quotes about real friends

When science discovers the center of the universe, a lot of people will be disappointed to find they are not it. ~Bernard Baily



When a watch goes ill, it is not enough to move the hands; you must set the regulator. When a man does ill, it is not enough to alter his handiwork, you must regulate his heart. ~Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers, 1827



Life has the name of life, but in reality it is death. ~Heraclitus, Eustathius ad Iliad



Treat everyone with politeness, even those who are rude to you - not because they are nice, but because you are. ~Author Unknown



I would rather have men ask why I have no statue than why I have one. ~Marcus Porcius Cato



If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas. ~George Bernard Shaw



We judge others by their behavior. We judge ourselves by our intentions. ~Ian Percy



In golf, you keep your head down and follow through. In the vice presidency, you keep your head up and follow through. It's a big difference. ~Dan Quayle



I've fallen in love many times... always with you. ~Author Unknown



No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck. ~Frederick Douglass, speech, Civil Rights Mass Meeting, Washington, D.C., 1883



Poets are like baseball pitchers. Both have their moments. The intervals are the tough things. ~Robert Frost



When I study philosophical works I feel I am swallowing something which I don't have in my mouth. ~Albert Einstein



Sex is emotion in motion. ~Mae West



Golf is life. If you can't take golf, you can't take life. ~Author Unknown



An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language. ~Martin Buber



I don't like standard beauty - there is no beauty without strangeness. ~Karl Lagerfeld



Smile - sunshine is good for your teeth. ~Author Unknown



Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. ~Abraham Lincoln



Never let a computer know you're in a hurry. ~Author Unknown



Better dead sure than sure dead. ~Author Unknown