Niall Ferguson Quotes

Connections with other people affect not only the quality of our lives but also our survival.

We don't function well as human beings when we're in isolation.

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

The biggest lesson from Africa was that life's joys come mostly from relationships and friendships, not from material things. I saw time and again how much fun Africans had with their families and friends and on the sports fields; they laughed all the time.

People should be conscious of the large contribution made by anything that gets people together easily in the reduction of loneliness and emotional well-being.

Basic human contact - the meeting of eyes, the exchanging of words - is to the psyche what oxygen is to the brain. If you're feeling abandoned by the world, interact with anyone you can.

Friendship is a wildly underrated medication.

People are really happier with friends than they are with their families or their spouse or their child.

I've found that the more friends I have, the luckier I am.

The most important thing is friends, family, and the people around you. That's what really makes you happy.

I love visiting my friends because it makes me feel normal.

A lot of the things that we do in life are to find connection.

I have a great support system.

A guy needs somebody―to be near him. A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody. Don't make no difference who the guy is, long's he's with you. I tell ya, I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an' he gets sick.

More and more of us live segmented, compartmentalized lives. This isn't natural. For millions of years, our forebears knew everyone around them and everyone knew them.

I'm lucky in that I have close friends and family and my agent to advise me.

It's wonderful to move forward technologically, but we cannot forget that we are human beings who thrive on relationships, who thrive on interconnectivity, who thrive on sharing your feelings and emotions.

To be connected to the real world is healthy and important.

I also surround myself with people who make me laugh. If I'm not laughing, it upsets my day.

I've got a really good family; I've got great friends around me.

It's always nice to make friends; friends is good.

Because most people are not sufficiently employed in themselves, they run about loose, hungering for employment, and satisfy themselves in various supererogatory occupations. The easiest of these occupations, which have all to do with making things already made, is the making of people: it is called the art of friendship.

My girlfriend is a great support, and I've got a big circle of mates who keep my feet on the ground.

I'm interested in what bonds people together. You know, what brings us together in good ways? And there's not a lot known about that.

People are basically the same the world over. Everybody wants the same things - to be happy, to be healthy, to be at least reasonably prosperous, and to be secure. They want friends, peace of mind, good family relationships, and hope that tomorrow is going to be even better than today.