phillips (born 1945) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Work on something you care deeply about. The bumps are easier if succeeding will benefit others. An extraordinary entrepreneur friend of mine, Priv Bradoo, shared some great advice she got from a male mentor. He said that to succeed, you need a big ego. If you don’t have a big ego, you need a strong sense of purpose to compensate.”
Robyn Scott (born 1981) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A home-made friend wears longer than one you buy in the market.”
Austin O'Malley (author) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“One of my goals was to see if I could become the robot’s friend. That, to me, felt like, Oh, this project is getting somewhere.”
Stephanie Dinkins (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Everybody is running with this one now My friend who works at the NFL told me they’re saying it at the NFL. All I need now is Taylor Swift’s boyfriend to wear one. Wouldn’t that be great?.”
Dorinda Medley (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For example, your mood might be forecast to be 40% happier and your stress 30% less if you go to bed by 10 tonight, wake up at the usual time, and take time to connect with a friend today. Such small adjustments and measures have the potential to become highly accurate with training on enough data, and help people take small steps that overall improve their health.”
Rosalind Picard (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You won't find no answers safe at home, You can't learn heartbreak from a poem. And every hard time, song rhyme, friend you've got, You'll have, with Heaven on top. You'll have, with Heaven on top.”
Zach Bryan (born 1996) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: With Heaven on Top" (2025)
“Take a trip uptown to clear you out of my mind You're like sandpaper; the more I try, you bind. Winter was a drag and spring was a friend. I'll love you 'til the summer comes back again. And they've been tryin' to smooth me out For twenty-seven seasons now.For twenty-seven seasons.”
Zach Bryan (born 1996) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My learned and accomplished friend, , has written a most interesting history, entitled One Generation of a Norfolk House. It is more or less the history of the in early times.”
Lady Dorothy Nevill (1826–1913) said by 1913 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It was a raw and emotional moment for Sasha, who is an honest and straightforward friend. She was too real .”
Irakoze Ariane Vanessa (born 2000) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: https://www.newtimes.co.rw/article/28273/entertainment/cinema/hurts-harder-when-online-love-impersonation-ruins-kates-last-hope (The New Times Rwanda, July 22, 2025)
“In recent years, AIPAC has aligned itself too closely with Prime Minister Netanyahu’s government. I’m a friend of Israel, but not of its current government, and AIPAC’s mission today is to back that government. I don’t support that direction. That’s why I’ve decided to return the donations I’ve received, and I will not be accepting their support.”
Seth Moulton (born 1978) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 16 October 2025 tweet confirmed here from Al Jazeera
“War has never been a friend of development”
Joaquim Chissano (born 1939) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I don’t think nor believe that my friend has struggled against the President nor the constitution of Botswana. Neither of us has seen the unfolding of this matter in those terms, but that is a matter that deserves to be treated on its own on another day.”
Baledzi Gaolathe (1942–2010) said by 2010 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sometimes when readers get mad at my characters, I think maybe it’s not the fictional girl they’re angry at, maybe it’s their younger self. Or their sister. Or their best friend. That reflection, that truth, that’s what I’m chasing.”
Yvonne Maphosa first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: ‘I WANTED TO SLAP HER!’ Yvonne Maphosa’s book signing sparks raw emotion at Mall of Africa 5 July,2025
“I felt my heart bursting. In such darkness of soul, a friendly voice seemed to whisper in my ear those words that I myself had read and that my holy friend, now deceased, often repeated to me: If you seek salvation, spread the Rosary. These are Mary's promises.”
Bartolo Longo (1841–1926) said by 1926 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am a painter, author and singer-songwriter channeling my experiences and emotions through my creative disciplines. The love and commitment of my husband, creative partner and best friend inspires me to overcome my obstructions with grace and rationality.”
Nancy Calef (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is no single cent spent on the medical bills of the poor woman (Thobejane’s friend) who sustained injuries to her spinal cord as a result of being shot. She is wheelchair bound. Her parents and I are paying her medical bills because we want her to get her life back, but the state spends so much money on the commission…”
Tebogo Thobejane (born 1983) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source