“Do not expect, my friend, that the whole world will rejoice if you become Christian. You will probably receive enmity and hatred and persecution from certain people. It happened in the case of our Lord, and His followers must always be ready to meet it.” PeopleIfsWorldWholeChristianCertainLordCasesHappenedReadyMy FriendsHatredWhole WorldFollowersRejoicePersecutionOur LordEnmity Author:Martyn
“My dad gave me a haircut... and it wasn't a very good one. When I went out of the house, my friends got on my case and said it looked like someone put a chili bowl over my head and cut around it.” SaidHouseCasesCuttingDadMy FriendsMy DadVery GoodBowlsHaircutsChili Author:Chili Davis
“On glancing over my notes of the seventy odd cases in which I have during the last eight years studied the methods of my friend Sherlock Holmes, I find many tragic, some comic, a large number merely strange, but none commonplace; for, working as he did rather for the love of his art than for the acquirement of wealth, he refused to associate himself with any investigation which did not tend towards the unusual, and even the fantastic.” YearsArtBookLastsWealthNumbersCasesStrangeMy FriendsMethodNotesEightComicFantasticOddTragicUnusualInvestigationAssociatesSeventiesCommonplaceLarge NumbersHolmes Book:Les Aventures de Sherlock Holmes Source: Les Aventures de Sherlock Holmes
“Fortunately, most of my friends in comedy that smoke pot are almost as open about it as I am, and in some cases more so. But most that appear, it's more about friendship with me than making some statement about pot. I'm sure those of my friends who are onscreen smoking might have a little regret, but there's not too much of it.” LittlesMightCasesComedyToo MuchRegretMy FriendsStatementsSmokeSmokingPotAbout Friendship Author:Doug Benson
“I was never good at hide and seek because I'd always make enough noise so my friends would be sure to find me. I don't have anyone to play those games with any more, but now and then I make enough noise just in case someone is still looking and hasn't found me yet.” StillsEnoughPlayWould BeFoundGamesCasesMy FriendsNoiseNow And ThenFind MeHide And Seek Author:Brian Andreas
“More investment sins are probably committed by otherwise quite intelligent people because of "tax considerations" than from any other cause. One of my friends-a noted West Coast philosopher-maintains that a majority of life's errors are caused by forgetting what one is really trying to do. This is certainly the case when an emotionally supercharged element like taxes enters the picture (I have another friend-a noted East Coast philosopher who says it isn't the lack of representation he minds-it's the taxation).” PeopleTryingMindCausesSinForgetCasesTaxesElementsMy FriendsIntelligentMajorityErrorsWestInvestmentPhilosopherCommittedEastConsiderationRepresentationCoastTaxationWest CoastEast Coast Author:Warren Buffett
“I've always been terrified of getting used to something that is actually killing me-a relationship or a job. But in those cases, you can count on a friend to say something. The Internet is different, because all my friends are in the same relationship.” DifferentJobsUsedCasesInternetMy FriendsKillingTerrified Author:Miranda July
“Since I don't smoke, I decided to grow a mustache - it is better for the health. However, I always carried a jewel-studded cigarette case in which, instead of tobacco, were carefully placed several mustaches, Adolphe Menjou style. I offered them politely to my friends: "Mustache? Mustache? Mustache?" Nobody dared to touch them. This was my test regarding the sacred aspect of mustaches.” GrowsCasesCrazyStyleMy FriendsAspectDecidedTestsSacredSmokeCigaretteJewelsTobaccoMustache Author:Salvador Dali
“When I buy a new book, I always read the last page first, that way in case I die before I finish, I know how it ends. That, my friend, is a dark side.” KnowsWayFirstsBookEndsLastsDiesSidesDarkCasesKnow HowPagesMy FriendsDark SideNew Books Author:Nora Ephron
“I want to talk to him. I want to ask him about that girl and if he loved her and still misses her. Nothing, however, exits my mouth. How well do we really let ourselves know each other? There's a long quietness until I finally break it open. It reminds me of someone breaking bread and handing it out. In my case, I hand out a question to my friend.” IfsKnowsWantWellsLongStillsHandsGirlAsksBreakCasesMissingMouthsMy FriendsBreadExitThat GirlQuietness Book:I Am the Messenger Source: I Am the Messenger
“Rules of living Don't worry, eat three square meals a day,say your prayers, be courteous to your creditors, keep your digestion good,steer clear of biliousness,exercise, go slow and go easy. May be there are other things that your special case requires to make you happy, but my friend, these, i reckon, will give you a good life.” InspirationalGivingMayThreeEasyPrayerCasesWorryClearSpecialExerciseMy FriendsMealsGood LifeSquaresMake You HappySteersDigestionCourteousCreditors Author:Abraham Lincoln
“You still don't like the idea of gay marriage? Then, as my friend, the economist Julianne Malveaux, says: Don't marry a gay person. Case closed, problem solved.” PersonsStillsIdeasProblemCasesGayMy FriendsEconomistGay Marriage Author:Barbara Ehrenreich
“Look, sometimes it’s OK with girls like this, they wanna have fun, and sometimes it’s not because they've got a broken wing and they’re hurt and they’re an easy target. In this case, this particular case, I think that wing is being fixed, my friend, and you gotta make sure that it’s mended and you’re getting in the way of that right now, okay, because she’s sensitive and she’s smart, she’s artistic. This is a great girl, you gotta be respectful to that. Come on, let me walk you to your car, you’re a better guy than this.” ThinkingWayLooksSometimesGuyGirlFunEasyHurtWalksCasesCarParticularBrokenRight NowSmartMy FriendsOkayLet MeWingsArtisticHaving FunFixedSensitiveTargetRespectfulBe RespectfulBroken Wings Author:Matthew Quick