They looked at each other until they weren't acquaintances…

They looked at each other. They weren't thinking anymore. The time for that had come and gone. Smashed smiles lay ahead of them. But…

— Arundhati Roy

“But by the time those acquaintances became close friends, it was too late. Perhaps there was a perfect moment in between, when you were…

— Laurie Frankel

“Saying that you do not remember something or someone is a less embarrassing or hurtful way of saying that you do not know it…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

We may have many acquaintances, but we can have but few friends; this made Aristotle say that he that hath many friends hath none.

— Samuel Johnson

Acquaintances represent a source of social power, and the more acquaintances you have the more powerful you are.

— Malcolm Gladwell

I love the acquaintance of young people; because, in the first place, I do not like to think myself growing old. In the next…

— Samuel Johnson

Pessimism, she is a fond friend of yours, yes?" - That's uncalled for. I barely know her. Mere acquaintances, at best.

— Robert Jordan

Who is everywhere is nowhere. When a person spends all his time in foreign travel, he ends by having many acquaintances, but no friends.

— Seneca the Younger

“Acquaintances, in sort, represent a source of social power, and the more acquaintances you have the more powerful you are.”

— Malcolm Gladwell

I use to have lots of friends; now I have less, but much more acquaintances.

— AnaG

“Mr. Severin smiled, tiny constellations of reflected chandelier lights glinting in his eyes. "Since I've told you about my tastes... what are yours?" Cassandra…

— Lisa Kleypas

With politics, everyone - your neighbour, acquaintances, anyone you ever meet - has an opinion. Particularly about what Arvind Kejriwal should be doing.

— Atishi

“But I believe we don't know folks, we're acquainted with them. There's always something in an individual you ain't never going to know.”

— Melissa Fay Greene

I have a few very close friends, then I have some good friends, lots of acquaintances and a large mass of people I tolerate!..

— Anonymous

“Friends are not a number. You can't collect connections. You can't just go out one day and be like, "Hey, I need some friends!"…

— Connor Franta