Subject: People » Friends (Page 2)

A friend in need is a pest.

(1925 – ) English actor

I was the kid next door’s imaginary friend.

(1956 – ) American comedian

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

(1812 – 1870) English novelist

Friend: Someone who thinks you’re a good egg even though you’re slightly cracked.

I have lost friends, some by death… others through sheer inability to cross the street.

(1882 – 1941) English novelist, essayist, publisher & feminist

Optimist: The sort of man who marries his sister’s best friend.

(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist

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

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

(1931 – ) American baseball player & manager

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


We thought it was a bad idea you guys got married, but we didn’t feel like we could say anything because it was open bar.

(1974 – ) American stand-up comedian

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

Have you ever thought about registering as a sex offender just so your friends won’t bring their kids over to your house?

(1967 – ) American stand-up comedian & actor

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

(1903 – 1966) English writer

It is important to our friends to believe that we are unreservedly frank with them, and important to friendship that we are not.

(1913 – 1983) journalist & author

A fool and his money is a friend indeed.

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

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

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

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

(1672 – 1719) English essasyist, poet & politician

There are three faithful friends, an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.

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

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

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

There are a good many fools who call me a friend, and also a good many friends who call me a fool.

(1874 – 1965) British prime minister, politician, statesman & orator