I define connection as the energy that exists between people when they feel seen, heard, and valued; when they can give and receive without judgment; and when they derive sustenance and strength from the relationship.
There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.
You just don't come across proper, deep, loyal friendships very easily later on in life.
I've got plenty of love in my life already in the form of my sons and a few good friends who I value dearly.
All I can say, personally, is I have never learned more from an actor that I've worked with than Jeffrey Tambor. And I consider him one of my favorite, most valued people in my life.
I would step in the way of a bullet if it were aimed at my husband. It is not self-sacrifice to die protecting that which you value: If the value is great enough, you do not care to exist without it.
All of the people in my life whom I consider to be close friends or colleagues are good thinkers.
Friendship is one of our most treasured relationships, but it isn't codified and celebrated; it's never going to give you a party.
. . . companions were to be valued, wherever one found them.
I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or better than friendship.
If you're not in my immediate circle, you're not someone whose opinion I value.
My time with my family is a priority.
I value my friends.
Family photo albums are so powerful in that they make kids feel valued, cherished and respected.
Opinions are very easily heard in our media and technology-type of world that we're in. I just try to stay focused on the people that I'm around every day that I work with, that I trust and value.
So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost indispensable; and no man is useless while he has a friend.
People do more for you when you make them feel important.
For me, I just value my friendships so much. I mean, I love my family, too, but my friends - I have a really special connection with my friends.
Family time means so much to me.
I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.
Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.
We want our friend as a man of talent, less because he has talent than because he is our friend.
I never had a huge circle of friends, so I really just tried to cherish and not take for granted the close friends I did have, who were really supportive and understanding.
Remember that the most valuable antiques are dear old friends.
If I can get together once a month with eight people I hold dear, that's a real win to me.
