Subject: People » Friends

I always like to know everything about my new friends, and nothing about my old ones.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

Sewing Circle: Where friendship hangs by a thread.

I had a friend who was a clown and when he died, all his friends went to the funeral in one car.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

It is not necessary to have enemies if you go out of your way to make friends hate you.

(1902 – 1963) Danish actor

It's wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn't used to like.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

I have three kinds of friends: those who love me, those who pay no attention to me, and those who detest me.

(1741 – 1794) French writer

Money can’t buy friends, but it can get you a better class of enemy.

(1918 – 2002) Irish comedian, writer, musician, poet & playwright

He's a fine friend; he stabs you in the front.

(1904 – 1974) American author & radio producer

A friend who is near and dear may in time become as useless as a relative.

(1672 – 1719) English essasyist, poet & politician

You know how your friends are all morons, and they got the stories wrong all the time?… it’s the same here with the Bible.

(1960 – ) American stand-up comedian & writer

I know we were buddies because he threatened to kill me on no fewer than three occasions, and he did that only to his friends.

(1935) British film director, producer & food critic

How do people make new mates?… asking for a friend.

Comedian & writer

Before borrowing from a friend, decide which you need most.

Friend: A good friend is like a good bra… hard to find, supportive, comfortable, and always close to your heart.

I'm not buddy-buddy with the players. If they need a buddy, let them buy a dog.

(1931 – ) American baseball player & manager

An enemy can partly ruin a man, but it takes a good-natured injudicious friend to complete the thing and make it perfect.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

Everyone I like stays the hell away from me.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)

Champagne for my real friends, and real pain for my sham friends.

(1949 – ) American singer-songwriter, composer & actor

We cherish our friends not for their ability to amuse us, but for ours to amuse them.

(1903 – 1966) English writer

I’ve got a friend whose nickname is “Shagger” … you might think that’s pretty cool; she doesn’t like it.

(1972 – ) Anglo-Irish comedian, writer & actor

I got my period today; I’m happy ’cause most of my friends got it when they were 13.

(1961 – ) American stand-up comedian