Terry McMillan Quotes

...if all men knew what each said of the other, there would not be four friends in the world.

I maintain that, if everyone knew what others said about him, there would not be four friends in the world.

You find out who your real friends are when you're involved in a scandal.

The most disagreeable thing that your worst enemy says to your face does not approach what your best friends say behind your back.

He that openly tells, his friends all that he thinks of them, must expect that they will secretly tell his enemies much that they do not think of him.

I heard my mother talking badly of me to people who were talking badly of me in her salon. That's probably the thing that I'm most sensitive of in all my friendships and my relationships. I just... I just can't take that. I'm comfortable with enemies, but I can't take it from friends.

Friends are sometimes boring, but enemies never.

Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind his back.

I'll think I have a few wonderful friends and all of a sudden, ooh, here it comes. They do a lot of things. They talk about you to the press, to their friends, tell stories, and you know, it's disappointing.

The gossip mill on tour is always turning. I have to be a little careful about what I tell guys who I don't consider close friends, because even though they might not spread it to other players, they'll usually tell their wives. And once the wives get it, it's gone.

I was always protective of Jayne. I never allowed people to talk about her behind her back because those same people would talk about me.

Fake friends believe in rumors. Real friends believe in you.

Friends can betray you, but with an old enemy, you always know where you stand.

Relationships are temporary, friendships are forever! Unless they sleep with your boyfriend!

Neither make thy friend equal to a brother; but if thou shalt have made him so, be not the first to do him wrong.

People say friends don't destroy one another. What do they know about friends?

We trust our secrets to our friends, but they escape from us in love.

Betray a friend, and you'll often find you have ruined yourself.

Linda Tripp has shown that a true friend is an archivist, a biographer.

To me, being popular means I've got more friends. You've got to watch who your friends are, if you want to get close to them, but I've got a lot of acquaintances. And then, you've got to be real careful who your friends are, because you never know why they're your friend.

It's almost like when you're young, your friends take on the romance role, and then guys take on the role of your friends later.

To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it.

It is better to be deceived by one's friends than to deceive them.

Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favors for big ones.