Tess Gerritsen Quotes

In the military, you learn the essence of people. You see so many examples of self-sacrifice and moral courage. In the rest of life, you don't get that many opportunities to be sure of your friends.

Human beings exist that have integrity, that know how to keep their mouth shut, that know the bigger picture, that don't sell out their friends.

Honor among thieves is the ancestor of all honor.

A friend is nothing but a known enemy.

Those who boast of friendship with us, they can really be our friend when they respect our independence, our soil and our prideful traditions.

My plays are ultimately about love, honor, duty, betrayal.

Loyalty, support, and 'the sisterhood' are there in spades in 'Jamestown.'

Once you share a ring with someone, go to war with someone... you have a different type of respect for someone.

100 percent at all times I believe in girl code.

We've always had each other's backs in and out of competition. We support each other the most because we're the only ones that know what it's like to go through what we do, and so we can't be more thankful for each other. We're like sisters.

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

And what made these heart-to-hearts possible--you might even say what made the whole friendship possible during that time--was this understanding we had that anything we told each other during these moments would be treated with careful respect: that we'd honor confidences, and that no matter how much we rowed, we wouldn't use against each other anything we'd talked about during those sessions.

Wrestling is a fraternity, and the boys will work their butts off for you as long as you respect them and don't lie. You can't anyone walk all over you or everybody will walk all over you.

What matters is working with a few close friends, people you respect, knowing that if times did turn bad these people would hold together.

Count not him among your friends who will retail your privacies to the world.

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

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

Real friends stab you in the front.

The Afghans I met were some of the nicest and most honorable people I've ever encountered. There is a code called 'Pashtunwali,' so if someone invites you into their village, every last man will fight to protect your life. I was impressed by that.

From the spinners, Anil and I have been together for a long time and I respect him a lot.

This 51 Phoenix Racing team, I love them to death. They've got my back, I've got theirs.

Dre was one of my heros in the music industry. If he's not down for his homeboys, I don't wanna be a part of him or around him.

My best male friend is my best friend until he crosses me. We're all protective of the self.

You don't stay married for thirty-nine years because of sex or even because of love, but because your partner is a real friend to you, because they respect and regard you.

Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy.