121 Few Friends Quotes

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Famous Few Friends Quotes

Friends should be like books, few, but hand-selected. - C.J. Langenhoven

Friends should be like books, few, but hand-selected. — C.J. Langenhoven

One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly possible. — Henry Adams

I have a million acquaintances but just two or three true friends. I can't hide anything from them. — Ian Somerhalder

Have no friends not equal to yourself. - Confucius

Have no friends not equal to yourself. — Confucius

The realest people don’t have a lot of friends. - Tupac Shakur

The realest people don’t have a lot of friends. — Tupac Shakur

He who hath many friends hath none. — Aristotle

The friends whom I have are invaluable, and although not numerous they are sufficient for my enjoyment; and the texture of my own mind renders me very indifferent to the rest of the world. — George Combe

The lesser the friends, the lesser the chances of betrayal. — Tupac Shakur

My friends, there are no friends. — Coco Chanel

I'd rather have two good friends, than 500,000 admirers. — E. E. cummings

Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen. — Joineriana

It's a sad thing not to have friends, but it is even sadder not to have enemies. — Che Guevara

Acquaintances are always abundant; friends are always scarce! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Cultivate solitude and quiet and a few sincere friends, rather than mob merriment, noise and thousands of nodding acquaintances. — William Powell

Friends are treasures. — Horace Bruns

Short Few Friends Quotes

  • Friendship is an art, and very few persons are born with a natural gift for it. — Kathleen Norris
  • A friend to all is a friend to none. — Aristotle
  • Friends for a meal are easy to find, friends until end of life are difficult to find. — Thai Proverbs
  • I've never been the type of guy that had a lot of friends or was part of the cool group. — Jim Jefferies
  • I don’t need a certain number of friends, just a number of friends I can be certain of. — Alice Walker
  • A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept. — St. Jerome
  • If I had only one friend left, i'd want it to be you. — Paul Overstreet
  • True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice. — Ben Jonson
  • Old friends are best. — John Selden
  • Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable. — Louisa May Alcott

Top 10 Few Friends Quotes

A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world; but very few real friends. — Chinese Proverbs

Understand that friends come and go, but with a precious few you should hold on. The older you get, the more you need the people who knew you when you were young. — Mary Schmich

After 4 years on NYPD Blue it has been nice to have the summer off and spend time with family and friends. There are a few projects I am interested in and plan to be working this fall. — Mark-Paul Gosselaar

It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered. — Aeschylus

Be civil to all; serviceable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none. — Benjamin Franklin

Some people standby you in your darkest hour while others walk away; only a select few march towards you and become even closer friends. — Jeffrey Archer

A female friend, amiable, clever, and devoted, is a possession more valuable than parks and palaces; and without such a muse, few men can succeed in life, none be contented. — Benjamin Disraeli

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few. — George Washington

Few men have the natural strength to honor a friend's success without envy. — Aeschylus

He who has one enemy shall meet him everywhere. — Omar Khayyam

Few Friends Image Quotes

Few friends quote A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart, and can sing it back to you when you have forg
A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart, and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.

I Have Few Friends Quotes

I think if you look at the friends, the kinds of relationships I have, I am not the kind of guy who has many shallow relationships. I think you could say I am the kind of guy who has a few relationships, but those are very deep. — Ichiro Suzuki

At times I think I actually hate Hollywood. I have many acquaintances there, but few friends. — Grace Kelly

I know war as few other men now living know it, and nothing to me is more revolting. I have long advocated its complete abolition, as its very destructiveness on both friend and foe has rendered it useless as a method of settling international disputes. — Ernest Hemingway

Few friends quote Intelligent people tend to have less friends than the average person. The smarter you are, the more
Intelligent people tend to have less friends than the average person. The smarter you are, the more selevtive you become.

I understand that fear is my friend, but not always. Never turn your back on Fear. It should always be in front of you, like a thing that might have to be killed. My father taught me that, along with a few other things that have kept my life interesting. — Hunter S. Thompson

I have very few friends. I have a handful of close friends, and I have my family, and I haven't known life to be any happier. — Brad Pitt

You meet rich people and you hang around with them, and one night they've had a few drinks and they say 'I'll buy it!' Then they tell their friends, 'You must have this person's work, darling,' and that's all you need. That's all it takes. Get it? — Andy Warhol

Few friends quote Be with those who bring out the best in you, not the stress in you.
Be with those who bring out the best in you, not the stress in you.

I believe one of the best preparations for marriage is participating in a small group. If a person has learned to be intimate and honest with a few friends before they get married, they will have less reason to fear intimacy after they are married. — Andy Stanley

I have a few girlfriends, but nearly all my friends are guys. I don't think I ever wore girl clothes. I wore baggy jeans, baggy T-shirts, sweaters, just to avoid the looks that everyone gives you when you're a young female in the world. — Katharine Isabelle

May I a small house and large garden have; And a few friends, And many books, both true. — Abraham Cowley

I get along with guys; most of my friends are guys. It's easier to trust men sometimes. I only have a few close girlfriends that I trust. — Paris Hilton

I Only Have Few Friends Quotes

It's not like I'm starved for company - I have a few very good lady friends - but there's only a certain amount of times a woman wants to see you and never go out for dinner. — Jack Nicholson

Actually, I only have a few friends in real life. And when I say friends, I'm referring to those people who I've known since the 1960s. — Jean Reno

Ah, yet, e'er I descend to th' grave, May I a small House and a large Garden have. And a few Friends, and many Books both true, Both wise, and both delightful too. And since Love ne'er will from me flee, A mistress moderately fair, And good as Guardian angels are, Only belov'd and loving me. — Abraham Cowley

Few friends quote Your strongest muscle
Your strongest muscle

You have to wait a few days in between selfies. I know people who post multiple in a day, and some of them are my close friends, and I'll be like, "Enough!" There are only so many times in a day that I need to see your beautiful face. — Ariana Grande

I don't have too many friends. I have only a few people who I really love. — Stanley Donen

I have never met with a friend who furnished me sea-room. I have only tacked a few times and come to anchor - not sailed - made no voyage, carried no venture. — Henry David Thoreau

Very Few Friends Quotes

I do not concern myself with my inability to feel such comfort amidst humans (other than with very few friends and family), but, rather, am simply thankful that at least dogs exist, and I’m humbly aware of how much less a person I’d be – how less a human – if they did not exist. — Rick Bass

There are very few honest friends--the demand is not particularly great. — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage, with my books, my family, and a few old friends, dining on simple bacon, and letting the world roll on as it liked, than to occupy the most splendid post which any human power can give. — Thomas Jefferson

Few friends quote Two things you will never have to chase: true friends and true love.
Two things you will never have to chase: true friends and true love.

Very few established institutions, governments and constitutions ...are ever destroyed by their enemies until they have been corrupted and weakened by their friends. — Walter Lippmann

I was always the biggest nerd in school: I had very few friends; I was always picked on; I used to wear really big glasses. I was the epitome of a nerd. — Danielle Panabaker

I had very few friends. We always ate dinner with our parents. We didn't want to go out. American adolescence was a lot wilder than I would have felt comfortable with. — Maya Lin

Few friends quote One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.
One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.

Truth has very few friends and those few are suicides. — Antonio Porchia

There are so few strong roles for women, especially young women. And Veronica is very serious but also very likable. She's a lone wolf, and it appeals to people that she isn't rich and doesn't have a lot of friends. No posse. She's just like you, like most of us. — Kristen Bell

The Westwood Cemetery is just a few blocks from my home, and a number of my very dear friends are buried there. — Hugh Hefner

It was a very lucky set of incidents that led to Wham! getting a record contract - although we weren't Wham! when we got the record contract. We were nothing; we were just two friends who had written a few songs. — George Michael

Keep Few Friends Quotes

I'm greedy; I'd like to keep most of it for myself and a few others, a few of my friends . . . to keep that superlative high, just on the cusp of each day . . . so that I'd radiate sunshine. — Edie Sedgwick

A benevolent man should allow a few faults in himself, to keep his friends in countenance. — Benjamin Franklin

Don't listen to people who tell you that very few people get published and you won't be one of them. Don't listen to your friend who says you are better that Tolkien and don't have to try any more. Keep writing, keep faith in the idea that you have unique stories to tell, and tell them. — Robin Hobb

A perfect character might be attended with the inconvenience of being envied and hated; and that a benevolent man should allow a few faults in himself, to keep his friends in countenance. — Benjamin Franklin

Love all, trust a few, Do wrong to none: be able for thine enemy Rather in power than use; and keep thy friend Under thy own life's key: be check'd for silence, But never tax'd for speech. — William Shakespeare

Few Good Friends Quotes

I dislike organized games, swimming pools, fashionable resorts, night clubs, music in restaurants, and political manifestoes; I enjoy driving from coast to coast, good food and drink, a few friends, dogs, the theatre, long walks, music and free conversation. — James Hilton

I was the green monkey, the pariah. And I had no friends. Not just a few friends, or one good friend, or grudging acceptance by other misfits and outcasts. I was alone. All stinking alone, without even an imaginary playmate. — Harlan Ellison

I had been with a good friend, had a few beers, didn't bother to eat, went down to the hotel where the party was, walked in and, God I don't know why, because I hardly ever drink it, I had a double scotch. And I had another. — John Riggins

it's a good idea to wait a few months before joining anything when you arrive at a village. A bookseller friend who retired to nearby Oxfordshire, and was worried he might be bored, got himself on to every village committee in the first six months, and spent the next ten years extricating himself. — Jilly Cooper

I've made many good friends in bodybuilding, though there are few I'd trust to oil my back. — Lee Labrada

If I need something, I just draw it, have a few friends make it move, and it exists. I enjoy this strange power. I try to be a good sorcerer, though. — Michel Ocelot

The financial calculus that Charlie and I employ would never permit our trading a good night's sleep for a shot at a few extra percentage points of return. I've never believed in risking what my friends and family have and need in order to pursue what they don't have and don't need. — Warren Buffett

I have quite a few good friends in Philadelphia who were police officers. — Bobby Seale

I would so much rather have a few of good friends than a lot of fake friends. — Lauren Conrad

Boys are sent out into the world to buffet with its temptations, to mingle with bad and good, to govern and direct - girls are to dwell in quiet homes among few friends, to exercise a noiseless influence. — Elizabeth Missing Sewell

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More Few Friends Quotes

Famous people are deceptive. Deep down, they're just regular people. Like Larry King. We've been friends for forty years. He's one of the few guys I know who's really famous. One minute he's talking to the president on his cell phone, and then the next minute he's saying to me, Do you think we ought to give the waiter another dollar? — Don Rickles

Oh, how few find time for prayer! There is time for everything else, time to sleep and time to eat, time to read the newspaper and the novel, time to visit friends, time for everything else under the sun, but-no time for prayer, the most important of all things, the one great essential! — Oswald J. Smith

At noon, on the Fourth of July, 1826, while the Liberty Bell was again sounding its old message to the people of Philadelphia, the soul of Thomas Jefferson passed on; and a few hours later John Adams entered into rest, with the name of his old friend upon his lips. — Allen Johnson

What you are is a complicated girl with simple needs. You need your books and time to read, and you need a few friends and you need someone-not to take care of you, but to care for you. If you have all those things, you'll always be alright. — Brian Morton

Books are the most wonderful friends in the world. When you meet them and pick them up, they are always ready to give you a few ideas. When you put them down, they never get mad; when you take them up again, they seem to enrich you all the more. — Fulton J. Sheen

A man's needs are few. The simpler the life, therefore, the better. Indeed, only three things are truly necessary in order to make life happy: the blessing of God, the benefit of books, and the benevolence of friends. — Thomas Chalmers

There will be but few people who, when at a loss for topics of conversation, will not reveal the more secret affairs of their friends. — Friedrich Nietzsche

I was born in Copenhagen, and when I was a year old, we moved to Bangalore. I was always a shy person and was happy with just a few friends and that came from my own social awkwardness. I did not know how to make conversations. — Deepika Padukone

Only my books anoint me, and a few friends, those who reach into my veins. — Anne Sexton

Hatred strikes me as one of the few signs of life remaining in the world. This is another thing about the world which is upsidedown: all the friendly and likable people seem dead to me; only the haters seem alive. — Walker Percy

Governments exist to protect the rights of minorities. The loved and the rich need no protection: they have many friends and few enemies. — Wendell Phillips

It was my friend Frank, a writer in San Francisco, who finally set me straight. When asked about my new look he put down his fork and stared at me for a few moments. "A bow tie announces to the world you can no longer get an erection." — David Sedaris

I thought I would try to be gay for a while, but I'm just more sexually attracted to women. But I'm really glad that I found a few gay friends, because it totally saved me from becoming a monk or something. — Kurt Cobain

In spite of a heavy disguise, a few days' growth on my face, dark glasses, a beret and one of William's jackets that fitted me not at all, as I emerged from a hotel in Lecce, a young fisherman pointed me out to his friends and said "Lavrenche Olivaire." It was not all that amazing; if you're not known in Italy, you're not known anywhere. — Laurence Olivier

[On being shown an apartment by a real estate agent:] Oh, dear, that's much too big. All I need is room enough to lay a hat and a few friends. — Dorothy Parker

When you are young and without success, you have only a few friends. Then, later on, when you are rich and famous, you still have a few... if you are lucky. — Pablo Picasso

I prefer to imagine that my wife, a few friends, and occasionally my mom are the only ones who read what I do, though I realize that this is somewhat unrealistic. — Chris Ware

If our nation goes over a financial Niagara, we won't have much strength and, eventually, we won't have peace. We are currently borrowing the entire defense budget from foreign investors. Within a few years, we will be spending more on interest payments than on national security. That is not, as our military friends say, a 'robust strategy.' — Mitch Daniels

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