Yousuf Karsh Quotes

It shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom you already owe much.

If I do something caring for a friend, I have no doubt in my mind they would do it for me.

We secure our friends not by accepting favors but by doing them.

When I was at drama school, I was totally broke, and a lot of my mates had jobs and were financially very good to me, so if, for example, I take them away on a trip to a football match in Europe, it means that I can pay them back a bit.

Surround yourself with people who provide you with support and love and remember to give back as much as you can in return.

Napoli gave me so much, but I also gave something back - the best I could.

Taking care of the people who take care of you - that's how I was raised and how I like to do things.

There's certain people that you owe it to, for the things they've done for you.

I have to give back. For me, it would be a failure if I could not give back.

I hope I will be able to repay City for what they have done for me.

What's the point of blowing up if you can't give back to the people who helped you blow up?

To owe an obligation to a worthy friend is a happiness, and can be no disparagement.

I've been given so much, and if I can just give back a tenth of what I've been given, then it's all worth it.

I give to everybody. When they call, I give. And do you know what? When I need something from them two years later, three years later, I call them, they are there for me.

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

When you're doing a job that benefits other people, it's easy to assume that they feel conscious of the fact that you're doing this work - that they should feel grateful, and that they should and do feel guilty about not helping you.

I owe baseball. Baseball don't owe me a damn thing.

Help is dangerous because it exists outside the human economy: the only payment for help is gratitude.

But there will come a time and a place to give back, and each individual will recognize that time and place.

When befriended, remember it; when you befriend, forget it.

If you want people to support you, then you have to support them. You have to think long about what you did for people who voted for you, made phone calls for you, who went door to door for you.

We shelter children for a time; we live side by side with men; and that is all. We owe them nothing, and are owed nothing. I think we owe our friends more, especially our female friends.

A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else.

You don't think we should do things for them people for nothin?' ... You don't think they expect to get it for nothin', do you? What's fair is fair, you know.