It's very easy to attack ourselves. Even comforting in its familiarity, but you must resist this urge at all costs. Dwelling on… — Chris Hardwick Copy Share Image
“It is strange that what seems at first alien becomes second nature in the blink of an eye.” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
Love at a distance may be poignant; it is also idealized. Contact, more than separation, is the test of attachment. — Ilka Chase Copy Share Image
The new crimes that the US and Israel were committing in Gaza as 2009 opened do not fit easily into any standard… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Modesty means to be free from undue familiarity, from indecency, from lewdness, pure in thought and conduct. Speaking of modest apparel, it… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
I think Tabasco brings me pure heat and Southern kind of familiarity, along with the vinegar and the barrel-aged spices. — Mario Batali Copy Share Image
It was strange, I reflected.. that even in the weirdest circumstances, the most troubling episodes of one's life, the greatest divides from… — Elizabeth Kostova Copy Share Image
All music is just a collision of sounds until you know its internal conventions and understand the nuances. It's a question of… — Max Richter Copy Share Image
I think I prefer the constant renewal. It's almost like sandpapering down any details or any contour of familiarities. — Feist Copy Share Image
Of course, the plea for respect for nonhuman life goes far beyond the scientific delight of familiarity with our planet mates. The… — Lynn Margulis Copy Share Image
I wondered how long it took for a baby to become yours, for familiarity to set in. Maybe as long as it… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
When I first arrived (in New York), it seemed to me the most terrifying city in the world... all those big buildings.… — Benny Goodman Copy Share Image
It is exceptional that one should be able to acquire the understanding of a process without having previously acquired a deep familiarity… — John von Neumann Copy Share Image
We became more familiar with [Bernard Leach], and with this familiarity came, I wouldn't say contempt, but certainly an awareness that everything… — Warren MacKenzie Copy Share Image
Books never pall on me. They discourse with us, they take counsel with us, and are united to us by a certain… — Petrarch Copy Share Image
We, as Americans, have so much to learn here. We have a shockingly low level of global awareness and familiarity and little… — Tom Freston Copy Share Image
Familiarity confounds all traits of distinction; interest and prejudice take away the power of judging. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Where nature is concerned, familiarity breeds love and knowledge, not contempt. — Stewart Udall Copy Share Image
Let thy virtue be too high for the familiarity of names, and if thou must speak of it, be not ashamed to… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
When a man becomes familiar with his goddess, she quickly sinks into a woman. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
With horses, familiarity breeds comfort. If you haven't been around horses for a while (or ever), the best thing to do is… — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
The truest tales require time and familiarity to become what they are. — Erin Morgenstern Copy Share Image
Potter is mocked by a faculty member for the idea that there is evil in the world from which even children need… — Anonymous Copy Share Image