Subject: People » Friends

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

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

I don’t want to lose weight; my tongue and my taste buds are the only friends I got.

American stand-up comedian

I am a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn’t have the heart to let him down.

(1809 – 1865) 16th U.S. president

Friends come and go, but enemies accumulate.

Friendship is not possible between two women, one of whom is very well dressed.

(1944 – 1992) American author

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

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

Everyone I like stays the hell away from me.

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

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

There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate.

(1812 – 1870) English novelist

In times of prosperity friends will be plenty, in times of adversity not one in twenty.

I honestly believe there is absolutely nothing like going to bed with a good book… or a friend who’s read one.

(1906 – 1972) pianist, composer, author, comedian & actor

A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success!

(1926 – ) newspaper columnist

A friend in need is a pest.

(1925 – ) English actor

Love is staying up all night with a sick child… or a healthy adult.

(1939 – ) British journalist, comedian, writer & media personality

A lifelong friend is one you haven't borrowed money from yet.

(1914 – 1953) Welsh-born poet & writer

To find out a girl’s faults, praise her to her girl friends.

(1706 – 1790) American statesman, author, scientist & inventor

An old friend will help you move; a good friend will help you move a dead body.


Sewing Circle: Where friendship hangs by a thread.

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

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

Comedian & writer