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“Marieke is the moral compass of the series. She’s a wife, mother and a gynaecologist, and like most people, her strongest characteristic ends up being her weakest as well. She is very caring and loyal and it is this loyalty to her best friend, Rachel (Carine Rous), that ends up getting her into trouble.”
Anel Alexander (born 1979) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It wasn’t until a mutual friend got me her email address that I sent her a very long email introducing myself. And to my surprise she replied back with an even longer email. We just pretty much struck off from there.”
C. J. Obasi (born 1985) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My memory of books is also linked to lasting love. My first best friend, F., and I had a separate ritual of spending hours discussing our thoughts on characters and I think it tethered us to each other.”
Eloghosa Osunde wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am a poet, a performer, a published author, an actress, a producer, a tv presenter, I am also a mom, a friend, a daughter a sister and a lover”
Lebogang Mashile (born 1979) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“They existed, my dear friend, they did exist! This diary proves it. It tells of mysterious discoveries our ancestors made long, long ago during an expedition. Unfortunately, most of the book is missing; we only have five pages left.”
Willi Glasauer (born 1938) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He didn’t style himself as a friend to his guests, he could be rather adversarial.”
Tundun Abiola wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There's a belief that since Africa got a raw deal from the colonial West, then the Chinese must be Africa's best friend. But the evidence doesn't show that, and the main criticism is that they are building infrastructure in exchange for Africa's resources in deals that are structured to favor China.”
George Ayittey (1945–2022) said by 2022 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Since I didn't have much to do here on Friday, I decided to take the opportunity to meet a friend of mine in Berlin”
Job Amupanda (born 1987) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have been called many things in my day, some of them clearly unprintable. But only once was I labelled wayward which, given the context of my life, is probably accurate. Also, so far as I am concerned, and especially from whence the label came, it was a compliment. It is one I shared with my friend of nearly 30 years, the advocate, campaigning jurist and, latterly.”
Dumisa Ntsebeza (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My personal success lies in the safety I’ve gained from being open and visible over the years. I feel secure. I’m no longer afraid of being outed in the papers, or of a call from a friend or family member. I’m no longer worried about that, I’ve overcome that fear. That is my greatest success.”
Frank Mugisha (born 1979) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“So much held in a heart in a lifetime. So much held in a heart in a day, an hour, a moment. We are utterly open with no one in the end—not mother and father, not wife or husband, not lover, not child, not friend. We open windows to each but we live alone in the house of the heart.”
Brian Doyle (American writer) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“expressed to a friend her fears as to the fate of a fowl which she had left on the stove”
Daisy de Melker (1886–1932) said by 1932 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I was nowhere as a footballer. But I remember telling my friend, ‘I’ll be there in 2010, playing for Bafana Bafana’. It shows the power of positive thinking”
Siphiwe Tshabalala (born 1984) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Tshabalala: My 2010 goal will be special forever, Friday 20,2020,FiFA by The Reporter
“he's like a brother to me, father figure, friend because everytime when I have problems, I will go to him and then he will give me advice, you know. So, I think it made it easier for me to fit well in the team.”
Thembinkosi Lorch (born 1993) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Thembinkosi Lorch on Wydad move – Nobody knew me!,18 June 2025, SABC SPORT by Mazola Molefe
“I like to hang out with my best friend, Lebo Molekwa and teammate George Lebese.”
Punch Masenamela (born 1986) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I’m starting with paralegal work to see if I love it first. I have to love what I do. If I love it, I can take over the world. There was so much paperwork with the divorce, I had to use ChatGPT as my best friend to make sure I understood everything so I could navigate it properly. I didn’t want to feel like a victim. That mindset kept me strong throughout the process.”
Karlie Redd (born 1973) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Before Fukuoka I had never done a full marathon. But I was in company of my friend Macharia.”
Samuel Wanjiru (1986–2011) said by 2011 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I like to run. I like to compete. I like running against Arop. He is my friend, and he makes me train hard for our competitions. That’s why I need to keep my discipline for next year, for the Olympics.”
Emmanuel Wanyonyi (born 2004) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I get a prayer every morning from a friend of mine. And this person shared, "How can I believe in God when I can't see him?" And they responded, "How can you believe in the virus when you can't see it?" So it works both ways, and I feel this is going to bring the world closer together after it subsides. Just as the Olympics brings people closer together.”
Herb Douglas (1922–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“But it's a blessing to be back in this situation with Tommy. He's always been a mentor to me and a kind, loving friend. He always has a word of advice and a word of encouragement. I just think this couldn't have happened at a better time for me as a woman, coming into my change. I get a little more hot and cold, and Tommy's been amazing.”
Paula Jai Parker (born 1969) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Paula Jai Parker & Tommy Davidson Interview: The Proud Family: Louder & Prouder;By Tatiana Hullender on Feb 18, 2022
“With any performance, you need chemistry. It doesn’t matter whether you’re playing a lover or a friend or a foe; if you have chemistry with the person you’re playing with it makes the performance so much better. It’s a partner dance, after all. Even if you’re combat fighting, it’s still a partner dance.”
Deborah Ayorinde (born 1987) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Deborah Ayorinde: Meet the rising star of ‘Riches’;By Adam Davidson on 02 Dec 2022
“I was doing a play for a friend in California, Tyler Perry came to that play and he liked me in it so he wanted me to be in his play back in 2004. For a while I was hesitant to do it because the whole man in a dress thing, (Madea) but I did it and it became a success. Then he came up with a television show (House Of Payne) and he wanted me to be a part of that as well.”
Cassi Davis (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My friend, who's a hairdresser, actually does my hair. So I go to the house and she washes it, does the treatment, blow dries and straightens it. I'm in really safe hands.”
Nadine Mills wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Kevin Heuvel from MK Handcrafted is a very good friend of mine and we have had many chats that have kept me to consistently in a good space.”
Saarah Smith (born 1999) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“So, I didn't know what to do, should I call my mom, or should I tell my friend? But I was happy to get a call like that, I'm not going to lie”
Andile Simelane (born 2003) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My friend told me to come and play, and I said I wasn’t keen, but then he said there’ll be free KFC, and then I was like ‘No, I have to go now because we’re getting free food. Everyone likes free food.’”
Andile Simelane (born 2003) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I’m also a great friend of his and we had some conversions about this.”
Pheko Moletsane (born 2001) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I always respected him (Corbin) since we played together — class guy, great work ethic, I thought it would be a great opportunity for me to again get with a great organization and also work with an old friend.”
Sidney Lowe (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My manager is actually my best friend; I grew up with her. And she’s been helping me since the start of my career. We don’t know anything, and navigating the business side of music was a really big challenge for both of us,”
Clara Benin (born 1994) first seen 2026 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Passion, Persistence, and a Promising Era: Clara Benin Reflects on a Decade-Long Career in Music, Lance Joseph Martinez 7 March 2026.
“He was a friend of my mom. And this was at the time when State Property was getting their buzz, Philly was on fire. So, for me, to be around somebody like him that’s like somebody from New York sitting with Hov. In our city that was lit. I used to sit around and watch. He put me in the studio and was like, If this is what you wanna do then let’s see what you wanna do.”
Bre-Z (born 1987) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog.”
Harry S. Truman (attributed) first seen 1975 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Despite being quoted as a remark of Truman by both George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton, this apparently originates from a line in the portrayal of Truman in the play Give 'Em Hell, Harry (1975) by Samuel Gallu: "You want…
Also quoted by: Harry S. Truman (misattributed)
“George Bernard Shaw is said to have told W.S.C.: Am reserving two tickets for you for my premiere. Come and bring a friend—if you have one. W.S.C. to G.B.S.: Impossible to be present for the first performance. Will attend the second—if there is one.”
Winston Churchill (misattributed) first seen 1966 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: (Version given in Irrepressible Churchill: A Treasury of Winston Churchill's Wit by Kay Halle, 1966)
Also quoted by: George Bernard Shaw (misattributed)
“Religious wars are basically people killing each other over who has the better imaginary friend.”
Napoleon (misattributed) first seen 1999 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: There is no known basis to attribute this saying to Napoleon. It is found (unattributed) in a Usenet post from July 1999.
“My best friend is one who brings out the best in me.”
Henry Ford (misattributed) first seen 1914 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Actually due to Harris Weinstock: "My best friend is the man who can bring out of me my best, and your best friend is the one who tends to bring out the best in you" (May 1914) Attributed to Henry Ford as early as 1948.
“Death is a friend of ours; and he that is not ready to entertain him is not at home.”
Francis Bacon (disputed) first seen 1648 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: An Essay on Death, published in The Remaines of the Right Honourable Francis Lord Verulam (1648), which may not have been written by Bacon
“No man ever entered the Presidency so profoundly and widely distrusted as Chester Alan Arthur, and no one ever retired … more generally respected, alike by political friend and foe.”
Mark Twain (misattributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Do we vividly feel that He is near us as our everlasting Friend, to guide, cheer, and bless our aspirations and our efforts? And in this confidence do we watch, pray, strive, press forward, and seek resolutely for ourselves and fellow-beings the highest end of existence, even the perfection of our immortal souls?”
William Ellery Channing (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A friend gives himself to his beloved, and the higher his excellence the richer the gift.”
William Ellery Channing (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A friend is he who sets his heart upon us, is happy with us and delights in us; does for us what we want, is willing and fully engaged to do all he can for us, on whom we can rely in all cases.”
William Ellery Channing (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A general loftiness of sentiment, independence of men, consciousness of good intentions, self-oblivion in great objects, clear views of futurity: thoughts of the blessed companionship of saints and angels, trust in God as the friend of truth and virtue,—these are the states of mind in which I should live.”
William Ellery Channing (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A true friend embraces our objects as his own. We feel another mind bent on the same end, enjoying it, ensuring it, reflecting it, and delighting in our devotion to it.”
William Ellery Channing (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A true friend will appear such in leaving us to act according to our intimate conviction,—will cherish this nobleness of sentiment, will never wish to substitute his power for our own.”
William Ellery Channing (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Other blessings may be taken away, but if we have acquired a good friend by goodness, we have a blessing which improves in value when others fail. It is even heightened by sufferings.”
William Ellery Channing (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The attempt to make one false impression on the mind of a friend respecting ourselves is of the nature of perfidy. Sincerity should be observed most scrupulously.”
William Ellery Channing (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The beloved friend does not fill one part of the soul, but, penetrating the whole, becomes connected with all feeling.”
William Ellery Channing (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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.”
Albert Camus (disputed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother and hope your guardian genius.”
Joseph Addison (disputed) first seen 1854 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The earliest appearance of this proverb yet located is in Eliza Cook's Journal Vol. 11, (1854), p. 128, and the earliest attribution to Addison yet found is in Henry Southgate, ed., Many Thoughts of Many Minds (1862), p…
“Education...is a companion which no misfortunes can depress, no clime destroy, no enemy alienate, no despotism enslave: at home a friend, abroad an introduction, in solitude a solace, in society an ornament: it chastens vice, it guides virtue, it gives at once a grace and government to genius. Without it, what is man? A splendid slave, a reasoning savage.”
Joseph Addison (misattributed) first seen 1817 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Though sometimes attributed to Addison, this actually comes from a speech delivered by the Irish lawyer Charles Phillips in 1817, in the case of O'Mullan v. M'Korkill, published in Irish Eloquence: The Speeches of the C…
“When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friend.”
William Blake (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.”
Elbert Hubbard (misattributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source