Friend Quotes

By the fall of 2007, my last remaining Iraqi friend in Baghdad had left. Once he was gone, my connection to the country and the war began to thin, even as the terror diminished. I missed the improvement that came with the surge, and so, in my nervous system, I never quite registered it.

George Packer
- Country
- War
- Fall
The only time a friend has ever helped me in the industry was how I got my first job - that was through Mike Figgis.

Zuleikha Robinson
- Time
- Job
- Me

Fallen, fallen, fallen, fallen,Fallen from his high estate,And welt'ring in his blood;Deserted, at his utmost need,By those his former bounty fed,On the bare earth exposed he lies,With not a friend to close his eyes.

John Dryden
- High
- Earth
- Eyes
I've always felt that having a garden is like having a good and loyal friend.

C. Z. Guest
- Good
- Garden
- Gardening
My best friend Rosemarie and I had a very involved secret life when we were in elementary school. After we saw 'The Day the Earth Stood Still' on TV, we invented a whole secret life in which we were twins from the planet Venus, and we were in charge of the entire solar system as well as Earth.

Pat Cadigan
- Life
- School
- Earth
I was sitting alone in a grim mood – furious that the press attacked Senator Edwards on the price of a haircut. But it inspired me – from now on, all haircuts, etc., that are necessary and important for his campaign – please send the bills to me... It is a way to help our friend without government restrictions.

Rachel Lambert Mellon
- Important
- Inspired
- Mood
I think secrets often come out. I spoke to a friend who is a therapist and I asked her if there were people who came to her and admitted to doing horrible things and she said, 'More than you know.'

Alice Hoffman
- People
- She
- Friend
You have to be a friend to yourself. You know, 'cause if you're not a friend to yourself, you're an enemy to yourself and if someone's a friend of everybody they are an enemy to themselves.

Mike Tyson
- Know
- Friend
- Enemy