#companion

But that guitar is the perfect companion to the human voice. You rest it against your gut, against your heart, and when you strum it the vibrations go outwards for all to hear, but the vibration also hits you on your body. ↗

— Jason Mraz

#also #body #companion #go #guitar

While eschewing emotion - and its companion, vulnerability - Obama should be careful not to sacrifice empathy, the 'I feel your pain' connection that sustained Clinton. This connection is the shorthand people use to measure their leaders' intentions. If people believe you're on their side, they will trust your decisions. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#believe #careful #clinton #companion #connection

Suspicion is the companion of mean souls, and the bane of all good society. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#companion #good #mean #society #souls

The companion of an evening, and the companion for life, require very different qualifications. ↗

— Samuel Richardson

#different #evening #life #qualifications #require

There is an organic affinity between joyousness and tenderness, and their companionship in the saintly life need in no way occasion surprise. ↗

— William James

#between #companionship #joyousness #life #need

The first time you marry for love, the second for money, and the third for companionship. ↗

— Jackie Kennedy

#companionship #first #first time #love #marry

I just love dogs, and there really is no better companion than an animal. ↗

— Rita Rudner

#better #companion #dogs #i #just

I had one companion. He was a teacher from the Ukraine who spoke English so we could communicate a bit. I learnt a few Russian words, but it was hard to concentrate. ↗

— Mathias Rust

#communicate #companion #concentrate #could #english

When thinking about companions gone, we feel ourselves doubly alone. ↗

— Walter Scott

#alone #companions #doubly #feel #gone

Religion which lays so many restraints upon us, is a troublesome companion to those who will lay no restraints upon themselves. ↗

— Laurence Sterne

#lay #lays #many #religion #restraints