Samin Nosrat Quotes

Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.

I'm not crazy about having lots of time to myself. Whenever I come back from filming away, I immediately want to go and see my friends and my family and re-establish my life. I can fill time when I'm alone, but I love being around other people.

I don't mind being an only child; never have. I am lucky, though, that I have my friend Emily, who grew-up very close to me and so, there is someone I have shared memories with. I would miss that if I didn't have it, I think.

One major challenge within happiness is loneliness. The more I've learned about happiness, the more I've come to believe that loneliness is a terrible, common, and important obstacle to consider.

We do not mind our not arriving anywhere nearly so much as our not having any company on the way.

Going through life solo isn't very exciting if you can't share it with somebody, you know?

To film with our family is awesome - you have to hang out with each other, and I love that because I hate being alone.

Solitude is only a good idea if you have the right people along to share it.

No one can live without friendship, because what would you do all day without friends?

Even with one companion ecstasy is almost banished.

Success is nothing if you don't have the right people to share it with; you're just gonna end up lonely.

I love spending time with my friends and family. The simplest things in life give me the most pleasure: cooking a good meal, enjoying my friends.

Man loves company - even if it is only that of a small burning candle.

I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.

I do get to have my normal childhood. I just love to get together with my friends and family and have a good time.

Half the pleasure of solitude comes from having with us some friend to whom we can say how sweet solitude is.

Human beings are not designed to be alone. None of God's creatures are.

I've always been someone who needs someone with them to poke and annoy. I'm useless at being by myself.

We can all understand that feeling of being alone in the world trying to find ways to not be alone.

There's a great need to convene at the table with family and friends. People are feeling it and wanting it. For me to be a minor player in helping with that, it makes me so happy.

Eating well, being around the table with the family or friends or relatives - it doesn't get any better.

It takes effort to not be lonely.

When I'm bored, I hate being alone so there's always a friend at my place.

When people are with me, who can say I am alone.

Sometimes life is too hard to be alone, and sometimes life is too good to be alone.