“Yet friendship, I believe, is essential to intellectuals. It is probably the growth hormone the mind requires as it begins its activity of producing and exchanging ideas. You can date the evolving life of a mind, like the age of a tree, by the rings of friendship formed by the expanding central trunk. In the course of my history, not love or marriage so much as friendship has promoted growth.” MindBelieveIdeasAgeCoursesI BelieveGrowthFriendshipTreeActivityEssentialsRingsEvolveExpandingHormonesTrunksExchangingGrowth HormonesExchanging Ideas Author:Mary McCarthy
“Think to Thank. In these three words are the finest capsule course for a happy marriage, formula for enduring friendship, and a pattern for personal happiness.” ThinkingHappinessThreeCoursesFriendshipMarriageGratitudeEndurePatternsInsightfulFormulasFinestHappy MarriageThree WordsPersonal Happiness Author:Thomas S. Monson
“If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second-greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of The Elements of Style. The first-greatest, of course, is to shoot them now, while they're happy.” IfsWritingFirstsYoungCoursesCan DoFriendshipStyleBecomingElementsHappyFavorsCopiesAspireBeing HappyFeeling HappyYoung WritersAspiring WritersYoung Friends Author:Dorothy Parker
“Friends are supposed to act like harbor boats-let you know if you're off course. But it ain't always possible.” IfsKnowsCoursesFriendshipBoatHarbors Book:Divine secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood: a novel Source: Divine secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood: a novel
“So far as it depends on the course of this government, our relations of good will and friendship will be sedulously cultivated with all nations.” GovernmentCoursesNationsFriendshipDependsRelationGood Will Author:John Tyler
“It's family, and it's faith, and it's friends, and it's not the glamour of the Presidency, or the wonder of going to receive the Nobel Prize. All those are important, of course. But maybe it's just that I'm 71 years old now. It's family, and it's faith, and it's friends. I would tell them that. Don't forget that. In your brilliance, don't turn your back on your friends. Don't think you're entitled to something, you're smarter than the next guy.” ThinkingYearsImportantGuyTurnsCoursesNextFriendshipForgetWonderPrizeSmarterEntitledPresidencyGlamourBrillianceNobelNobel Prize Author:George H. W. Bush