Kinds Of Friends Quotes:

Be the kind of friend who makes it easier for others to obey the commandments when they are with you.

- Robert D. Hales

topic: Kind, Easier, Kinds Of Friends

A mirror reflects a man's face, but what he is really like is shown by the kind of friends he chooses.

- Colin Powell

topic: Men, Mirrors, Company You Keep, Kinds Of Friends

I have three kinds of friends: those who love me, those who pay no attention to me, and those who detest me.

- Nicolas Chamfort

topic: Funny Friend, Pay, Three, Kinds Of Friends

Talk with your daughters, Play with your sons. You need to be a better friend to them than anyone else. This society offers lots of evil friends. Before they make those kinds of friends, they need to find their best friend in you.

- Nouman Ali Khan

topic: Daughter, Son, Play, Kinds Of Friends

Well, wherever you go, whatever you do, you're still you. You can change your surroundings, start a new life, but you'll always fall into the same old patterns, make the same kind of friends, commit the same mistakes. The thing you need to change is yourself.

- Chris Wooding

topic: Mistake, Fall, New Life, Kinds Of Friends, You Need To Change

The best kind of friend is the kind you sit with, never say a word and walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you ever had.

- Steven Wright

topic: Funny, Feelings, Kind, Kinds Of Friends

There are three kinds of friends in the world. An ordinary person sees only who you are; for that you don't need a friend. Then there's a friend who sees in you what you can be. And then there's the real holy Friend, and the presence of this Friend you are already.

- Shlomo Carlebach

topic: Real, Ordinary, Three, Kinds Of Friends, Friend In Need

...a really good friend, the kind of friend who - when they were together both of them were more able to be who they really were.

- Cynthia Voigt

source: Cynthia Voigt (2002). “Orfe”, p.103, Simon and Schuster

topic: Good Friend, Together, Able, Kinds Of Friends, Really Good Friends

There are all kinds of friends you make in life... But there's something different about someone who spreads their wings with you.

- Mary E. Pearson

topic: Wings, Different, Kind, Kinds Of Friends

I am thinking of actual cases of adolescents, lets say, who think they have five hundred friends, because there are five hundred people on their Facebook account. But these are the kind of friends whose relation to you is that if you say 'I bought a sandwich'; they say 'did it taste good?' You know, that's a kind of interaction, but very different to having a real friend, somebody who you can actually talk to.

- Noam Chomsky

source: Interview with Jegan Vincent de Paul, chomsky.info. August 15, 2012.

topic: Real, Thinking, People, Kinds Of Friends

I can't think of anything that brings me closer to tears than when my old dog - completely exhausted after a hard day in the field - limps away from her nice spot in front of the fire and comes over to where I'm sitting and puts her head in my lap, a paw over my knee, and closes her eyes, and goes back to sleep. I don't know what I've done to deserve that kind of friend.

- Gene Hill

topic: Dog, Nice, Sleep, Kinds Of Friends, Lap Dogs

Sometimes I think he’s the kind of friend that grownups call a ‘fair-weather friend.’ That means when everything’s going smoothly, he’s the best friend a guy could want. But as soon as something goes wrong…(he) sort of turns on you.

- Barbara Park

source: Barbara Park (2011). “Almost Starring Skinnybones”, p.25, Yearling

topic: Mean, Thinking, Weather, Kinds Of Friends, Fair Weather Friend

It comes down to this: What kind of father are you? What kind of husband are you? What kind of coach or teammate are you? What kind of son are you? What kind of friend are you? Success comes in terms of relationships.

- Joe Ehrmann

topic: Husband, Father, Son, Kinds Of Friends

I'm always the kind of friend or girlfriend who suggests, when there's some cataclysmic problem in the relationship, I'm like, "Well, maybe we can come up with a creative activity that will help us out." I'm like, "Let's get out the pens! Draw a picture of how much you hate me!"

- Miranda July

source: Interview with Eli Horowitz, www.believermag.com.

topic: Girlfriend, Hate, Creative, Kinds Of Friends, You Hate Me

Lydia was the kind of friend whom people referred to as a 'party favor' -- always fun to be around but she doesn't have any patience for suffering unless it's her own.

- Chelsea Handler

topic: Fun, Party, People, Kinds Of Friends

Now Livie's gone west, out of the dust, on her way to California, where the wind takes a rest sometimes. And I'm wondering what kind of friend I am, wanting my feet on that road to another place,instead of Livie's.

- Karen Hesse

source: Karen Hesse (2012). “Out of the Dust”, p.15, Scholastic Inc.

topic: Dust, Wind, California, Kinds Of Friends

I want to be the friend you fall hopelessly in love with. The one you take into your arms and into your bed and into the private world you keep trapped in your head. I want to be that kind of friend. The one who will memorize the things you say as well as the shape of your lips when you say them. I want to know every curve, every freckle, every shiver of your body. I want to know where to touch you, I want to know how to touch you. I want to know convince you to design a smile just for me. Yes, I do want to be your friend. I want to be your best friend in the entire world.

- Tahereh Mafi

topic: Love, Fall, Curves, Kinds Of Friends, Freckles

I wouldn’t want you to get in the shower and then pass out or some such. How about if I help you get out of your clothes? I’m an expert in platonic undressings.” He gave me that wicked smile. “Give it a rest. I’m not going to strip naked in front of you, and I’d rather pee in private.” “Half the injuries in a home happen in the bathroom. What kind of friend would I be to let you face that kind of danger alone? I mean, sure, you walked out of death, but this is a shower.” “Shame. Get out of my bathroom.

- Devon Monk

source: Devon Monk (2010). “Magic at the Gate: An Allie Beckstrom Novel”, p.66, Penguin

topic: Home, Mean, Clothes, Kinds Of Friends, Undressing

They all settled into being the kind of friends when they heard from each other.... or when they occasionally got together. And when they were not in touch, they did not think of one another.

- John Irving

source: John Irving (1978). “The world according to Garp”, Pocket

topic: Thinking, Together, Kind, Kinds Of Friends