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“For those of you who thought you'd be forgotten, The friends you've made will try their best, to make it so. Think of all the beauty that you left behind you. You can take it if you want it, and then let it go.”
Zooey Deschanel (born 1980) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It's a lie in the end, you only satisfy your friends. ~ "So Much Work”
Pete Yorn (born 1974) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have no fans. You know what I got? Customers. And customers are your friends.”
Mickey Spillane (1918–2006) said by 2006 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[To the tune of I Love You from Barney & Friends] ♫ God loves you, God loves me He wants you in His familyIf you'll ask Him now, He'll come into your heartAnd of His family you'll be part ♫”
Kent Hovind (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I don't think it's very easy to make friends with musicians. We're all a bit paranoid. It soon becomes very heavy.”
Ian Anderson (musician) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I try not to obsess about recording. I'm definitely the one who will leave all the mistakes-to have that balance between what's undone and done. I try to move on to the next thing. I have friends who have been working on the same song for five, six years. They just won't let the songs go.”
Beck (born 1970) first seen 1996 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Rolling Stone magazine, 1996
“He would have liked to say goodbye, Shake hands with many friends. In Highgate now his finger-bones Stick through his finger-ends.You, God, who treat him thus and thus, Say, "Save his soul and pray." You ask me to believe You and I only see decay.”
John Betjeman (1906–1984) said by 1984 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nintendo DS makes me forget that I don't have any friends.”
Patrick Stump (born 1984) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have seemed cold to my friends, but it was not in my heart.”
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (1792–1878) said by 1878 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Comment during final illness, as recalled by his nephew George W. E. Russell in Prime Ministers and Some Others, 1918, p. 24
“This book is about a simple, benign experiment, or perhaps we should call it an inquiry, to learn what are the essential ingredients in interspecies friendships and even love. The basic idea was to raise together a kitten, a puppy, a bunny, a chick, and a baby rat in close circumstances to see if they would all get along and even become good friends.”
Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson (born 1941) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I can be on guard against my enemies, but God deliver me from my friends!”
Charlotte Brontë (1816–1855) said by 1855 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In response to George Henry Lewes (LL, II, v, 272); Miriam Farris Allott (1974), The Brontës, the critical heritage, page 160;
“If all the world hated you, and believed you wicked, while your own conscience approved you, and absolved you from guilt, you would not be without friends.”
Charlotte Brontë (1816–1855) said by 1855 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He made a lot of friends everywhere and was always in contact with them too. Weeks before Christmas he would have piles of cards and he always wrote to anyone that he knew, keeping them informed. Even his enemies I think.”
Bon Scott (1946–1980) first seen 1980 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Angus Young, from Sounds, March 1980.
“I think the initial reason why I became interested in farming is that I wanted to be outdoors. I've always enjoyed being outdoors. And so, I looked around and when I was at high school, probably 14 or so, my parents through friends arranged for me to be able to go work on farms on the weekend.”
Ian Wilmut (1944–2023) first seen 1998 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview at the Academy of Achievement (23 May 1998).
“It is better to learn war early from friends, than late from enemies.”
Mary Renault (1905–1983) said by 1983 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He had come back a man, and faithless like a man. He knew that he had longed for her; that true friends share everything, except the past before they met. If only she would weep, even that, and let him comfort her; but she would not humble herself before a man. if only he would run to her side and cling to her; but his manhood was hard-won, no mortal should make him a child again.”
Mary Renault (1905–1983) said by 1983 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To some, Facebook is both a self-published tabloid and a public relations gem. To others, Facebook is a communication tool for families and friends around the world to stay in touch. From a macroscopic point of view, Facebook offers insights into public sentiments and national trends. In a microscopic view, Facebook allows people to reach out and connect on a very personal level.”
Newton Lee wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sixty-three years ago I went to Stockton-on-Tees to stand for Parliament. The unemployment figure was then 29 per cent. Last November I went there to a party of my friends—the unemployment is 28 per cent. That is a rather sad end to one's life, but that is what has happened.”
Harold Macmillan (1894–1986) first seen 1985 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech in the House of Lords (23 January 1985)
“1964. If thou wilt have no Difference with thy Friends; sell them not Horses, nor Goods; and buy nothing of them.”
Thomas Fuller (writer) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“4833. The wise Man draws more Advantage from his Enemies, than a Fool from his Friends.”
Thomas Fuller (writer) first seen 1749 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1749) : The wise Man draws more Advantage from his Enemies, than the Fool from his Friends.
“I thought my friends were damn fools, because they didn't know any better way of conducting their lives. Still they conformed better than I to a code. I wanted to conform but I couldn't so I wrote my poetry.”
William Carlos Williams (1883–1963) first seen 1958 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Annotations on John C. Thirlwell's copy of The Collected Earlier Poems (c. 1958)
“If I may again refer to the different political concepts, there is, I think rather unfortunately, running through all the speeches and writings of our Soviet friends the theory that they alone represent the workers — that they alone are democratic.”
Ernest Bevin (1881–1951) first seen 1827 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech in the House of Commons (4 June 1946), quoted in Hansard, House of Commons, 5th series, vol. 423, col. 1827
“Walkin' the Tightrope, steppin' on my friends Walkin' the tight rope, it was a shame and a sin. Walkin the tight rope between wrong and right. Walkin the tight-rope both day and night.”
Stevie Ray Vaughan (1954–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When I first heard it, I thought that's extremely challenging, the vocal — it was almost hysterical, and it was so up there, the register, but it was absolutely fascinating. And I know at the time a lot of my friends couldn't bear it, they thought it was just "too much" — but that's exactly what drew me in.”
John Lydon (born 1956) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Understand that friends come and go, but with a precious few you should hold on. Work to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle, because the older you get, the more you need the people who knew you when you were young.”
Mary Schmich (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Tucker: Are you married? Girl: Yes. Tucker: How good is the marriage? Girl: Very good. Tucker: So there is no chance of us hooking up? Girl: No. Tucker: Well, do you have any hot friends who aren't fucking prudes? Hey--where are you going? I was only kidding! I respect the sanctity of the monogamous relationship! WHORE!”
Tucker Max (born 1975) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Here’s to the people we’ve met, And to the people we’ve fucked, And to those of us Who’ve had no such luck. Here’s to beer in the glass, And vodka in the cup. Here’s to pokin’ her in the ass So she won’t get knocked up. Here’s to all of you, And here’s to me, Together as friends we’ll always be. But if we should ever disagree, Then FUCK ALL OF YOU, HERE’S TO ME!”
Tucker Max (born 1975) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“America betrays its friends. It sets them up and betrays them. I’d rather be America’s enemy.”
Ahmed Chalabi (1944–2015) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Dexter Filkins, "Where Plan A Left Ahmad Chalabi", New York Times Magazine, November 5, 2006.
“...my Trusty Friends in Redmond...”
Paul DiLascia (1959–2008) first seen 1995 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 1995/10
“...a little-known piece of C++ trivia you can use to impress your friends and loved ones.”
Paul DiLascia (1959–2008) first seen 1995 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 1995/6
“..I'll be laughing when I'm old and and all my programmer friends have gone alexic from staring at too many tiny pixels”
Paul DiLascia (1959–2008) first seen 1996 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: on using high screen resolutions, 1996/3
“If our usual response to an annoying situation is a curse, we're likely to meet emergencies with a curse. In the little events of daily living we have the opportunity to condition our reflexes, which are built up out of ordinary things. And we learn to bless first of all by being blessed. My reflexes of blessing have been conditioned by my parents, my husband, my children, my friends”
Madeleine L'Engle (1918–2007) said by 2007 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I think I have more of a fear of success. I want to have a good time, I want to hang out with my friends and laugh about shit, I want to make music where I can just say 'Hey, check this out, this is crazy, have a listen…and anyway, what did you do today?'”
Devin Townsend (born 1972) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Those who are pushing for a unilateral war in Iraq know full well that there is no exit strategy if we invade. The Iraqis are a multi-ethnic people filled with competing factions who in many cases would view a U.S. occupation as infidels invading the cradle of Islam...In Japan, American occupation forces quickly became 50,000 friends. In Iraq, they would quickly become 50,000 terrorist targets.”
Jim Webb (born 1946) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Attention is love, what we must give children, mothers, fathers, pets, our friends, the news, the woes of others. What we want to change we curse and then pick up a tool. Bless whatever you can with eyes and hands and tongue. If you can't bless it, get ready to make it new.”
Marge Piercy (born 1936) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I would like to thank a world that never understood or accepted me, family and friends that never believed in me, and a God with one hell of a sense of humor. You have all made me what I am today. Let that weigh heavily on your consciences.”
David Draiman (born 1973) first seen 2000 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: sleeve notes, The Sickness (2000)
“I try not to take my life for granted. I have friends who have tendinitis. That would kill me. A short break from the violin is fine, but if I don't touch it for three or four days, my fingers start to feel funny.”
Sarah Chang (born 1980) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Tell my friends to get me out of here.”
Augusto Pinochet (1915–2006) first seen 1998 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: October 27, 1998, nine days after being arrested in London, quoted in Heraldo Muñoz (2008) The Dictator's Shadow
“Aristotle found support for his thesis in facts drawn from geopolitics or ‘natural law’. Greek superiority had to be proved demonstrably innate, a gift of nature. In one celebrated fragment he counsels Alexander to be ‘a hegemon [leader] of Greeks and a despot to the barbarians, to look after the former as after friends and relatives, and to deal with the latter as with beasts or plants’.”
Peter Green (1924–2024) first seen 323 BC wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Alexander of Macedon, 356-323 B.C.: A Historical Biography (1991), p. 58
“Each episode follows an unbelievably spoiled rich and tiny sod as they prepare to throw a despicably opulent coming of age party for themselves and their squealing shitcake friends.”
Charlie Brooker (born 1971) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Fortunately for whining snotface, the party itself goes with a bang. She enters looking every inch the cosseted flesh-waste she is, and her and her nauseating idiot scumbag friends celebrate into the night: dancing, shrieking, acting like pillocks, and generally making you feel like getting down on your knees and praying for a nuclear holocaust.”
Charlie Brooker (born 1971) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Successful people don’t have friends.”
Chetan Bhagat (born 1974) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I've already done studies [for his large-scale painting w:The Burial at Ornans ] of the mayor, who weighs 400, the parish priest, the justice of the peace, the cross bearer, the notary Marlet, the assistant mayor, my friends, my father, the choirboys, the grave digger, two old revolutionaries from [17]'93...”
Gustave Courbet (1819–1877) first seen 1849 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Remark to Champfleury, (End of 1849); as quoted in Georges Riat Gustave Courbet, Parkstone International (2015).
“People who barely know the two of you assume you are close friends; people who know both of you intimately suspect you profoundly hate each other.”
Chuck Klosterman (born 1972) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sometimes I have a sense of what I'm seeing being a small fraction of what's there. Not always there, but probably more often than I realize. Something will come up, and I'll realize I'm thinking about the world a little differently than my friends.”
Lisa Randall (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“No young woman should be placed in circumstances such as to make marriage an only refuge from poverty or dependence upon her friends or a life of ennui”
Benjamin Fish Austin (1850–1933) said by 1933 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There's so much I would have loved to have seen. The positives? I've been lucky in that I've had such a good life. Simple as that. My first 30 years were pretty damn good and the last 30, since I got published, have been absolutely brilliant. I've so many good friends and been part of a wonderful extended family and I'll leave behind a substantial body of work.”
Iain Banks (1954–2013) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/jun/15/iain-banks-the-final-interview
“Every artist feels alone and isolated. Friends are very important in terms of all sorts of definitions of oneself. They tell you what you are and what they are aside from the intellectual aspects.”
Jasper Johns (born 1930) first seen 1970 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Daily Close-up, after the Flag, Roberta Brandes Gratz, New York Post, 30 December 1970, p. 25
“I think that everything he did, feeding the poor, giving money to friends in need, it was all a way of redeeming himself. And that, I believe, is what true redemption is, Amir jan, when guilt leads to good.”
Khaled Hosseini (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“And that, my young friends, is the story of our country, one invader after another. Macedonians. Sassanians. Arabs. Mongols. Now the Soviets. But we're like those walls up there. Battered, and nothing pretty to look at, but still standing.”
Khaled Hosseini (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source