quotes on friendship

If an American was condemned to confine his activity to his own affairs, he would be robbed of one half of his existence. ~Alexis de Tocqueville, 1835



If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal. ~Emma Goldman



Yes, I will go. I would rather grieve over your absence than over you. ~Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin



Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily. ~Thomas Szasz



Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down. ~Ray Bradbury living but doesn't teach them how to make a life. ~Author Unknown



If you must reread old love letters, better pick a room without mirrors. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966



We create an environment where it is alright to hate, to steal, to cheat, and to lie if we dress it up with symbols of respectability, dignity and love. ~Whitney Moore, Jr.



Love is like those second-rate hotels where all the luxury is in the lobby. ~Paul-Jean Toulet



The only good thing about punctuality is that it usually gets you an apology. ~Author Unknown



Artists can color the sky red because they know it's blue. Those of us who aren't artists must color things the way they really are or people might think we're stupid. ~Jules Feiffer



Beer and Rugby are more or less synonymous. ~Chris Laidlaw, 1973



Society is a made-up formula of what we are supposed to be, kept alive by those who believe in it.... I laugh in the ugly face of society, with all its fabricated dimensions. ~Author Unknown



I have a tickle in my brain. And it keeps making the corners of my mouth point toward the heavens. ~Jeb Dickerson, www.howtomatter.com



Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away. ~Thomas Fuller



Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down. ~Ray Bradbury living but doesn't teach them how to make a life. ~Author Unknown



They're certainly entitled to think that, and they're entitled to full respect for their opinions... but before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience. ~Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Chapter 11, spoken by the character Atticus



Retirement at sixty-five is ridiculous. When I was sixty-five I still had pimples. ~George Burns



The essence of mathematics is not to make simple things complicated, but to make complicated things simple. ~S. Gudder



When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap. ~Cynthia Heimel, "Lower Manhattan Survival Tactics"



Learn a new language and get a new soul. ~Czech Proverb