Original minds are not distinguished by being the first to see a new thing, but instead by seeing the old, familiar thing… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
We take a natural interest in novelties, but it is against nature to take an interest in familiar things. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
A fine artist is one who makes familiar things new and new things familiar. — Louis Nizer Copy Share Image
Most of us lead far more meaningful lives than we know. Often finding meaning is not about doing things differently; it is… — Rachel Naomi Remen Copy Share Image
With a little persuasion, any familiar thing can turn abnormal in the mind. Here's a thought experiment. Consider this brutal bit of… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
I don't think a novel's main donation, main gift, is the document. The document is there, but a novel goes beyond documentation.… — Amos Oz Copy Share Image
There's something I have about being Canadian - there's a distance it gives you when you live in the States and operate… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
There’s beauty all around our paths, If but our watchful eyes Can trace it ’midst familiar things, And through their lowly guise. — Felicia Hemans Copy Share Image
Most of us prefer to walk backward into the future, a posture that may be uncomfortable but which at least allows us… — Charles Handy Copy Share Image
While it may not heighten our sympathy, wit widens our horizons by its flashes, revealing remote hidden affiliations and drawing laughter from… — Marie Taylor Collins Swabey Copy Share Image
Mysteries lie all around us, even in the most familiar things, waiting only to be perceived. — Wynn Bullock Copy Share Image
Poetry is when you make new things familiar and familiar things new — Rory Sutherland Copy Share Image
In this work are exhibited, in a very high degree, the two most engaging powers of an author. New things are made… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
