Nowadays nothing but money counts: a fortune brings honors friendships the poor man everywhere lies low.

Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds merit and honesty.

Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love and then for a few close friends and then for money.

President Obama's view of a free economy is to send your money to his friends. My vision for a free enterprise economy is to return entrepreneurship and genius and creativity to the American people!

There are three faithful friends - an old wife an old dog and ready money.

I remember my mom saying to me that what your friends do is one thing but what you do could be on the front page of the paper.

I deal with postpartum feelings by reaching out to mom friends. I became very close with some of the women in my prenatal yoga class.

To this day my mom's unsinkable spirit is an inspiration to me. For nearly thirty years she's worked at the Library of Congress. Everyone knows Sameha simply as 'Sami.' Along with 500 miles of shelved books her closest friendships are cataloged in that library. They are as much the value of work to my mom as is the work itself.

I have many valentines. My mom and my sister and my directors. I got calls from all of them. And my friends. I respect what Valentine's Day stands for because it is about love.

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.

We didn't have a TV in the living room and all my friends thought we were kind of weird. When they'd come over my mom wanted to talk to them about current events.

Sinatra was just one of Mom's friends.

I grew up with just my mom. She and I were like best friends. She's a very independent woman and I admire that about her. In my life I've tried to be like that. To be okay with being on my own and being independent.

My friends and I would get up early and take our horses through the national forest. My mom was very free. It was always 'Out of the house!' There was no watching television on weekends.

I hear my friends and my mom tell me I'm special but honestly I still don't get it.

Thankfully I have my mom and a small group of close friends who are there for me 24/7 and whom I can trust and depend on.

When I was 5 some financial things happened and I moved seven times in a year. We moved from apartment to apartment sometimes living with friends. My mom would always say 'Don't get comfortable because we may not be here long.'

My mom and I have always been really close. She's always been the friend that was always there. There were times when in middle school and junior high I didn't have a lot of friends. But my mom was always my friend. Always.

I think my mother is my biggest influence. There are so many things I hate about her but at the same time I'm thankful for her. All I know is that when I'm a parent I want to be just like my mom. I can talk to my mom more than any of my friends could talk to their parents.

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.

If all men knew what others say of them there would not be four friends in the world.

What makes a woman beautiful is her loyalty to and her friendships with other women and her honesty with men.

I have 20 000 girlfriends all around the world.

Men are different. When they are in love they may also have other girlfriends.