#relation

The truth has never been of any real value to any human being - it is a symbol for mathematicians and philosophers to pursue. In human relations kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths. ↗

— Graham Greene

#been #being #human #human being #human relations

I have often noticed that a bribe has that effect - it changes a relation. The man who offers a bribe gives away a little of his own importance; the bribe once accepted, he becomes the inferior, like a man who has paid for a woman. ↗

— Graham Greene

#away #becomes #bribe #changes #effect

Political promises are much like marriage vows. They are made at the beginning of the relationship between candidate and voter, but are quickly forgotten. ↗

— Dick Gregory

#between #candidate #forgotten #like #made

Clearly, once the student is no longer a student the possibilities of relationship are enlarged. ↗

— Marilyn Hacker

#enlarged #longer #once #possibilities #relationship

Secondly, love and relationships are complicated. No one could ever get it right in a four-line sentence. ↗

— Adrian Grenier

#could #ever #get #love #relationships

Driving a cab is not really a nurturing type of relationship. You take people and they tip you, they may not tip you, you don't know their names, they don't care about you, you don't care about them. ↗

— Pam Grier

#cab #care #driving #know #may

Today, many people are engaging in same sex relationships and saying they are not gay. ↗

— Pam Grier

#gay #many #people #relationships #same

I think we actually punish children out of their relationship with their bodies... we categorically separate mind and body and emotion and intellect. ↗

— Susan Griffin

#bodies #body #categorically #children #emotion

An angry woman is a bitch. An angry man is strong, whereas, a sad man or a fearful man is a wimp. A sad or fearful woman is frail. ↗

— Irene Tomkinson

#perception #prejudice #relationships #family

A lot of married people certainly have wonderful relationships with their dogs, but when you're single and your dog is the only other living thing in your house, it's a really special relationship which I wanted CATHY to have. ↗

— Cathy Guisewite

#certainly #dog #dogs #house #i