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“I was born and raised on a farm, ringed with fields and forests, where even to arrive at the nearest village was a serious journey, especially for a child’s tiny feet. I had no friends. Instead of friends, I had trees, and I spoke to them.”
Rachel Korn (1898–1982) said by 1982 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Make u no worry. That be how life be. Sometimes it go up, up, up, and sometimes it come down, down, down. When it go up, you get many friends. But when it come down, your friends run away.”
Adaora Lily Ulasi (1932–2016) said by 2016 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“His white man had even tried to make friends with him because the other mine boys respected him so much. But a white man and a black man cannot be friends. They work together. That's all.”
Peter Abrahams (1919–2017) said by 2017 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Most people think the three of us are friends, since we’re almost always seen together. But we’re not friends. Our relationship is a transaction.”
Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé (born 1998) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Both family and friends come to visit every now and then. We’re used to a long-distant social life in Kenya as everyone lives miles apart, so you tend to stay overnight if you go to visit someone. That being said our lives are full of social interaction in Samburu, with many people coming through Camp both from abroad and from the local nomadic communities. . Speaking of family and friends.”
Saba Iassa Douglas-Hamilton (born 1970) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“New friends forbear, and let old friends remember With pity him who ends his course to-day; Nor heap with scorn his grave in dead December Whose life bore golden promises in May.”
Philip Henry Savage (1868–1899) first seen 1898 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: December"; Poems (1898), p. 46
“Loyal be to loyal friends; Make them pay you dividends; Work, like the industrious bee, Your friends and foes impartially.”
Samuel Hoffenstein (1890–1947) said by 1947 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“According to Aristotle, true happiness consists in doing the things we enjoy most with our friends. [...] Those who love philosophy love above all else to philosophise (in Greek: sum-philosophein) with their friends.”
Enrico Berti (1935–2022) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Grazie prof. Berti per aver fatto filosofia insieme a noi!, youtube.com, 19 March 2022 (1:40'-2:58')
“I am a Christian with room to spare and feel that we all need to do our part in times of trouble, we are a reasonable drive from many of the affected areas. I have already reached out to friends of mine in the Raleigh-Durham area. I also have lots of friends in this area who would be willing to help.”
Mary Jackson (engineer) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have many friends at all three, and no matter which one I chose, two-thirds of my friends would be unhappy that I didn’t chose them.”
Andrei Broder (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I sometimes think that, in the desperate straits of humanity today, we would be grateful to have nonhuman friends, even if they are only the friends we build ourselves." —Isaac Asimov, Robot Visions”
Kate Darling (born 1982) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Leah had not realized until she sat down at the table with her book club friends that she'd been waiting all year for this moment. To reunite with women who understood and didn't judge her, and women whom she could call friends.”
Rochelle Alers (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It has earned me CAF assignments; numerous ones in fact. I travel without paying tickets. I live in luxurious hotels without paying a dime. I meet people in high places, make friends with people I wouldn’t have ordinarily been friends with. So, in a nutshell, it has molded my life. You need to be disciplined. You need to know how to relate to people.”
Mercy Tagoe (born 1978) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I live alone to work ... My friends are very few now, but more quality. Friends, family and works of art are the only reasons why I live.”
Rita Angus (1908–1970) said by 1970 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As stated in NZ On Screen's "Lovely Rita," NZ On Screen 2007. NZ On Screen. Published: 2007.
“Lifeline talaga ‘yung mga friends na totoo (true friends really are a lifeline.”
Barbie Almalbis (born 1977) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: How Faith, Friendship, And Heavy Metal Helped Barbie Almalbis Create Her New Album, ‘Not That Girl’ Billboard Philippines, 13 January 2025.
“When I’m not acting, I work behind the scenes with a group of talented individuals from Stronghold MNL, which is a production company that I own with a bunch of friends from DLS-CSB. The newest addition to my schedule is that some of my friends and I are about to start a line of lounge sets, room scents, and candles—so watch out for that!”
Lauren Young (born 1993) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lauren Young on How She Stays Authentic in Life and in Fashion, Written by: Jacque De Borja 10 April 2017.
“For years, bullies made me believe that I was worthless and that my soul was insignificant until I defeated them with music. I want to convey this message to young people who are bullied because they are gay or for other reasons: persevere and you too will defeat them. And to the friends of those who are bullied: be good allies and help your friends. Your soul is at stake.”
J-Ax (born 1972) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have always found this relationship of friends very beautiful. It made a lot of sense to me when my sister, Zoya, told me that during our growing up years, friends played a very important part for us.”
Farhan Akhtar (born 1974) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Indo-Asian News Service (24 July 2011). "Farhan Akhtar: For the love of friendship". The Tribune.
“Tenacity, and a certain rigidity of manner, alternated with a tendency to cry easily (a flaw that had not yet become a virtue in politics, and for which her friends sometimes teased her good-naturedly). Adelaide's last battle was against breast cancer. She faced this too with sobriety and courage, as one of the many political battles fought alongside her lifelong friends.”
Eugenia Roccella (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The water placed in goblet, bowl or cup Changes its form to its receptacle; And so our plastic souls take various shapes And characters of good or ill, to fit The good or evil in the friends we choose. Therefore be ever careful in your choice of friends, And let your special love be given to those Whose strength of character may prove the whip, That drives you ever to fair Wisdom’s goal.”
Emperor Meiji (1852–1912) first seen 1904 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Poem written for the students at the Peeresses' School of Tokyo. Translated by Arthur Lloyd as "Wisdom's Goal" for the NYC Independent, vol. 57, no. 2,913 (Sep. 29, 1904), p. 705
“Some assistant coaches will always try to pave the way for their unemployed friends. They want to find jobs for their friends”
Steve Lekoelea (born 1979) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 2024, KICKOFF by Sipho Mlothi
“It was a truly special time. Faf and I were teammates and friends at the Springboks before he came to Japan, but our time together at the Eagles made us best friends”
Jesse Kriel (born 1994) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Family. Gotta have my family involved, and I think that's kinda part of why I also love partnering with Lilly. They're just from my hometown. You know? I grew up seeing a lot of my mom's friends work there, my dad's friends, or I drive by on the street and see it. But, yeah, just having those core values, those good morals. And, again, I wanna work with people that wanna help people.”
Trevor Jackson (born 1996) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I was always singing and dancing for my brothers friends when he came back home from college. One day, I wanted to sing for him and his friends, and one of them offered me $20. I knew I was going places! LOL I was always ready to perform for anyone who would listen. I was never shy so naturally, my mom noticed that and enrolled me into acting class. I landed an agent and the rest is history!”
Porscha Coleman (born 1985) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I don't know because I'm having a big Thanksgiving at my house. I will be cooking, having a DJ, bartender, and games. I have invited many guests to enjoy Thanksgiving dinner with us, like my husband and my family, friends, and a few of my industry friends. Therefore, these celebrations will be incorporated into the Thanksgiving gathering.”
Tamika Scott (born 1975) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I love to see my friends achieve their goals and succeed at what they set out to do. Witnessing their happiness and fulfillment brings me joy. I'm a people person, so I enjoy engaging with others and asking questions to learn more about them. Seeing people live out their dreams and fulfill their destinies also makes me smile, whether they are friends or strangers.”
Tamika Scott (born 1975) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Good friends we have had, oh good friends we've lost along the way In this bright future you can't forget your past So dry your tears I say No woman, no cry No woman, no cry Little darlin' don't shed no tears No woman, no cry”
Bob Marley (disputed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Tupac Shakur: "I was letting people dictate who should be my friends. I felt like because I was this big Black Panther type of nigga, I couldn't be friends with Madonna. And so I dissed her, even though she showed me nothing but love. I felt bad, because when I went to jail, I called her and she was the only person that was willing to help me.”
Madonna (entertainer) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Men met each other with erected look, The steps were higher that they took; Friends to congratulate their friends made haste, And long inveterate foes saluted as they pass'd.”
John Dryden (1631–1700) said by 1700 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“It was not then possible to forecast with certainty whether and how long the Czar's friendship would remain a realisable political asset. In any case, however, simple common sense enjoined us not to let it fall into the possession of our enemies, whom we might discern in the Poles, the philo-Polish Russians, and, ultimately, probably in the French.”
Otto von Bismarck (1815–1898) said by 1898 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A sudden thought strikes me,—let us swear an eternal friendship.”
John Hookham Frere (1769–1846) said by 1846 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Rovers, Act i, Sc. 1, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Compare: "Let us embrace, and from this very moment vow an eternal misery together", Thomas Otway, The Orphan, Act iv., Sc. 2.; "My …
Also quoted by: J. Hookham Frere
“Good to the poor, to kindred dear, To servants kind, to friendship clear, To nothing but herself severe.”
Thomas Carew (1594–1640) said by 1640 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I wish to salute the intransigent patriotism and the unflinching determination for independence of the Roumanian president. I was allied to him by a true friendship.”
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919–1980) said by 1980 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Love seeks a guerdon; friendship is as God, Who gives and asks no payment.”
Richard Hovey (1864–1900) said by 1900 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Friendship lives on its income, love devours its capital.”
Arsène Houssaye (1814–1896) said by 1896 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In: James O'Donnell Bennett (1908) When Good Fellows Get Together, p. 147
“And oh! I shall find how, day by day, All thoughts and things look older; How the laugh of pleasure grows less gay, And the heart of friendship colder.”
Winthrop Mackworth Praed (1802–1839) said by 1839 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Twenty-eight and Twenty-nine" in The Poetical Works of Winthrop Mackworth Praed (published 1860) p. 212.
“For thousands of years humankind's finest minds have been struggling with the theoretical problem of finding the forms that would give peoples the possibility, without the greatest of torment, without internecine strife, of living side by side in friendship and brotherhood. Practically speaking, the first step in this direction is only being taken now, today.”
Mikhail Kalinin (1875–1946) said by 1946 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Closing speech after the formation of the USSR by the Unification Congress. Quoted in "Survivor From An Unknown War: The Life of Isakjan Narzikul" - Page 3 - by Stephen Lee Crane - 1999
“There is no such thing as eternal friendship or eternal hostility–-only eternal interests.”
Abd Al-Hamid Al-Ansari wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Tyrannical towards himself, he must be tyrannical towards others. All the gentle and enervating sentiments of kind ship, love, friendship, gratitude and even honor must be suppressed in him and give place to the cold and single minded passion for revolution.”
Sergey Nechayev (1847–1882) said by 1882 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The revolutionary can have no friendship or attachment, except for those who have proved by their actions that they, like him, are dedicated to revolution.”
Sergey Nechayev (1847–1882) said by 1882 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Although the troops have struck us, we throw it all behind and are glad to meet you in peace and friendship.”
Black Kettle (1803–1868) said by 1868 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“And as our friendship grew, and I learned more about Barack, he introduced me to the work he'd done when he first moved to Chicago after college. Instead of heading to Wall Street, Barack had gone to work in neighborhoods devastated when steel plants shut down and jobs dried up. And he'd been invited back to speak to people from those neighborhoods about how to rebuild their community.”
Michelle Obama (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Friendship, like light, multiplies when it’s shared.”
Michelle Obama (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To try to regulate the internal affairs of a family, the relations of love or friendship, or many other things of the same sort, by law or by the coercion of public opinion, is like trying to pull an eyelash out of a man’s eye with a pair of tongs. They may put out the eye, but they will never get hold of the eyelash”
James Fitzjames Stephen (1829–1894) said by 1894 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Now is it their friendship I want, he wondered, or their dependency?…Am I so tired and so purposeless that I want to keep them with me forever, living off their need and their loneliness? You can’t do that, Jonathan. They are minds, and you cannot make minds dependent on you. That would surely make you the devil.”
Peter S. Beagle (born 1939) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I had eventually come to understand that friendship was a delicate, gradual process that mustn't be rushed or seized upon but allowed and encouraged to take its course over time. I pictured it as a butterfly, simultaneously beautiful and fragile, that once afloat belonged to the air and any attempt to grab at it would only destroy it.”
Daniel Tammet (born 1979) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Because most people are not sufficiently employed in themselves, they run about loose, hungering for employment, and satisfy themselves in various supererogatory occupations. The easiest of these occupations, which have all to do with making things already made, is the making of people: it is called the art of friendship.”
Laura Riding (1901–1991) first seen 1928 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Myth" from Anarchism Is Not Enough (London: Jonathan Cape, 1928)
“They call it "friendship" and "peace," and further "harmony" and "unanimity": for these are all cohesive and unificatory of opposites and dissimilars. Hence they also call it "marriage." And there are also three ages in life.”
Iamblichus (245–325) said by 325 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I only included things that everybody likes, like violence, flowers, children, women, friendship and death.”
Tomonobu Itagaki (1967–2025) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Talking about his Ninja Gaiden II game in the Wall Street Journal, June 5, 2008, p. B8, "The Game Turns Serious".
“Books should be closed each year, especially in partnership because frequent accounting makes for long friendship.”
Luca Pacioli (1440–1517) first seen 1494 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: (Venice 1494)