I saw my friends in medical school seeming to be more engaged with the real world. That provoked a sort of jealousy, and I decided to go to medical school after all.

Our wild boar shoot at our home in Germany is always a riot because we invite lots of friends. We spend the day out in the woods, but then we get all dressed up in...

When I was a kid, among the other embarrassing things I would do, and there’s a list of stupid things, but I would make these dumb comedy tapes. I would often make prank phone calls,...

Your friends are a reflection of you.

Friends may come and go but enemies accumulate.

And you came to Finland to build a station?””No I came here on vacation to visit a friend.””That’s good,” the driver said. “Vacations and friends are the two best things in life.

Enemies are the people who think about you more than your friends do.

True friends are to people what lighthouses are to ships. No matter how stormy it gets, they stay put and light our way.

I’m glad now, at age 66, that I never used alcohol or tobacco… I’ve buried a lot of friends who used tobacco or alcohol.

Even seasonal situations can bring with them lessons that last a lifetime. If the love doesn’t last, it prepares you for the one that will.

But it would be like going to Heaven and not finding any of your friends there. Her life would go all beatific and empty in the eyes.

I greatly fear some of America’s greatest and most dangerous enemies are such as think themselves her best friends.

We are all the same and we are all different. What great friends we will be.

It wasn’t till they were on the bridge that Delly asked RB, “So, Ferris Boyd’s your favorite?” She didn’t mind, mostly.RB answered so fast, though, she knew he wasn’t fibbing. “She’s my favorite friend,” he...

It was a gusty day, and from the windows of Caroline’s top-floor flat, only the sky was visible with its little hurrying clouds. It was a day when being indoors was meaningful, wasting an afternoon...

—Por supuesto, Barramar. Te lo prometo. Somos una manada, ,recuerdas?—Recuerdo, Gryal… —se abrazó el viejo al Capitán de la Milicia—. Y lo seremos hasta el final.

I needed real help in New York and I had no friends. I looked up at those buildings, I couldn’t see the sky or nothing, and I said, ‘Well, there ain’t no mountain high enough,’...

Don’t show a friend your gift, or your bag of money if you still want to maintain your relationship, but if nay, go on, and all you’ll see is hate and jealousy, and you’ll fight...

Do you miss her?I blinked. Did I what? This was my best friend since preschool we were talking about, the girl whose snack and math homework I’d shared since before I had memorized my own...

I look out into the water and up deep into the stars. I beg the sparkling lanterns of light to cure me of myself — my past and the kaleidoscope of mistakes, failures and wrong...

I kept waiting for the part where I’d finally know who I was — some flashing, neon moment of relief, but it never came.

If you were lucky, very lucky indeed, there were one or two people in your life who you could tell the unvarnished truth too, shell and egg. And that these people held the essence of...

Who wants to be used? I love to read, so books are my main friends. They’re always available, always friendly, and always interesting, and they never make me choose sides.

All my friends seem to be smart arses. Don’t ask me why. Like many things, it is what it is.

When a character comes to life, it’s like meeting a new friend for the first time.

After our loved one dies: we cry, not because they left; but because they left us.

I think that it is important to be gregarious, and that friendships are not just a leisure pursuit, that they are an integral part of what it is to be human, and one does better...

Friends don’t menace friends with giant terrifying swords, okay?

Wherever you go in the next catastrophéBe it sickroom, or prison, or cemet’ryDo not fear that your stay will besolit’ryCountless souls share your fate,you’ll have company!

Better to be slapped with the truth than kissed with a lie.

Mrs. Kaspar” sounded too like a phone solicitor, which would not do after having kissed the circumference of her son’s neck.

Love is your addiction to an eternal longing for someone…A thirst which one cannot relinquish

Often we see detox as a solitary pursuit, something we have to muscle up for and go it alone. But the truth is that it will be easier and healthier if you find a way...

It’s my job as best friend to make sure he’s not a serial killer. Or an English major, not sure which one’s worse.

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

I didn’t tell her, because I didn’t think it would help, but all people are lost, to varying degrees. I suspected that it’s only when we love others—through purpose, friendship, romance, or any combination thereof—that...

Sometimes there are stormy moments in your life when your friends do more than just walk with you; they become angels that carry you and protect you with their wings.

Whether it is with friends or family, I expect them to set a great example for me, and hopefully I will do the same for them. And that is all part of being a leader.

And George Brett. I think most people know that George and I have become pretty good friends over the years.

Irony of “importance”: Those who deserve, don’t get it; Those who don’t, get it in abundance by you.

My friends are my inspiration, and all of them are true friends that support me. On a daily basis, I know that I have my friends to rely on.

I mean I can do it when I’m very relaxed, and with good friends, then I think I can be amusing.

Don’t waste your time trying to explain yourself to people that are committed to misunderstanding you. Instead, commit your time to explaining who they are to them. When you get a person to see the...

It’s funny how even when you’ve lived with someone your whole life, they can still surprise you.

I have always done my duty. I am ready to die. My only regret is for the friends I leave behind me.

You never lose friends. You just discover who your real friends are.

By the way, Doctor, I shall want your cooperation.”I shall be delighted.”You don’t mind breaking the law?”Not in the least.”Nor running a chance of arrest?”Not in a good cause.”Oh, the cause is excellent!”Then I am...

Die Freunde, an die ich denke, sind in der Zeit gefangen wie in einem Film. Sie (viele von ihnen sind tot, verschollen) sind in dem Alter, in dem ich sie zuletzt gesehen habe; ich bezweifle,...

Other than friends and family, my favorite things are New York and stand-up. I love doing comedy in New York – I can do way more stand-up here than in Los Angeles.

Prosperity has many friends, even adversity has a few friends, but originality practicing the reality of altruistic humanity in life has only true friends.