Subject: People » Friends (Page 4)

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

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

I was the kid next door’s imaginary friend.

(1956 – ) American comedian

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


(1926 – ) newspaper columnist

A fool and his money is a friend indeed.

Friends: There are two kinds of friends – those who are around when you need them, and those who are around when they need you.

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

(1914 – 1953) Welsh-born poet & writer

There’s nothing simpler than avoiding people you don’t like; avoiding one’s friends, that’s the real test.

(1934 – ) English actress

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

(1904 – 1974) American author & radio producer

One good reason to only maintain a small circle of friends is that three out of four murders are committed by people who know the victim.

(1937 – 2008) stand-up comedian, social critic, actor & author

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

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

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’m a controversial figure: my friends either dislike me or hate me.

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

Everyone I like stays the hell away from me.

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

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

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

Friends come and go, but enemies accumulate.

Friends are like fiddle-strings and they must not be screwed too tightly.

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

And now, I’m pleased to introduce the star of the film Gladiator, and a man I like to call a close, personal friend, but he told me not to…

(1945 – ) comedian, actor, writer, playwright & musician

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

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

Your best friends are those who speak well of you behind your back.

(1920 – 2001) American writer & humorist