Friend Quotations | Page 9

This is such a moving experience. I've been in films for 52 years. I've made over 140 movies plus that wonderful series I did with my good friend Sir Roger.

This is so unfair and so outrageous and so maddening it's beyond my ability to express it in socially acceptable terms. So we'll just reserve our thoughts and our prayers for our friend and her family.

This is the best money I've ever spent. It's tough watching a friend go over.

This company has not been a friend to the United States and I think this will affect our national security in this country.

Think twice or more before you start doing something for someone, it may be a good thing what you want to do or it may cause a bad effect from what you want to do, because it is not done for yourself. The pleasure or sadness of your friend or of your enemy which will come as a result of your action should not be bothering you as a regret one day...

This is a bittersweet win because I lost a good friend here six years ago. It was important for me to win here today for several reasons. Tony and I battled all day, and this is a great way to finish the season. For Tony to have helped me out at the end really means a lot. There's more to racing than kicking the heck out of your teammate; you have to work as a team and we proved that today.

This guy pretended to date me and to prove it to his friend Michael, persuaded me to go for a bike ride where conveniently Mike would be.

They thought I was a friend of mine, ... It's the same thing that happens in the 'hood here. I was the victim, but it wasn't for me.

A man cannot speak to his son but as a father, to his wife but as a husband, to his enemy but upon terms; whereas a friend may speak as the case requires, and not as it sorteth with the person.

A male friend of mine recently told me that if he should so much as look at any women other than me, I was to club him in the head. Hard. He said it would save him some pain he was sure of it. Giving a woman the promise of permitted violence...difficult to pass that offer up.

Always treat your employees as you would like to be treated, but never cross the line by making a friend of an employee.

A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world; but very few real friends.

They may not be with their parents, but they are with a family member or a friend or somebody that is taking care of them. We've reunited all the ones that were displaced.

There was no interest at all. My friend asked me to go, so I did. He must have been tired or something, because he didn't speak a word. So I thought, 'What a boring guy.' I actually left pretty early.

There was still a long way to cut on the tree, so I didn't expect it to snap. Then I heard my friend call out, and I turned to look.

This kid brought in his car and a friend an I changed his starter. It's nice to know about cars in case something happens to my car.

This is a very tragic circumstance, obviously. I'm here as Dan's close friend and colleague and associate to support him and the Vitale family, and they're doing as well as can be expected under the circumstances. Just to let everyone know, they're doing fine, but it's a very painful time.

They're real coaches. They talk to me as a friend and as a coach.

The relationship with Atlantic Records was always a personal one. Our friend and mentor, Ahmet Ertegun, was our main contact at Atlantic and our relationship was based on mutual respect. He is a fine musician, singer and producer.

A teammate's a teammate whether he's a freshman or not. It doesn't matter if we know him as a best friend or just as a recruit coming in. We're there for him. John's got a quiet personality to begin with so it's hard to judge, but I think he's holding up all right.

Allowing a friend to careen toward self destruction is not friendship. That is a habit the United States needs to break as it pursues a richer and more deeply supportive relationship with Israel.

A boys best friend is his mother and there's no spancel stronger than her apron string.

The most-asked question when someone describes a novel, movie or short story to a friend probably is, 'How does it end?' Endings carry tremendous weight with readers; if they don't like the ending, chances are they'll say they didn't like the work. Failed endings are also the most common problems editors have with submitted works.

A Code of Honor: Never approach a friend's friend or wife with mischief as your goal. There are just too many women in the world to justify that sort of dishonorable behavior. Unless she's really attractive.

It seems to me that the best relationships-- the ones that last-- are frequently the ones that are rooted in friendship. You know, one day you look at the person and you see something more than you did the night before. Like a switch has been flicked somewhere. And the person who was just a friend is... suddenly the only person you can ever imagine yourself with.

It seems perfectly reasonable for the president to want members of the executive branch to be loyal to him and to follow his directions rather than those of the bureaucracies they lead. They will leave their positions when the president leaves. Making a lifetime appointment of a friend to the Supreme Court is a whole different matter.

It was one of those things where we definitely wanted a family friend, ... We didn't want someone from too far outside the family, because sometimes you might not know what the intentions behind it are. With Lorie, she's a great friend to our family, as well as a great person. We've known her a long time. It was perfect.

It was a lovely day, so quiet. My husband, Tim, and I were skiing with our two boys and a friend in Yellowstone National Park on Dec. 30, when all of a sudden, we heard the noise of a snowmobile.

It was stunning because Todd ... is a very good friend of mine, and I didn't know he had a problem. I felt I had let him down as a friend because I didn't see it. I didn't know if I could help him or not. I took some bullets here locally because I defended him and I stood by him. What kind of friend would I have been if I hadn't been there for him?

it was a very sad day for Macedonia that loses a wise and balanced leader. A very sad day for the Balkan region for whose integration he had spent so much effort. And a very sad day for Europe that loses a friend and a supporter of the values of tolerance on which our union is based.

It's a warm, loving, sensuous kind of sexiness. It's not just about a body-part exchange. When she's with someone, she makes you feel like her best friend who happens to be in love with you.

It's awfully tough -- it's painful -- when a friend gives you justifiable criticism, and that's what Joe did,

It's actually kind of a recent idea that in order to judge a nominee, you had to have tons and tons of paper, ... For most of history it was, you know, someone's nominated, probably a friend of the president ... You had hearings, and in the hearings you asked some questions, and the questions gave you the answers, and that was it. No one asked about how you were going to rule in Roe v. Wade, how you were going to rule in Miranda, whatever.

It's a bittersweet experience. It's great to have a Derby contender named after you -- it will definitely put you on a high -- but knowing I am standing in the shoes of my friend takes the edge off a bit.

It's a fun, new, innovative way to get out the message about drinking and driving. We want to get people thinking about how much they've had to drink, and maybe they'll call a cab or a friend to take them home.

I told him you never know, I might be out there with you. Whenever you lose a teammate it's rough. When you lose a friend it's worse.

I told him, 'You don't need to get gigs from the union. You can make your own band,' ... That's how he did it. He went down to the coffeehouse I told him to go to. A month later, I'm around the corner at another cafe. Friend of mine comes up and says, 'You gotta hear this band! This guy was great!' And I went around the corner and went, 'It's him! It's that guy!' He was so magical.

I told him I'm sorry. You just never want to beat your best friend knowing that they bowled a better game. I was just fortunate today. The breaks went my way.

It really depends on what degree of accuracy you're looking for. If it's just crashing a plane, that takes no more competency than crashing a bus. There is software available. It comes up and it's a 757 flight deck. A friend of mine pulled it up and it's Chicago's O'Hare Airport and there is the Sears Tower Building. You might be able to practice this on your home PC.

It's a little like the Mafia. A friend of mine is a friend of yours.

I told them my concerns of how Kyle walked out of the school unnoticed and how my friend came by and picked up my other two children (last week) when (my friend) was not on the list (of those authorized to do so). Too many times people are walking the hall with no visitor's badge on, and it could be anybody walking off the street.

It's very difficult to go that route. When I've needed help, I've had people there. Mentally, you need a best friend to talk to. I talk to my brother (Nathan) nearly every day, whether I'm playing good or bad, because he understands the game.

It's true, I am a control freak and I am incredibly anal-retentive, as my friend Stephen King has pointed out.

For if there is anything to one's praise, it is foolish vanity to be gratified at it, and if it is abuse -- why one is always sure to hear of it from one damned good-natured friend or another!

For life, with all its yields of joy and woe, And hope and fear, - believe the aged friend - Is just a chance o' the prize of learning love

For me, it's not as strange. Johnny's a good friend of mine. You know what's strange? When you look down the locker room and you realize all the guys you played with the past couple years are kind of gone. You got new players and personalities you have to get used to and deal with.

For me, every moment is a different situation. Maybe in 2000, '99, I could come here and win a match, it would be one match for me, not a good result. But right now, it's important because I'm able to play another match. Basically, I have no contracts, so I try to find different shirts. In Brazil, I have a friend that is making them for me. Every tournament I'm using a different shirt.

It's too bad to see a teammate go down and a good friend like that. It's unfortunate, but I'm just going to do the things I've been doing, that's working hard and working on preparation.

It's obviously been a difficult day for me. Not only have I lost a great friend and mentor, but the game of basketball has lost one of its true pioneers. She not only made a huge difference in my life, but in the life of everyone associated with women's basketball.

It's not worth losing a friend over, but we had 15 very awkward holes after that,

It's the loss of a personal friend here locally and the loss to Fresno overall of a physician activist in the community who helped shape policy toward public health and air quality in this community for the last five years,

It's like competing with your best friend right beside you. They are phenomenal competitors who only make each other better.

It is well that there is no one without a fault; for he would not have a friend in the world

It's almost like closure. Tom (Moody Sr.) is a friend of mine, and I did it out of respect for him.

It's kind of tough seeing David go through that, being a friend and a fellow quarterback.

It's funny, isn't it? How your best friend can just blow up like that?

It's been a great relationship, and the consistency helps out. He's a mentor, father figure, a friend and extremely loyal guy. He's loyal to his coaches, and in turn we work hard and are loyal to him also.

It's sad that because I have one friend who is in the public eye, just being seen out together once means we're romantically involved. But I don't take it seriously, and it doesn't really affect me much.

It's tough when something that's been a part of your life is over. It's hard. (Sam) was the guy I saw right away. He's been my best friend and my best coach. So I wanted to go over and give him a hug.

David Dinkins is a guy who has been there and he was, I thought -- he is a friend of mine and he'll have to make his decisions as to who he supports.

David was dealing with a person who was a friend and colleague. He also had to think about what all this meant for the news division. My observation is that he always erred on the human side of his role, and his job to be a friend to Peter.

David's my best friend on the team, a great teammate, a great player. Everyone's going to miss him. I guess you can never have too much pitching, but it's tough to lose David.

Danny was never a follower, always a trendsetter. I've had the pleasure of getting to know Danny as a friend and I am honoured to call him my English brother. He will forever be a legend in my eyes.

Dave asked me to be his campaign treasurer, and there was no question that I would, because he is a very good friend of mine. But I had no idea what a campaign treasurer does.

Do not tell a friend anything you would conceal from an enemy.

Congressman Hunter is a close friend of Mr. Cunningham's, and friends don't abandon each other during times of difficulty.

You took from me my best friend and the father of my children.

Then one wonderful spring morning, my friend called to ask me to go for a ride so she could show me something,

Then when I was fifteen, fourteen, a friend of mine and I from Scarsdale used to come into New York every Saturday to see a matinee on Broadway.

That's a good idea! Now, what do you think I should get for my turtle friend here, Denver?

It's nice to be important, but you know what, it's more important to be nice. ... If you live with that, you'll have friends all over the world and you'll be a friend of everybody.

It's not a simple issue. People with eating disorders are very secretive. Unless you can get the friend to come in, there isn't a lot health services can do until the person comes in for help.

Everyone at ABC and ESPN mourns the loss of a great friend and colleague. Chris was a pioneer in sports television and was the pre-eminent play-by-play announcer to a generation of sports fans, ... More importantly, he was a true gentleman, beloved by all. He treated everyone with respect and friendship.

The book of 'The Hobbit' was given to me to read by a friend of my mother when I was about 12 years old: it set my life on a different path. Next, I read 'The Lord of The Rings' trilogy, then 'The Silmarillion' and Homers 'The Odyssey' and every Greek/Roman/Viking myth book I could get my hands on. Pretty heavy reading for a 12 year old.

Still on the lookout for experience, in the summer of '67 I hitched a ride to Provincetown, on the tip of Cape Cod, with a friend with a stolen Mustang.

Still, a lot of people don't take eBay seriously ... We have an artist friend who was at a Los Angeles seminar on marketing art and he was told, 'If you want to be taken seriously, get off eBay.' He then told them that he'd made $150,000 in art on eBay last year. He was immediately told, 'Keep doing what you're doing.'

That has been a real help to us to bring in more people because there is such a love and excitement with the live steam engine. Joe is a great friend and a wonderful friend to model railroading. This is a labor of love for all of us. We get paid by the smiles and the happiness of kids of all ages.

That guy across from me is not trying to be my friend once we're out there and I'm not trying to be his either. We're not playing just to go out there and put on a show and let these guys win the game.

Syria has been and will be a friend of Spain. It will not be the target of any war actions,

Sylvia and I go back 32 years to when we were in grad school at Tennessee and she coached my junior varsity team. I value her as a dear friend in this profession. When you've been in it this long, you make a lot of people mad.

Take God for your spouse and friend and walk with him continually, and you will not sin and will learn to love, and the things you must do will work out prosperously for you.

Take parking monitors for instance. How boring would that be unless you had a friend to do it with you?

support of the kingdom to its friend the United States during its misfortune.

It's certainly no surprise to me, what Tony has done there. I'm a good friend of his, I know he's a winner. He took three points off me here in our own back yard and he knows I'll be smarting from that. We'll have to go there and be at our best.

It's always tough to play a friend but apart from that, I consider Ivan to be probably the best player, behind (Roger) Federer, since the indoor season last year. It's a great win and great for my confidence.

It's always tough to lose a friend under the conditions his life was taken.

It just so happens that your friend here is only mostly dead. There's a big difference between mostly dead and all dead.

It's great. It's hard to see her in orange and black, but she's a great friend to all of us and it will be fun.

It seemed unusual to us that Sen. Stevens would be interested in this mine in particular. He's been no friend to environmentalists.

It was nice to go up there and see Carroll had a full house. He would have enjoyed that. He was a nice guy, and a wonderful friend for 42 years.

It wasn't a good feeling for anybody. As a friend and teammate, you want him to be OK and healthy and in the lineup. Who knows what's going to happen? But obviously he's a huge part of our team, he's our leader, and we want him in there.

It was never going to be The Paul and Bob Show. Instead, the idea of me presenting a friend who was also a colleague to speak about what inspired him -- his salad-dressing company, his racing interests, his camp for children -- those were areas that I thought were worthy of attention.

It was a good friend of mine, actually. It's always a little extra incentive when you're playing against your friends out there.

I walked into a rest room here on campus and I bumped into him, ... We both said excuse me and were on our separate ways. I asked a mutual friend who I had bumped into and they said, That's someone you should really get to know.'

I've known her 18 years. She's been a mentor and a friend and a great administrator, and I think she's done great things for the district, and it's the decision that should have been made.

I've had injuries but not the devastation we've had this year. You think about high school kids and they don't have all the stuff that adults have. All they really have is their cars and their friends. To lose a friend is a big part of their world. But kids are pretty resilient. We talked about how Blake worked hard to get where he was. His body won't be on the field but his spirit will be there with us.

I've known members of other bands who strongly recommended we call up Club Congress and check them out. I have a friend who spent a lot of time there when he was living in Tucson, and he just raved about it.

I've known Jason since he was about 18, and he got in touch with me through our mutual friend Phil Carson, who I knew when he was an executive at Atlantic Records, Foreigner's original label.

I've got three rounds to learn about the golf course. I've e-mailed our mutual friend in the U.S. to try and play a practice round with Vijay as he knows the course very well. Hopefully, I'll get a chance.

I've got a friend from Seton Hall, so I was surprised to see them make the tournament. I was also surprised to see Tennessee get a No. 2 seed. We've really got to win some games to meet those guys.