Acquaintance Quotes

299 Acquaintance quotes by 236 unique authors

The bus roared through Indiana cornfields that night; the moon illuminated the ghostly gathered husks; it was almost Halloween. I made the acquaintance of a… — Jack Kerouac
Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character to be established — Confucius
There is no such thing as educational value in the abstract. The notion that some subjects and methods and that acquaintance with certain facts and… — John Dewey
We all like to think the world ends when we do. The truth is our acquaintances, our friends, and our loved ones all live on,… — Tonya Hurley
It is in dialogue with pain that many beautiful things acquire their value. Acquaintance with grief turns out to be one of the more unusual… — Alain de Botton
Go through your phone book, call people and ask them to drive you to the airport. The ones who will drive you are your true… — Jay Leno
But Gregor understood easily that it was not only consideration for him which prevented their moving, for he could easily have been transported in a… — Franz Kafka
Is there not something wanted, Miss Price, in our language - a something between compliments and - and love - to suit the sort of… — Jane Austen
The law of nature is alternation for evermore. Each electrical state superinduces the opposite. The soul environs itself with friends, that it may enter into… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
My best Acquaintances are those With Whom I spoke no Word — Emily Dickinson
An acquaintance had become a lover, might become a husband, but would retain all that she had noted in the acquaintance; and love must confirm… — E. M. Forster
New Year's Eve, where auld acquaintance be forgot. Unless, of course, those tests come back positive. — Jay Leno
Pessimism, she is a fond friend of yours, yes?" - That's uncalled for. I barely know her. Mere acquaintances, at best. — Robert Jordan
I am learning to see. I don't know why it is, but everything enters me more deeply and doesn't stop where it once used to.… — Rainer Maria Rilke
Experience has taught me that those who give their time to the absorbing claims of what is called society, not having leisure to keep up… — John Stuart Mill
Tall, aren't you?" she said. "I didn't mean to be." Her eyes rounded. She was puzzled. She was thinking. I could see, even on that… — Raymond Chandler
I have undertaken, you see, to write not only my life, but my opinions also; hoping and expecting that your knowledge of my character, and… — Laurence Sterne
He wanted to put his arms around her, but she had a darkness that seemed to stand beside her like an acquaintance that would not… — Elizabeth Strout
Never ask while you are doing it if what you are doing is fun. Don't introduce even your most reliably witty acquaintance as someone who… — Christopher Hitchens
Yes," replied Darcy, who could contain himself no longer, "but that was when I first knew her; for it is many months since I have… — Jane Austen

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