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“In 1919 I was a communist. My Bolshevik friends of those days are scattered now; some are bourgeois, some are dead, some are in China and Russia, and I did not know the last American chiefs of the Third International, who now officially embrace Democracy. They would repudiate me even as a renegade comrade, for I was never a member of The Party. But it was merely an accident that I was not.”
Rose Wilder Lane (1886–1968) said by 1968 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I’m not puking out hate because I want to change things. I’m not trying to get you to think like me. I don’t want to galvanize you and your friends into some collective blob. Get the point? I HATE you!”
Jim Goad (1961–2026) said by 2026 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If I give you romantic advice, don't take it. Look what's happening to me. I have the best taste in friends and the worst taste in husbands. I'm never getting married again. That's just stupid. There's no reason on Earth to do that.”
Liza Minnelli (born 1946) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: October 6, 2007 St. Petersburg Times by Shannon Breen.ď
“To my wife and family; to Ninang Susan; to my in-laws; to my friends and colleagues present today; to my fellow Bicolanos who will soon celebrate the Peñafrancia; to my fellow Filipinos, a good morning to you all!”
Francis Escudero (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If Fernando Poe, Jr. were with us today, he would have celebrated his seventieth birthday, as always, with family, friends, and his legion of fans.”
Francis Escudero (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My friends, there have been dozens of economic programs these past 60 years. I myself have seen so many Medium Term Development Programs prepared by very capable men and women from government, academe and the private sector.”
Francis Escudero (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As soon as I saw [Barrett], we both hugged and talked and forgave each other. I think we became truer friends, better than we were before the fight.”
Carlos Zambrano (born 1981) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I was just talking with friends and they said it was good idea and I just sort of liked the idea.”
William, Prince of Wales (born 1982) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I think at first they were a bit surprised that it had happened, then they realised it was really nice and it was good fun and we got on really well, they were good friends of ours as well so we had a good giggle with them as well.”
William, Prince of Wales (born 1982) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He's one of my closest friends in the industry. He makes me feel like a teenager — I have to act and think like an adult so much. He makes me feel young again.”
“Strong mind, no sun, friends who visit, work to be done, one documentary coming out from Alex Gibney that is not expected to be kind.”
Oliver Stone (born 1946) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Dottie West (born Dorothy Marie Marsh; October 11, 1932 – September 4, 1991) was an American country music singer and songwriter. Along with her friends and fellow recording artists Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn, she is considered one of the genre's most influential and groundbreaking female artists.”
Dottie West (1932–1991) said by 1991 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“All friends and relatives supported me. I do not know what to say. This is the victory for all Russians, for the whole country. We won the gold medal we were dreaming about. We deserved it.”
Alexander Ovechkin (born 1985) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: World News Connection (May 18, 2008) "Russian Forward Kovalchuk Says He Dreaming About This Victory", Moscow: Information Telegraph Agency of Russia.
“Enjoy the blessings Heaven bestows, Assist his friends, forgive his foes; Trust God, and keep his statutes still, Upright and firm, through good and ill;Thankful for all that God has given, Fixing his firmest hopes on heaven; Knowing that earthly joys decay, But hoping through the darkest day.”
Anne Brontë (1820–1849) said by 1849 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I possess the faculty of enjoying the company of those I — of my friends as well in silence as in conversation.”
Anne Brontë (1820–1849) said by 1849 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The demon of drink was as black as the demon of play, and nearly as hard to get rid of — especially as his kind friends did all they could to second the promptings of his own insatiable cravings.”
Anne Brontë (1820–1849) said by 1849 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Friends as we are, we would willingly keep your failings to ourselves — even from ourselves if we could, unless by knowing them we could deliver you from them.”
Anne Brontë (1820–1849) said by 1849 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A burst of passion is a fine rousing thing upon occasion, Helen, and a flood of tears is marvellously affecting, but, when indulged too often, they are both deuced plaguy things for spoiling one's beauty and tiring out one's friends.”
Anne Brontë (1820–1849) said by 1849 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Never mind our kind friends: if they can part our bodies, it is enough; in God's name, let them not sunder our souls!”
Anne Brontë (1820–1849) said by 1849 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I've always tried to push things to the limit, but when I started, the censors to be feared were old, conservative, religious men, whereas today the censors are young, rich, liberal men who seem to be against the freedom of expression I fought for. [...] people should be able to have an opinion they don't agree with and still be friends, have a dialogue, or argue about it.”
John Waters (born 1946) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Everything is so exciting at the moment. My school friends back home in Canterbury can't quite believe what I am up to. I can't wait for everyone to hear my new album”
Joseph McManners (born 1992) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I do like girls as friends, but definitely not as girlfriends. Bleurgh! Lots of girls try to hug me and tell me I'm cute, which is really embarrassing.”
Joseph McManners (born 1992) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My friends, a shower of roses from that garden As my memoir upon your heads I've rained down. Since everyone has made some kind of contribution, Set forth another revelation and passed on, So I as well like all the rest have shown The sleepers how the bird of the soul has flown.”
Attar of Nishapur (1145–1221) said by 1221 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: vv. 4491–4493, quoted as epigraph in Leonard Lewisohn and Christopher Shacklevv, eds., The Art of Spiritual Flight (London: I. B. Tauris, 2006)
“I am sitting on the sofa. By the fire and staying in. Me head is free of comfort And me nose is free of skin Me friends have run for cover, They have left me pale and sick With me pockets full of tissues And me nostrils full of Vick.”
“I, born in Essex thirty-four Essentially sexual years ago, Stepped down, looked around, and saw I had been cast a little low In the social register For the friends whom I now know. Is a constable a mister? Bob's your uncle, even so.”
George Barker (poet) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The real reason people are conservatives is that they are attached to the things that they love, and want to preserve them from abuse and decay. They are attached to their family, their friends, their religion, and their immediate environment. They have made a lifelong distinction between the things that nourish and the things that threaten their security and peace of mind.”
Roger Scruton (1944–2020) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Conservatism and the Conservatory", National Review (December 2015)
“At Quincy's moat the squandering village ends, And there in the almshouse dwell the dearest friends Of all the village, two old dames that cling As close as any trueloves in the spring.”
Edmund Charles Blunden (1896–1974) first seen 1920 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Almswomen", st. 1. The Waggoner, and Other Poems (1920) p. 15
“We are young And we are friends of time.”
Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869–1935) said by 1935 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Good thoughts his only friends, His wealth a well-spent age, The earth his sober inn And quiet pilgrimage.”
Thomas Campion (1567–1620) said by 1620 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Three things there be in man's opinion dear, Fame, many friends, and fortune's dignities: False visions all, which in our sense appear, To sanctify desire's idolatry.”
Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke (1554–1628) said by 1628 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Hail! great incendiary poets, you Futurist friends!.. Hail! Paolo Buzzi, Federico de Maria, Enrico Cavacchioli, Corrado Govoni, Libero Altomare! Let's flee the city of Paralysis, devastate Gout, and lay the great military Railroad along the flanks of Gorisankar, summit of the world!”
Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (1876–1944) said by 1944 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“How do you get up in the morning? Another wasted life it's so boring The system never failed you You failed yourself and all of your friends Now your heart is failing too A total system failure they pronounce you”
Juliana Hatfield (born 1967) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Gone are the days when my heart was young and gay, Gone are my friends from the cotton fields away, Gone from the earth to a better land I know, I hear their gentle voices calling "Old Black Joe.”
Stephen Foster (1826–1864) first seen 1860 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Old Black Joe, Firth, Pond & Co. (1860).
“In the new order a Locke was free—with almost no danger of being interfered with—to think his sublime thoughts, to seek the first causes of all things, to understand the nature of things. He could talk with his friends and teach the young. And there was money enough. The academies and universities satisfied Socrates’ demand to be fed in the prytaneum.”
Allan Bloom (1930–1992) said by 1992 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When you choose your friends with caution, plan your future with purpose, and frame your life with faith, you will merit the companionship of the Holy Spirit.”
Thomas S. Monson (1927–2018) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Decisions Determine Destiny, fireside address delivered on 6 November 2005.
“Relax, you're among friends now. The long hard day is over and the roly-poly funny man is before you.”
Craig Ferguson (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Allowances can always be made for your friends to disagree with you. Disagreement, vehement disagreement, is healthy. Debate is impossible without it. Evil does not question itself. Even the incorruptible are corruptible if they cannot accept the possibility of being mistaken.”
Craig Ferguson (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For me real peace is lying on a river bank in summer with a sprig of grass in my mouth. I have friends who jet off to a luxury hotel. I think, 'How can you enjoy such ghastly luxury?'”
Griff Rhys Jones (born 1953) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Michael Odell, "This much I know: Griff Rhys Jones", The Guardian, November 5, 2006.
“The US is a very different place. We don't want to mirror their politics. We don't want to follow everything that the current administration is doing in the UK, far from it. But the US and the Republicans are the best friends this country could have.”
Danny Kruger (born 1974) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Make friends with the angels, who though invisible are always with you.... Often invoke them, constantly praise them, and make good use of their help and assistance in all your temporal and spiritual affairs.”
Francis de Sales (1567–1622) said by 1622 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“And, forgive and forget Or canker and fret, We can be no more As we were before. When it ends it ends With friends.”
William Ernest Henley (1849–1903) said by 1903 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There let it rest. It has fought and won, And is still the best That either has done. Each as he stands The work of its hands, Which shall be more As he was before? What is it ends With friends?”
William Ernest Henley (1849–1903) first seen 1891 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 3rd ed. (New York: Scribner & Welford, 1891) pp. 111–112. Not in the 1st ed. (1891)
“Had Kala lived, Tarzan would have sacrificed all else to remain near her, but now that she was dead, and the playful friends of his childhood grown into fierce and surly brutes he felt that he much preferred the peace and solitude of his cabin to the irksome duties of leadership amongst a horde of wild beasts.”
Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875–1950) said by 1950 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Where the fuck did they make you, Kid? What's that mean? Where does someone like you come from? I've lived a lot of places. Like where? Why do you care? Just wondering. Stop wondering. Why? I don't want to make friends here. Why? I don't like good-byes. You gotta say them though. No, you don't.”
James Frey (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[Leonard] gave me the best advice that I was given while I was at the center, which was to hold on. No matter how bad or difficult life becomes, if you hold on, hold on to whatever it is you need to hold on to, be it religion, friends, a support group, a set of steps or your own heart, if you hold on, just hold on, life will get better.”
James Frey (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The only exercise I ever take is walking up hospital stairs to visit friends who've damaged themselves by taking exercise.”
Stormont Mancroft, 2nd Baron Mancroft (1914–1987) said by 1987 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I don't play this game to make friends.”
Milton Bradley (baseball) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Many years later I was told that the great specialist had admitted to friends of his that he had altered his treatment of neurasthenia since reading The Yellow Wallpaper. It was not intended to drive people crazy, but to save people from being driven crazy, and it worked.”
Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860–1935) first seen 1913 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Why I Wrote The Yellow Wallpaper" in The Forerunner (October 1913).
“To my friends pictured within.”
Edward Elgar (1857–1934) first seen 1899 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Dedication to the Enigma Variations (1899).
“My appearance in such a proud posture is owing to the support I have received from my friends of the working classes. In the words of a paraphrase of Horace, the Scottish working man is "a stubborn chiel, As hot as ginger and as true as steel.”
Henry Campbell-Bannerman (1836–1908) first seen 1868 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech from the window of his hotel, where he had been carried shoulder-high after his election for Stirling Burghs (c. 7 December 1868), quoted in J. A. Spender, The Life of The Right Hon. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman,…