He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.

To understand the nature of the people one must be a prince, and to understand the nature of the prince, one must be of the people.

All the songs I write are about human dynamics, whether it’s with girlfriends, boyfriends, or family.

I’ve told Billy if I ever caught him cheating, I wouldn’t kill him because I love his children and they need a dad. But I would beat him up. I know where all of his sports injuries are.

Most people would rather give than get affection.

I was never a boy magnet at school. There was always the girl all the guys liked and wanted to date, but it was never me.

One hearty laugh together will bring enemies into a closer communion of heart than hours spent on both sides in inward wrestling with the mental demon of uncharitable feeling.

I think I have a certain respect for people, you know. And I guess a lot of times I expect that respect to go both ways.

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.

I would have written of me on my stone: I had a lover’s quarrel with the world.

Relationships are the hallmark of the mature person.

Each has his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to him by his heart, and his friends can only read the title.

Friends accept you the way you are.

‚The Story of Us‘ is about running into someone I had been in a relationship with at an awards show, and we were seated a few seats away from each other. I just wanted to say to him, ‚Is this killing you? Because it’s killing me.‘ But I didn’t. Because I couldn’t. Because we both had these silent shields up.

If we listened to our intellect, we’d never have a love affair. We’d never have a friendship. We’d never go into business, because we’d be cynical. Well, that’s nonsense. You’ve got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down.

My family is very good about visiting me, and other friends as well.

The chain of wedlock is so heavy that it takes two to carry it – and sometimes three.

Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.

To witness two lovers is a spectacle for the gods.

Love is an interesting thing.

But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine.

I like working. That’s when I’m feeling my best. And the people around me know that. My wife knows that.

It isn’t necessary to have relatives in Kansas City in order to be unhappy.

I tended to place my wife under a pedestal.

Real magic in relationships means an absence of judgment of others.

Vanity is as ill at ease under indifference as tenderness is under a love which it cannot return.

As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.

I enjoyed climbing with other people, good friends, but I did quite a lot of solo climbing, too.

Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.

Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who wants to live in an institution?

I’m working at trying to be a Christian, and that’s serious business. It’s like trying to be a good Jew, a good Muslim, a good Buddhist, a good Shintoist, a good Zoroastrian, a good friend, a good lover, a good mother, a good buddy – it’s serious business.

Friendship… is not something you learn in school. But if you haven’t learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven’t learned anything.

Because of a great love, one is courageous.

Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarreled. If one is not to get into a rage sometimes, what is the good of being friends?

I like some animals more than some people, some people more than some animals.

‚Tis strange what a man may do, and a woman yet think him an angel.

I rely on other people every day of my life.

When the bank asks me about my assets, I include my friendship with Regis Philbin.

Everything is clearer when you’re in love.

Nothing is as obnoxious as other people’s luck.

An injured friend is the bitterest of foes.

It is plain indeed that in spite of later estrangement Hobbits are relatives of ours: far nearer to us than Elves, or even than Dwarves. Of old they spoke the languages of Men, after their own fashion, and liked and disliked much the same things as Men did. But what exactly our relationship is can no longer be discovered.

If I think too hard about a relationship, I’ll talk myself out of it.

Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.

Counsel with your parents is a privilege at any age.

Assuming if there’s such a thing as reality, if you have a false relationship with it, how can you do anything but fail?

No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.

Friendship with ones self is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.

The wisest hustler can suddenly fall for the worst tramp and lose all of his money on her. The hustler is aware of his own weaknesses and openings to con. This awareness is his edge.

We have to distrust each other. It is our only defense against betrayal.

Friends… they cherish one another’s hopes. They are kind to one another’s dreams.

It’s fun to be hopelessly in love. It’s dangerous, but it’s fun.

Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce.

Alimony – the ransom that the happy pay to the devil.

I’ve had moments when I’ve thought about somebody, picked up the phone to call them and they are on the line already, and I think that maybe there’s some vibration, some connection.

The greatest gift that you can give to others is the gift of unconditional love and acceptance.

It is not love that should be depicted as blind, but self-love.

Love is a state of being.

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.

She’s been married so many times she has rice marks on her face.

A broken heart is a very pleasant complaint for a man in London if he has a comfortable income.