The ways suited to confidence are familiar to me, but not those that are suited to familiarity. — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
Define home "not as a comforable, stable, inherited and familiar space, but instead as an imaginative, politically-charged space where the familiarity and… — Chandra Talpade Mohanty Copy Share Image
Art is continually working to take the crust of familiarity off everyday objects. — Rudolf Arnheim Copy Share Image
Familiarity is a suspension of almost all the laws of civility, which libertinism has introduced into society under the notion of ease. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
With a new familiarity and a flesh-creeping homeliness entirely of this unreal, materialistic world, where all sentiment is coarsely manufactured and advertised… — Wyndham Lewis Copy Share Image
He that can enjoy the intimacy of the great, and on no occasion disgust them by familiarity, or disgrace himself by servility,… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
To me, making a horror movie is about how you can present similar genre familiarities, but present them a little bit differently.… — Ti West Copy Share Image
I used to think you should keep on experimenting and seeing new things. But after seeing a lot of the world, I… — Louise Nurding Copy Share Image
He surprised me by his familiarity with details of movements and battles which I did not suppose had come to his knowledge.… — Henry Villard Copy Share Image
I don't know what I expected, but my first morning in the Oval Office had a surprising ring of familiarity to it.… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Many of the familiar little things that we use every day have typically evolved over a period of time to a state… — Henry Petroski Copy Share Image
If you had told me twenty years ago that I would write a novel set in Russia, much less two, I simply… — Debra Dean Copy Share Image
Canada was settled, in the main, by people with a lower middle-class outlook, and a respect, rather than an affectionate familiarity, for… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
Since we're keeping it primal, you smell good," he observed. "It's called a shower...," I began automatically, then trailed off. My memory… — Becca Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
I like the idea of readers feeling a familiarity, whether it's with Africa or childhood. — Binyavanga Wainaina Copy Share Image
“There’s nothing brave in pushing myself to the edge of my comfort zone. Bravery is about refusing to be in any kind… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
Consistency breeds familiarity, familiarity breeds confidence, and confidence breeds sales. — Jay Conrad Levinson Copy Share Image
One of the things I've found most challenging about writing a multibook series is keeping it fresh and evolving while still delivering… — Tina St. John Copy Share Image
If you are forced to confront your fears on a daily basis, they disintegrate, like illusions when viewed up close. Maybe being… — Deborah Feldman Copy Share Image
Friendship * * * is a long time in forming, it is of slow growth, through many trials and months of familiarity. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
I like the idea of readers feeling a familiarity, whether its with Africa or childhood. — Binyavanga Wainaina Copy Share Image
The aspects of things that are most important for us are hidden because of their simplicity and familiarity. (One is unable to… — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
