All colors are the friends of their neighbors and the lovers of their opposites. —Marc Chagall More about this quote Tags: love friends neighbors colors Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Jim Moore, founder of a famous New York restaurant, had many friends in the theatrical world. As he grew older, several of them died and were sorely missed by Moore. One Friday afternoon he made a pilgrimage to the graves of those departed friends, remonstrating with them for their thoughtlessness in dying. When he got to George M. Cohan's grave, he took out a parcel of fish and thumped it against the headstone. "In case you don't know," he shouted, "today's Friday, and I just want you to see what you're missing. —Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes More about this quote Tags: friends death fish theatre Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I love everything that's old,—old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine. —Oliver Goldsmith More about this quote Tags: friends books wine old Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
When you're young, you always think you'll meet all sorts of wonderful people, that drifting apart and losing friends is natural. You don't worry, at first, about the friends you leave behind. But as you get older, it gets harder to build friendships. Too many defenses, too little opportunity. You get busy. And by the time you realize that you've lost the dearest best friend you've ever had, years have gone by and you're mature enough to be embarrassed by your attitude and, frankly, by your arrogance. —Kate Jacobs in The Friday Night Knitting Club More about this quote Tags: friendship friends youth opportunity busyness attitude arrogance defense Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
You can go through life and make new friends every year — every month practically — but there was never any substitute for those friendships of childhood that survive into adult years. —Alexander McCall Smith in The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency More about this quote Tags: life friendship friends childhood Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers. —Charles W. Eliot More about this quote Tags: friends wisdom books teachers Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The more I traveled, the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends. —Shirley MacLaine More about this quote Tags: friends travel familiarity strangers Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Our friends have a way of reminding us of how fabulous we are when the rest of the world has forgotten. —Mandy Hale in The Single Woman More about this quote Tags: friends forgetting remembering Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It's impossible to be loyal to your family, your friends, your country, and your principles, all at the same time. —Mignon McLaughlin More about this quote Tags: friends family loyalty Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
As the day grew brighter, he grew dimmer, and more of his friends gathered around his bed. They took up their oars and rowed with him as far as they could. —Carrie Fisher More about this quote Tags: friends death darkness passage Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Whenever you break up with someone, you don't just break up with one person. You break up with their family, their friends, and their dog. —Gemma Burgess in A Girl Like You More about this quote Tags: friends family Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
You want a friend in Washington? Get a dog. —Harry S. Truman More about this quote Tags: politics friends USA Washington Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
My old man used to say you could be dollar-poor but emotionally rich if you had one good friend. —Fern Michaels in The Guest List More about this quote Tags: friends money wealth Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I don't like to commit myself about heaven and hell-you see, I have friends in both places. —Mark Twain More about this quote Tags: friends humor hell heaven Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email