Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk

relationships

Every relationship between two individuals or two groups will be characterized by the ratio of secrecy that is involved in it. 3 other quotes from Georg Simmel

When you make the sacrifice in marriage, you're sacrificing not to each other but to unity in a relationship. 18 quotes from Joseph Campbell

I have tried to preserve in my relationship to the film the same closeness and intimacy that exists between a painter and his canvas. 2 more quotes from Norman McLaren

The relationship between husband and wife should be one of closest friends. 6 wisdom & wit from B. R. Ambedkar

I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore me for telling you lies. 2 other sayings from Pietro Aretino

The most important aspect of the relationship between the president and the secretary of state is that they both understand who is president. 4 other quotes from Dean Acheson

The behavior of men to the lower animals, and their behavior to each other, bear a constant relationship. 20 sayings from Herbert Spencer

If the relationship of father to son could really be reduced to biology, the whole earth would blaze with the glory of fathers and sons. 24 quotes from James A. Baldwin

No partner in a love relationship... should feel that he has to give up an essential part of himself to make it viable. 3 quotes from May Sarton

The things I write are for those who are willing to accept a new relationship between the reader and the author. 6 more quotes from Jerzy Kosinski

Film music should have the same relationship to the film drama that somebody's piano playing in my living room has on the book I am reading. 5 quotes from Igor Stravinsky

I present myself to you in a form suitable to the relationship I wish to achieve with you. 3 thoughts from Luigi Pirandello

Marriage destroyed my relationship with two wonderful men. 53 sayings from Marilyn Monroe

The basic discovery about any people is the discovery of the relationship between men and women. 18 other sayings from Pearl S. Buck

It is not our purpose to become each other it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is. 10 sayings from Hermann Hesse

There is no substitute for the comfort supplied by the utterly taken-for-granted relationship. 9 other quotes from Iris Murdoch

Never assume that the guy understands that you and he have a relationship. 27 wisdom & wit from Dave Barry

The first duty of a human being is to assume the right functional relationship to society - more briefly, to find your real job, and do it. 2 wisdom & wit from Charlotte Perkins Gilman

When I got my first television set, I stopped caring so much about having close relationships. 18 more views from Andy Warhol

But the relationship of morality and power is a very subtle one. Because ultimately power without morality is no longer power. 3 other wisdom & wit from James Baldwin

Every man sees in his relatives, and especially in his cousins, a series of grotesque caricatures of himself. 60 other thoughts from H. L. Mencken

Spiritual relationship is far more precious than physical. Physical relationship divorced from spiritual is body without soul. 100 other wisdom & wit from Mahatma Gandhi

It isn't necessary to have relatives in Kansas City in order to be unhappy. 29 more views from Groucho Marx

In human relationships, kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths. 11 views from Graham Greene

There must of course be a relationship between translating and making poems of your own, but what it is I just don't know. 2 quotes from Robert Fitzgerald

There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage. 32 quotes from Martin Luther

The relationship with a live audience seems to me to count for more. 3 other wisdom & wit from Cyril Cusack

I have a fantastic relationship with money. I use it to buy my freedom. 5 quotes from Gianni Versace

God gives us relatives thank God, we can choose our friends. 3 quotes from Addison Mizner

The closer and more confidential our relationship with someone, the less we are entitled to ask about what we are not voluntarily told. 3 other wisdom & wit from Louis Kronenberger

A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them - they're who they've been throughout your whole relationship. 9 wisdom & wit from Rainer Maria Rilke

The test of one's behavior pattern is their relationship to society, relationship to work and relationship to sex. 9 views from Alfred Adler

The relationship between talent and management is uneasy, at best. 14 thoughts from Jessica Savitch

We must honestly face our relationship with Great Britain. 2 thoughts from Wendell Willkie

We must learn to regard people less in light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light of what they suffer. 7 more thoughts from Dietrich Bonhoeffer