A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity. – The Bible Proverbs 17:17
The words we use have weight. Whether it’s in a conversation with a friend or something said publicly on stage or broadcast. And as performers, we know that because that’s why we choose the words we use – that’s the whole point of comedy. – Hari Kondabolu
Anyway, so here I was caught between Johnson on the one side, who was my leader, I was his whip, and here was my dear friend, personal friend, Kennedy, and they’re going to go into my state and ruin it. What am I going to do? – George Smathers
Suspicion is far more to be wrong than right; more often unjust than just. It is no friend to virtue, and always an enemy to happiness. – Hosea Ballou
Years ago a friend and fellow writer, Nick Antosca, once made a remark about it being best not to threaten, but to simply act. An effective way of going about things, I think. – Helen Oyeyemi
I have many golfer friends whom I play with, including my good friend Ian Poulter, a professional golfer who’s coming to Asia to play in a few tournaments. – Heikki Kovalainen
It’s easier to get rid of things when you’re giving them to someone who can use them, but don’t let this kind intention become a source of clutter itself. I have a friend who has multiple piles all over her house, each lovingly destined for a particular recipient. – Gretchen Rubin
As any journalist will tell you, there are few professional situations as vexing as when a friend becomes involved in a major story that you feel you must cover. – Graydon Carter
A true friend encourages us, comforts us, supports us like a big easy chair, offering us a safe refuge from the world. – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
I’ll tell you how it happened. The phone rang. Paul, my agent, goes, ‘Would you like to play Meryl Streep’s?’ I said, ‘Yeeees! I’ll do it, whatever it is.’ He said, ‘It’s Mamma Mia!.’ I said, ‘Oh no, which character? The fat friend? – Julie Walters
Here are three things you can do, even when you feel like there isn’t a friend in sight. You can be curious, you can be clean, and you can be Christlike. – John Bytheway
Being Christlike guarantees that you’ll have the most important friend of all: the Savior. He knows what it’s like to be misunderstood, lonely, and rejected. – John Bytheway
Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the other. – Honore de Balzac
In Positano, I like the San Pietro Hotel, which is run by a friend whose family has owned the hotel for more than 100 years. – Ivana Trump
My friend is a former race car driver, so he races for Mercedes, and I root for him. I have a car that I love to race, I’ll take it to the track. – Hill Harper
Romance is important, but to have a friend you can use as a mirror, who can give you an objective response, that’s what’s really important. – Jake Gyllenhaal
Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable. – Jean de La Fontaine
He who loveth a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counsellor, a cheerful companion, or an effectual comforter. – Isaac Barrow
Zhang is a friend of mine: he said forget about acting and just do normal things in the movie. – Jet Li
I went to see ‘Star Trek Into Darkness,’ and J.J. Abrams, who’s a friend of mine, made this film, and I went to see it at the premiere. Believe it or not, I was really blown away by the comic timing of it. – James Gray