Familiarity obscures surprises

Hatred obscures all distinctions.

— C. S. Lewis

The language that reveals also obscures.

— Wendell Berry

Sin is whatever obscures the soul.

— Andre Gide

But there are times when the little cloud spreads, until it obscures the sky.

— HG Wells

“Life is full of changes. And surprises. And the inexplicable(s).”

— Hlovate

Today the greatest single deterrent to knowledge of Jesus is His familiarity. Because we think we know Him, we pass Him by.

— Winifred Kirkland

When the writing is good, a book becomes a mirror. The reader will see an uncanny familiarity and respond accordingly

— Jen Knox

It is familiarity with life that makes time speed quickly. When every day is a step in the unknown, as for children, the days…

— George Gissing

Vulgar and inactive minds confound familiarity with knowledge, and conceive themselves informed of the whole nature of things, when they are shown their form…

— Samuel Johnson

My familiarity with the successful use of very long steel ropes for mining purposes naturally suggested their adaptation to the new purpose of deep…

— Alexander Agassiz

“And when I look into his eyes there’s a feeling of something I can only describe as familiarity, a sense of safety. Like coming…

— Rebecca James

I'm sure there are a lot of Italians who refer to themselves as goombahs and greaseballs and whatever. That's what people do. It gives…

— Samuel L. Jackson

You have to know that you have to have familiarity with the artist that you want to be, but there's so much about it…

— Monica Barbaro

Part of the advantage, and part of the result of trying to be a producer and director, are the practical things, you find. It's…

— Campbell Scott

Too much familiarity breeds contempt.

— Vikrant Parsai