It's the nature of the beast within us to keep going back to the familiar rather than to strap on faith and… — Charles R. Swindoll Copy Share Image
A familiar name cannot make a man less strange to me. It may be given to a savage who retains in secret… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
A fine artist is one who makes familiar things new and new things familiar. — Louis Nizer Copy Share Image
The notion of getting under the hood and explaining how something works, that's fairly familiar territory to me. — Scott McCloud Copy Share Image
Religion is by no means a proper subject of conversation in mixed company; it should only be treated among a very few… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Right, wrong, good, bad, heaven, hell. I think that is the theme of my life. I think you have to know both… — DMX Copy Share Image
Great things astonish us, and small dishearten us. Custom makes both familiar. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Anyone who watches a lot of television, or listens to pop music, is familiar with a certain vision of America. If not… — Wesley Morris Copy Share Image
Oh man sometimes I wake up feel like a cat runover. Are you familiar with the stoical aspects of hard drinking, of… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
Vice is a monster of so frightful mien As to be hated needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
During the earliest stages the child perceives things like a solipsist who is unaware of himself as subject and is familiar only… — Jean Piaget Copy Share Image
A principle familiar to propagandists is that the doctrine to be instilled in the target audience should not be articulated: that would… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
A reader ought to be able to hold it and become familiar with its organized contents and make it a mind's manageable… — William Safire Copy Share Image
The fields stretch out in long unbroken rows. We walk aware of what is far and close. Here distance is familiar as… — Theodore Roethke Copy Share Image
Usually when someone says a thing is too simple, they're saying that certain familiar things aren't there, and they're seeing a couple… — Donald Judd Copy Share Image
Not a lot of gay guys end up coming to alt-comedy-ish shows. They like all these '80s shimmer shows, or they like… — Guy Branum Copy Share Image
If you make a 'Star Wars' reference, everybody's familiar with that. It's a common reference that most people can relate to -… — Adam Reed Copy Share Image
If I had undertaken the practical direction of military operations, and anything went amiss, I feared that my conscience would torture me,… — Lajos Kossuth Copy Share Image
The music that I've had out so far was obviously very pop, but when I signed with Hollywood Records, I was like,… — Lucy Hale Copy Share Image
Mail from home was so important when you were traveling. It kept you in touch with the familiar, even the part you… — Helen Van Slyke Copy Share Image
Anybody who is familiar with the historical data from the IRS knows that raising income tax rates will likely actually reduce federal… — Mike Pence Copy Share Image
If your broker or investment advisor is not familiar with the concept of standard deviation of returns, get a new one. — William J. Bernstein Copy Share Image
It is, after all, the responsibility of the expert to operate the familiar and that of the leader to transcend it. — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
Religion is much more than language, but to be Christian does mean speaking Christian for most people. The language many of us… — Marcus Borg Copy Share Image
