Quotes about Friendship

“Here's a news flash: No soldier gives his life. That's not the way it works. Most soldiers who make a conscious decision to place themselves in harm's way do it to protect their buddies. They do it because of the bonds of friendship - and it goes so much deeper than friendship.”

“I had always been aware of George's importance to me, of the bond of friendship and of the sparkle and light, effervescence and electricity that suffused the music we made.”

“Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions.”

“But amongst the drivers I don't have friends at all. They are not my friends. It would never work to have a friendship, so I don't make any effort to make friends.”

“I didn't like England. I couldn't take the look of the place or the style of friendship. I need more intimacy from people than is considered okay there, and I felt that my personality and my enthusiasms weren't understood. I had to put a big lid on myself.”

“The bracelet says 'Fear Nothing.' It was given to me by my friends, and it was made for me and my friends during the period of time that I was going through chemotherapy. And I still wear it, because it's a great reminder of friendship and how my buddies and others came together in my time of need.”

“If you go to the Air and Space Museum in Washington, you can see the burn patterns on Friendship 7.”

“I am aloof by nature. I mind my own business. I'm good with everyone, and I get along fine with people. But work is work, and friendship is friendship. I never mix the two.”

“Friendship is something whose depth fits human aspirations and fulfills human possibilities. It has heft to it, as a gold-piece does and a gambling chip does not.”

“Sport is one of the few spaces where people can learn about different cultures in a spirit of trust and friendship.”

“A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.”

“Dealing with LeBron is like a friendship. Coaching, but he understands that I am the boss, and I am going to call the shots, and he is fine with that.”

“I'm quite obsessed with the idea of nailing the girl friendship. It's such an art, so delicate.”

“What's quite nice about this whole folk movement is that it's born out of genuine friendship. And nobody's infringing on anybody's space.”

“We are aware that globalization doesn't mean global friendship but global competition and, therefore, conflict. That doesn't mean we will all destroy each other, but it is no happy global village, either.”

“Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.”

“Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of others. Our own share of miseries is sufficient: why enter then as volunteers into those of another?”

“I've come, even as a feminist, to dread the phrase 'female friendship,' because it tends to signal overdetermined relationships.”

“It's an interesting partnership that we have, friendship, whatever you want to call it. We don't even know what to call it. But we know that it's special and we're celebrating that.”

“You should never undermine friendship and loyalty.”

“I had a friend where it turned out that she hated my guts, all through our friendship. I thought she was my best friend, and then, in high school, she turned on me and had sordid affairs with all of the people that I'd dated. It was less hurtful because I was in high school, so it was more like, 'What's wrong with you? Gross!'”