Acquaintance Quotes

299 Acquaintance quotes by 236 unique authors

Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance. — Rabindranath Tagore
She is such a good friend that she would throw all her acquaintances into the water for the pleasure of fishing them out again. — Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends. — George Washington
Acquaint yourself with your own ignorance. — Isaac Watts
I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their intellects. A man cannot be too… — Oscar Wilde
Honestly, among my acquaintances there is no woman wearing XS. — Kate Winslet
We Facebook users have been building a treasure lode of big data that government and corporate researchers have been mining to predict and influence what… — Douglas Rushkoff
This morning the world by moonlight seemed to be an immemorial acquaintance I had always meant to befriend. If there was ever a chance, it… — Marilynne Robinson
From the very beginningâ€” from the first moment, I may almost sayâ€” of my acquaintance with you, your manners, impressing me with the fullest belief… — Jane Austen
Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot and days of auld lang syne? For auld lang syne,… — Robert Burns
In addition to my other numerous acquaintances, I have one more intimate confidantâ€¦ My depression is the most faithful mistress I have known â€” no… — Soren Kierkegaard
If you cannot read all your books...fondle them---peer into them, let them fall open where they will, read from the first sentence that arrests the… — Winston Churchill
They say of me, and so they should, It's doubtful if I come to good. I see acquaintances and friends Accumulating dividends And making enviable… — Dorothy Parker
Sometimes, life seems to have a higher meaning. Events unfold in uncanny sequences. Long-forgotten acquaintances turn up with news that changes lives. A stranger appears… — Dean Koontz
Learn From Yesterday, Live for Today, hope for tomorrow. — Orison Swett Marden
A man of my acquaintance once wrote a poem called "The Road Less Traveled", describing a journey he took through the woods along a path… — Daniel Handler
A man has no reason to be ashamed of having an ape for his grandfather. If there were an ancestor whom I should feel shame… — Thomas Huxley
I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year… — Jonathan Swift
While the Lord might insist that vengeance was His, no male Highlander of my acquaintance had ever thought it right that the Lord should be… — Diana Gabaldon
To every man, in his acquaintance with a new art, there comes a moment when that which before was meaningless first lifts, as it were,… — C.S. Lewis

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