Richard Lederer Quotes

By being friends with all, we are not alone.

It's important to find your tribe.

I belonged to another club, and liked the camaraderie.

The only achievement I am really proud of is the friends I have made in this community.

In those early years in New York when I was a stranger in a big city, it was the companionship and later friendship which I was offered in the Linnean Society that was the most important thing in my life.

I think that when people join clubs as simple as a sorority or a fraternity, a football team, a baseball team, it's just - you want to be in a group. You want to be around people, you want to be with people.

We felt like we just got surrounded by this community of friends.

Sometimes it takes work to find a great group of friends whom you feel super comfortable and confident with.

I think all of us naturally want to be a part of a community... at home and at work.

I would love to be part of a community.

It was the camaraderie and the friendships, too, that really drew me to Queensbridge.

When I was on Taransay, I loved being part of a community, I loved that everyone knew what I was doing, where I was going. I loved that. I liked knowing that if I wasn't back at a certain time people would start worrying a little bit about me, I loved the whole community thing, sitting for hours and chatting to people.

I have a really supportive, great group of friends, and we all push each other. They come to my shows, I go to their premieres; it's wonderful.

We need to have intimate, enduring bonds; we need to be able to confide; we need to feel that we belong; we need to be able to get support, and just as important for happiness, to give support. We need many kinds of relationships; for one thing, we need friends.

That's the great thing about having your friends around you. I've known these guys forever. I really enjoy their company just as people. You couldn't ask for a better work environment.

It was a great way to work. In those days, you had to be there. It was your world. It was your club. Your friends were there, your associates were there, your security was there.

There's something about being with a group of people who become like family that must be needed in society.

The local community is very important in one's life; the feelings of identification with a place and people.

At the end of the day, humans are social animals and we are at our best when we get to do things with others who appreciate and enjoy what we enjoy. It's what keeps us human.

We always felt like we were throwing a party for our friends, regardless of the size or the place, because we actually were throwing a party for our friends. We've always had a very tight knit community.

Rowing provided a place to go, a community where people cared about what I did and what I achieved.

I just want to connect with you bros. That's all I care about, because you bros' support really means everything to me.

When I meet a new person, I am on the lookout for signs of what he or she is loyal to. It is a preliminary clue to the sense of belonging, and hence of his or her humanity.

Any time you can be with like-minded people, laughing or crying over the same joke or the same scene... For me, it's therapeutic. You just feel a little less alone on the planet.

Much unhappiness comes from walking alone. When there are several, it's somewhat different. I must get into the habit of listening to others, for what the others say concerns me, too.