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“I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.”
Henry Rollins
“It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they won't save us any more than love did.”
Francis Scott Fitzgerald
“It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.”
Marlene Dietrich
“Think twice before burdening a friend with a secret.”
Marlene Dietrich
“I'm a cultural Christian in the same way many of my friends call themselves cultural Jews or cultural Muslims.”
Richard Dawkins
“A man's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth.”
Charles Darwin
“Right before I decided to come out, I went on a spiritual retreat called 'Changing the Inner Dialogue of Your Subconscious Mind.' I'd never been to anything like it before, and all my friends were taking bets on how long I'd last with no TV, no radio, no phone. But for me that was the beginning of paying attention to all the little things.”
Ellen DeGeneres
“The essence of childhood, of course, is play, which my friends and I did endlessly on streets that we reluctantly shared with traffic.”
Bill Cosby
“One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.”
Simone de Beauvoir
“The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.”
William Blake
“Opposition is true friendship.”
William Blake
“Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.”
Francis Bacon
“Friends are thieves of time.”
Francis Bacon
“Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.”
Francis Bacon
“When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative.”
Francis Bacon
“The worst solitude is to have no real friendships.”
Francis Bacon
“A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.”
John Rockefeller
“There is no such thing as an impartial jury because there are no impartial people. There are people that argue on the web for hours about who their favorite character on 'Friends' is.”
Jon Stewart
“I never felt comfortable with myself, because I was never part of the majority. I always felt awkward and shy and on the outside of the momentum of my friends' lives.”
Steven Spielberg
“Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.”
Arthur Schopenhauer
“We can come to look upon the deaths of our enemies with as much regret as we feel for those of our friends, namely, when we miss their existence as witnesses to our success.”
Arthur Schopenhauer
“Too many Christians have a commitment of convenience. They'll stay faithful as long as it's safe and doesn't involve risk, rejection, or criticism. Instead of standing alone in the face of challenge or temptation, they check to see which way their friends are going.”
Charles Stanley
“In our friendships we have to be wise that we choose godly people to be our friends. Somebody might say, well does that mean that you should never have a lost person as your friend? No, I wouldn't say that. But you can't have the same intimacy with a lost person that you can with a godly person in whom the Holy Spirit is living.”
Charles Stanley
“Well, you don't get to do things that other children get to do, having friends and slumber parties and buddies. There were none of that for me. I didn't have friends when I was little. My brothers were my friends.”
Michael Jackson
“There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends.”
Homer
“True friends appear less moved than counterfeit.”
Homer
“A decent boldness ever meets with friends.”
Homer
“Two friends, two bodies with one soul inspired.”
Homer
“I get along with guys; most of my friends are guys. It's easier to trust men sometimes. I only have a few close girlfriends that I trust.”
Paris Hilton
“I really don't like going out anymore. I used to love it, but now it's not fun. I'd rather have friends come over and hot have to worry about crazy people taking pictures.”
Paris Hilton
