In the name of the United States and President Bush I want to thank the Mexican people President Fox and his government for their friendship.

Never be afraid to meet to the hilt the demand of either work or friendship - two of life's major assets.

A passion for politics stems usually from an insatiable need either for power or for friendship and adulation or a combination of both.

The friendship of Shostakovich cast a brilliant light over my whole life and whose spiritual qualities captured my soul once and for all time.

To cement a new friendship especially between foreigners or persons of a different social world a spark with which both were secretly charged must fly from person to person and cut across the accidents of place and time.

I know I was a great friend to Tiger Woods. But when you have a relationship that's involves business and friendship - and the business part comes to an end - things always get a little blurry.

I can tell you dearest friend that if it became known how much friendship love and a world of human and spiritual references I have smuggled into these three movements the adherents of programme music - should there be any left - would go mad with joy.

So far as it depends on the course of this government our relations of good will and friendship will be sedulously cultivated with all nations.

One of the great things personally coming to Hawai'i is my friendship of Jim Nicholson.

They took their meals together and it was remarked on such occasions when the friendship of animals is put to a hard test that they never quarrelled or disputed the possession of a favourite fruit with each other.

Our philosophy precedes from the belief that sport is an inalienable part of the educational process and a factor for promoting peace friendship cooperation and understanding among peoples.

Throughout its history the international Olympic Committee has struggled to spread its ideal of fraternity friendship peace and universal understanding.

Although the troops have struck us we throw it all behind and are glad to meet you in peace and friendship.

My reputation is too important to put it aside for purposes of some friendship. We have a job to do.

Working with people the musical part is one thing but the personal part is totally different and just as critical. If the friendship is there and it's a lasting friendship then it will take care of itself.

Only solitary men know the full joys of friendship. Others have their family but to a solitary and an exile his friends are everything.

Ray Bradbury is for many reasons the most influential writer in my life. Throughout our long friendship Ray supplied not only his terrific stories but a grand model of what a writer could be should be and yet rarely is: brilliant and charming and accessible willing to tolerate and to teach happy to inspire but also to be inspired.