Quotes & Sayings About Friends Being Chosen Family

Hypocrite: The man who murdered his parents, and then pleaded for mercy on the grounds that he was an orphan. — Abraham Lincoln

A favored bit from "A Legend of Good Men"

"My mother and I each had our routines. She taught high school, took long hikes in the state parks near our house, read mystery novels, and sometimes disappeared with explanations as thin as, "I just need a few days," or "I'm going to visit a friend."
"Which friend?" I would ask.
"That's right," she would say. — David Vann

We do need different types of propulsion to get to Mars. I wrote one of the first Ph.D. theses on that in the 1960s. — Edgar Mitchell

Curse you, cheap beer. Must find miso in tiny packet. — MCM

One who seeks to control others is one who suffers from the affliction of fear. — T.F. Hodge

The U.K. crowds always have a lot of energy, and I've done some milestone shows there that I'm very proud of. — Damian Marley

When I was up there at the plate, my purpose was to get on base anyway I could, whether by hitting or by getting hit. — Shoeless Joe Jackson

It's funny that people think because you don't have a movie or record out, you disappear into a frozen chamber someplace. They think you're dead when you're not in the public eye. — Jason Schwartzman

Some springs are acid, as at Lyncestus and in Italy in the Velian country, at Teano in Campania, and in many other places. These when used in drinks have the power of breaking up stones in the bladder, which form in the human body. — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

If computers are the wave of the future, displays are the surfboards. — Ted Nelson