Subject: People » Friends (Page 4)

Everyone I like stays the hell away from me.

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

Every time I paint a portrait I lose a friend.

(1856 – 1925) American artist & portrait painter

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’ve always said that in politics, your enemies can’t hurt you, but your friends will kill you.

(1933 – 2006) politician

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

A friend in need is a pest.

(1925 – ) English actor

True friends stab you in the front.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

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

(1903 – 1966) English writer

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

(1931 – ) American baseball player & manager

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

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

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

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


He hasn’t an enemy in the world – but all his friends hate him.

(1892 – 1964) singer, dancer, comedian, actor & songwriter

The only difference between friends and lovers is about four minutes.

writer, website creator

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

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

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

(1672 – 1719) English essasyist, poet & politician

Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies.

(1925 – 2012) author, playwright, essayist & screenwriter

When our friends get into power, they aren’t our friends any more.

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

(1944 – 1992) American author

When you’re in jail, a good friend will be trying to bail you out. a best friend will be in the cell next to you saying, ‘Damn, that was fun.’

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host