Friends Are Gems Quotes & Sayings

Plantie is a very strong Protestant, that is to say, he's against all churches, especially the Protestant: and he thinks a lot of Buddha, Karma and Confucius. He is also a bit of an anarchist and three or four years ago he took up Einstein and vitamins. — Joyce Cary

A prince is also esteemed when he is a true friend and a true enemy. — Niccolo Machiavelli

I formulated a theory about him being a closet fundamentalist with a deep-seated guilt about being gay. — Fabian Black

Acquaintances are abundant, but friends are the few most valuable gems we hold dear. — J. Hale Turner

MS is not really a degenerative illness. It is not fatal, nor is it always progressive. — Annette Funicello

I went to work in 1962, and by '64 I was writing all the time, every night and every weekend. It didn't occur to me that, having read nothing and knowing nothing, I was in no position to write a book. — Peter Carey

People comment on how you look; it's so unnecessary. I just wanted people to listen to what I have to say instead of focusing on anything else. — Lykke Li

I like real people - salt-of-the-earth men. — Tanit Phoenix

To me, no matter what we do, we all strive for that experience. — Robert Greene

I shall ask to see whether they want me in dress clothes or in Japanese. — Sessue Hayakawa

No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal. — Franklin D. Roosevelt

Thank you to the crows that amass on Vancouver evenings and fly home to the darkness of Burnaby Mountain. Thank you to the brilliance of wet moss and lichen. Thank you to the rays of golden brown light slanting in the cool of a green lake. Thank you to the shoals of glinting fish. Thank you to the sweet gems of salmonberries. Thank you to the decaying leaves for their rich brown smell. Thank you to the slugs and wood lice beneath the leaves. Thank you to to my plant friends who keep me company as I write. I am deeply grateful to share this cycle with you. — Hiromi Goto

My character is different from all of the Elves you've met before, in that she's really young. And I keep telling journalists this because I've really focused on that in my performance. I'm trying to distinguish her from all of these incredibly sage and wise Elves that have lived for thousands of years. — Evangeline Lilly

I like to have cookies in the morning before I go swimming. — Brunello Cucinelli

For no matter what we achieve, if we don't spend the vast majority of our time with people we love and respect, we cannot possibly have a great life. But if we spend the vast majority of our time with people we love and respect - people we really enjoy being on the bus with and who will never disappoint us - then we will almost certainly have a great life, no matter where the bus goes. The people we interviewed from the good-to-great companies clearly loved what they did, largely because they loved who they did it with. — James C. Collins