Asks Quote by Bette Lord Download Open image “to ask for anything of consequence from friends who cannot refuse is uncivilized.” — Bette Lord ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Asks Consequence Favors Friendship Refuse Uncivilized
They who dare to ask anything of a friend, by their very request seem to imply that they would do anything for the sake… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Lay down this rule of friendship: neither ask nor consent to do what is wrong. The plea, 'for friendship's sake,' is a discreditable one,… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
“I conclude, then, that the plea of having acted in the interests of a friend is not a valid excuse for a wrong action.… — Cicero Copy Share Image
To give and receive advice - the former with freedom, and yet without bitterness, the latter with patience and without irritation - is peculiarly… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
To owe an obligation to a worthy friend is a happiness, and can be no disparagement. — Pierre Charron Copy Share Image
There can be no Friendship where there is no Freedom. Friendship loves a free Air, and will not be penned up in straight and… — William Penn Copy Share Image
When one is trying to do something beyond his known powers it is useless to seek the approval of friends. Friends are at their… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
it isn't good tactics to ask for something that you know will be refused. — Patricia Wentworth Copy Share Image
Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable. — Jean de La Fontaine Copy Share Image
...a good friend stands in harm's way for you the second you ask--but a great friend does it without being asked at all. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The costliness of keeping friends does not lie in what one does for them, but in what one, out of consideration for them, refrains… — Henrik Ibsen Copy Share Image
The young see what they wish to see. The old see what they do not wish. — Bette Lord Copy Share Image
In yielding we are like the water, by nature placid, conforming to the hollow of the smallest hand; in time, shaping even the mountains… — Bette Lord Copy Share Image
What harm is there in dreaming, if it eases pain? What good is reality, if it blots out hope? Can a man's mind be… — Bette Lord Copy Share Image
A secret, like a chore, always seems to lead to another, one even more troublesome than the first. — Bette Lord Copy Share Image
If mortals wait until the gods remake the world to their liking to be happy, they are already in hell. — Bette Lord Copy Share Image
Like most Chinese, I am basically a fatalist - too sophisticated for religion and too superstitious to deny the gods. — Bette Lord Copy Share Image
If you ask an introvert a question, wait until she thinks about it. Introverts think before speaking, not through speaking. If you want to… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
I don't wear a watch because I want my arms to weigh the same. So if somebody asks me what time it is, I… — Mitch Hedberg Copy Share Image
I am a practicing Catholic, but my lineage is Jewish, so if someone asks me if I'm Jewish, I say yes. — Neve Campbell Copy Share Image
Freedom in every sense but primarily political sense, a rise in repression that stems from a repression of sexuality. It's AIDS, it's herpes, it's… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
Why did Erich von Stronheim leave Germany? Why did Hitchcock leave England? If you were a director you'd like to work in Hollywood too.… — Roman Polanski Copy Share Image
There is nothing more I ask of this life than this moment, exactly so. And suddenly forever seems like too short a time. — Brian Andreas Copy Share Image
Success will come when the societal attitude changes and not a single woman in America asks herself the question 'What did I do?'. — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
The most fundamental question we can ever ask ourselves is whether or not the universe we live in is friendly or hostile. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The rich people are apparently leaving America. They're giving up their citizenship. These great lovers of America who made their money in this country-when… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
There is a way to be a woman, ask for what we deserve and be able to negotiate. — Tracee Ellis Ross Copy Share Image
For someone to ask 'Who did you play for' and to be able to answer a single name 'Liverpool' that would be brilliant...I don't… — Jamie Carragher Copy Share Image
I have no hesitation in saying that although the American woman never leaves her domestic sphere and is in some respects very dependent within… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
