Some people are so devoted to products from Apple Computer that they forget it's just a company, not your friend. So it may do things to protect its stockholders and ensure its profitability that won't match your expectations. To generalize the concept Take the price of a new product. You may regard it as too expensive, lacking the features that you want. But Apple's financial and product people consider the costs of manufacturing, the profits they require to cover manufacturing and RD expenses, including paychecks for the thousands of people who depend on the company for their livelihood, and produce a figure that satisfies their needs, even if you'd rather play 100 less. As for that feature you want, marketing may feel that the right number customers won't pay extra for it, that you might find it in a third party utility, and that, as they say, is that.
Friendship Quotes (5038 Quotes)
It's quite ironic I suppose, it's that thing about being in a group when you all start out as friends and then invariably end up hating each other. So I just thought they needed telling really, in case they were labouring under the apprehension that they were still friends.
There was no joy going to the park and I couldn't figure out why I was playing. When my mom died, I came home from the Cape Cod League. I drove home, saw her take her last breath, went to the funeral and left the next day. I never really grieved, and it hit me 2 12 years later. You never know when something is going to hit you. It could be the death of a parent, a grandparent or friend. You have to handle it the best way you can.
Chris Cutler was kind enough to offer his company as an umbrella, so now I can have all my back catalogue under one roof as it were, and it has the same feeling as with Daniel; this is a matter between friends rather than businessmen.
To believe Christ's cross to be a friend, as he himself is a friend, is also a special act of faith.
Everywhere is nowhere. When a person spends all his time in foreign travel, he ends by having many acquaintances, but no friends.
Little Nate just got caught up with some friends in college. That wasn't his character.
Nothing is great like friendship on earth, No jewel No pearl has got it's worth. No one except a friend can be trusted, Your life will never ever get rusted.
I'm really happy for him. It's his second year, and he got his first division title. He's been great all year long. That's not just my manager, it's my friend, and he did a great job.
As a player you know how aggressive she is. She's a phenomenal athlete and has a great attitude. She's a great friend, and she's fun.
Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen. Like friends, too, we should return to them again and again for, like true friends, they will never fail us - never cease to instruct - never cloy.
What's invaluable about Bernie is that he has gotten a number of us eggheads together and has translated what is scientific gobbledygook into English so that our neighbors and friends can understand it.
I've known Reggie for a while. My son, David, and he are great friends. It's no surprise. I've known he was a classy kid for a long time.
He's going to get through it. I'm out there playing for A.J. A.J. is my best friend. He's in my heart.
She loved her neighbors. She loved getting company, and she had lots of friends.
The friends come in here the first few days, ... But after the first week, he's forgotten. Then he's off to (long-term care) Drake, where he will spend his shortened life on a ventilator. His friends don't see what the rest of his life looks like. There's no funeral. He's just gone from the neighborhood.
He's the best dance partner. The nicest thing about being in the film was being together again. We're old friends, and we had a great time together.
I was too dumb to know Opie was going to grow up to be a great Director, if so, boy, I would certainly have become his best friend.
His speech was nothing more than a series of irrational and inconsistent political attacks cobbled together by his Republican handlers, ... And though three years ago, he called John Kerry a friend, one of the greatest leaders of our time and an authentic hero, tonight, for political and personal gain, he adopted the smear tactic refrains of the Bush administration.
Error is certainty's constant companion. Error is the corollary of evidence. And anything said about truth may equally well be said about error the delusion will be no greater.
They may not all walk away best friends, It's in everyone's interest to reach a deal.
I live in company with a body, a silent companion, exacting and eternal. He it is who notes that individuality which is the seal of the weakness of our race. My soul has wings, but the brutal jailer is strict.
An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend, excepting lust, the indulgence of which increases its enmity.
Friendship is a strong and habitual inclination in two persons to promote the good and happiness of one another.
I'm lucky - often I find myself travelling to the USA and Europe for work and pleasure and to Europe or to catch up with my friends.
Five years ago, Samira did not want to continue in the regular school system in Iran. To help her with her education, I set up a home school. It wasn't just for my family, it was open to other friends.
I want to thank Ray Miller for all he did, for his support and his professionalism. Ray did an outstanding job and we remain good friends. Leo and I have been best friends for a long time and have always said that if I get the chance to manage, he would be my pitching coach. I'm glad for us that it will happen, but I'm really happy for the Orioles organization that Leo has joined the club. His record speaks for itself.
Friends are relatives you make for yourself.
And one of my other friends could not believe in God if he came down and tapped her on the shoulder. She's a biologist - a student at UCLA - and I don't judge her either, because I really believe that God is a personal opinion, and only that.
He was a dear friend. He was a gentleman. He was a dedicated, loving father and husband. I remember many years, he would bring his son over to enjoy the tournament and watch what Dad did, and it was just a joy to watch and be a part of.
I got emotional help and support from my wife and friends. But the physical help had to come from a doctor - from a mental health professional.
Friends are like fiddle strings; they must not be screwed too tight.
It is inevitable that those to whom is vouchsafed a long life of usefulness should outlive the friends of their youth.
If alcohol is queen, then tobacco is her consort. It's a fond companion for all occasions, a loyal friend through fair weather and foul. People smoke to celebrate a happy moment, or to hide a bitter regret. Whether you're alone or with friends, it's a joy for all the senses. What lovelier sight is there than that double row of white cigarettes, lined up like soldiers on parade and wrapped in silver paper I love to touch the pack in my pocket, open it, savor the feel of the cigarette between my fingers, the paper on my lips, the taste of tobacco on my tongue. I love to watch the flame spurt up, love to watch it come closer and closer, filling me with its warmth.
Hey, I've been doing what I do for a long time, my friend.
There was a friend of my husband, John Monk Saunders, who was in charge of the sound department, which was a kind of reassuring thing.
Choose your enemies as carefully as you choose your friends.
This whole spring has been tough because Aaron and I have become good friends. I know his preference is to start. I know I'm getting an opportunity and I'm happy about that, but I know it means he's giving up something he wants to do. I know this is about what Aaron can do in the bullpen.
I believe in God, because he is the only thing that kept me going. He's my best friend.
A lazy person, whatever the talents with which he set out, will have condemned himself to second-hand thoughts and to second-rate friends.
The sacrifices of friendship were beautiful in her eyes as long as she was not asked to make them.
And rest I will
with you my friend.
O King, O Friend, O Lover!
It's tough, Kevin's a determined individual and he liked being The Man. But the thing I have working for me is I am the closest in age to him as any teammate he's ever had and we are good friends. I think the key will be for us to just keep trying to help each other.
Banks have a new image. Now you have 'a friend,' your friendly banker. If the banks are so friendly, how come they chain down the pens?
Everybody, my friend, everybody lives for something better to come. That's why we want to be considerate of every man - Who knows what's in him, why he was born and what he can do?
The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.
How beautiful is youth how bright it gleams with its illusions, aspirations, dreams Book of Beginnings, Story without End, Each maid a heroine, and each man a friend.
He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life.
When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.