Quando defendemos os nossos amigos, justificamos a nossa amizade.

A amizade é um amor que nunca morre.

Para conseguir a amizade de uma pessoa digna é preciso desenvolvermos em nós mesmos as qualidades que naquela admiramos.

A amizade desenvolve a felicidade e reduz o sofrimento, duplicando a nossa alegria e dividindo a nossa dor.

A verdadeira amizade é aquela que nos permite falar, ao amigo, de todos os seus defeitos e de todas as nossas qualidades.

A amizade é uma predisposição recíproca que torna dois seres igualmente ciosos da felicidade um do outro.

A amizade é um meio de nos isolarmos da humanidade cultivando algumas pessoas.

A amizade duplica as alegrias e divide as tristezas.

A melhor maneira de começar uma amizade é com uma boa gargalhada. De terminar com ela, também.

Não é amigo aquele que alardeia a amizade: é traficante; a amizade sente-se, não se diz...

A amizade é o conforto indescritível de nos sentirmos seguros com uma pessoa, sem ser preciso pesar o que se pensa, nem medir o que se diz.

O amor pode morrer na verdade, a amizade na mentira.

A amizade é, acima de tudo, certeza – é isso que a distingue do amor.

Quem cedo e bem aprende, tarde ou nunca esquece. Quem negligencia as manifestações de amizade, acaba por perder esse sentimento.

A amizade é semelhante a um bom café; uma vez frio, não se aquece sem perder bastante do primeiro sabor.

A felicidade de um amigo deleita-nos. Enriquece-nos. Não nos tira nada. Caso a amizade sofra com isso, é porque não existe.

Como as plantas, a amizade não deve ser muito nem pouco regada.

Não há solidão mais triste do que a do homem sem amizades. A falta de amigos faz com que o mundo pareça um deserto.

As palavras de amizade e conforto podem ser curtas e sucintas, mas o seu eco é infindável.

A glória da amizade não é a mão estendida, nem o sorriso carinhoso, nem mesmo a delícia da companhia. É a inspiração espiritual que vem quando você descobre que alguém acredita e confia em você.

Magic really helped me.

And so Fannie Mae produces very strong results for investors in - when interest rates are high and when interest rates are low, in recession and during booms.

Microsoft has had two goals in the last 10 years. One was to copy the Mac, and the other was to copy Lotus' success in the spreadsheet - basically, the applications business. And over the course of the last 10 years, Microsoft accomplished both of those goals. And now they are completely lost.

Well, I think the president has clearly submitted us a tight budget, but it's what's called for if we're going to get spending under control and keep the economy moving in the right direction, with economic growth and job creation activity.

The temptations to wrong are many; they spring out of a corrupt nature.

If you say you're going to do something, you do it. If you start it, you finish it. Yes sir, no ma'am. And you've got to have that kind of structure in your life. It kind of helped me be that disciplined person that I am, whether it's with workouts, film or just the game of football.

It is not enough for code to work.

I am persuaded that every time a man smiles - but much more so when he laughs - it adds something to this fragment of life.

Peter Weir is remarkable. He can do anything.

The odd thing about being a writer is you do tend to lose yourself in your books. Sometimes it seems like real life is flickering by and you're hardly a part of it. You remember the events in your books better than you remember the events that actually took place when you were writing them.

I'm not as pessimistic as what a number of people seem to believe.

And to me, fame is not a positive thing. The idea of being famous is a lot better than the reality. It's fantastic when you go to premieres and people cheer you, but it's not real. And it's totally not my approach to get my name on a club door just because I can.

A fish always rots from the head down

Lord sanctify us. Oh! That Thy spirit might come and saturate every faculty, subdue every passion, and use every power of our nature for obedience to God.

In 'Property,' none of the characters are based on any real people, but the house is very much the house that I moved into in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

Enter with the torch in the stadium. 80,000 people screaming. I was waiting downstairs for the start for 10 hours; I was so tired with the torch. I give the torch to the combined ski cross country that they win gold in Lillehammer in 1994.

The world seems concerned with Pakistan primarily as an actor in global attempts to combat terrorism.

Be fair with others, but then keep after them until they're fair with you.

Acting is a strange job because your control is very limited.

I think it's so funny when people think they can't control a movie star. They can. We're just women, you know.

In the winter, I read next to a wood-burning stove. In the summer, we have a place up in Michigan where I like to read in a hammock. It's almost entirely hidden by cedar trees and right up by the water. You can climb in there and see nothing but water and be seen by nobody. It's perfect.

Generally speaking, everyone is more interesting doing nothing than doing anything.

Baking is too precise for me. I cook with a pinch of this or that.

I really believe less is more. When you get older, too much makeup can be ageing, and when you're young, you should enjoy the fact your skin is free from lines and wrinkles rather than overloading it with products.