Acquainted Quotes

199 Acquainted quotes by 161 unique authors

All couples must bear the strain of getting acquainted, having been, up to then, merely intimate. — Peter De Vries
I got very well acquainted with Joe Stalin, and I like old Joe! He is a decent fellow. But Joe is a prisoner of the… — Harry S. Truman
We should scarcely desire things ardently if we were perfectly acquainted with what we desire. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
One of our problems today is that we are not well acquainted with the literature of the spirit. We re interested in the news of… — Joseph Campbell
The opening of a foreign trade, by making them acquainted with new objects, or tempting them by the easier acquisition of things which they had… — John Stuart Mill
...a man estimable for his learning, amiable for his life, and venerable for his piety. Arbuthnot was a man of great comprehension, skilful in his… — Samuel Johnson
I am personally acquainted with hundreds of journalists, and the opinion of the majority of them would not be worth tuppence in private, but when… — Mark Twain
I'm very well acquainted with the seven deadly sins, I keep a busy schedule trying to fit them in. — Warren Zevon
When I examine the conclusion [on experiments with the electric light bulb experiments published in the Herald] which everyone acquainted with the subject will recognize… — Henry Morton Stanley
Go into the streets, into the slums, into the fashionable quarters. Go into the day courts and the night courts. Become acquainted with sorrow, with… — Minnie Maddern Fiske
When I have a model who is quiet and steady and with whom I am acquainted, then I draw repeatedly 'til there is one drawing… — Vincent Van Gogh
I believe that dreams transport us through the underside of our days, and that if we wish to become acquainted with the dark side of… — Gail Godwin
Familiarity so dulls the edge of perception as to make us least acquainted with things forming part of our daily life. — Julia Ward Howe
Harmony is an obscure and difficult musical science, but most difficult to those who are not acquainted with the Greek language; because it is necessary… — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio
I am one powerful self made up of so many selves that sometimes I throw myself a get-acquainted party. — Eric Maisel
As I grew up I was fervently desirous of becoming acquainted with Nature. — John James Audubon
Who can justly say aught against Joseph Smith? I was as well acquainted with him, as any man. I do not believe that his father… — Brigham Young
I highly venerate the Masonic Institution, under the fullest persuasion that, when its principles are acknowledged and its laws and precepts obeyed, it comes nearest… — Theodore Roosevelt
When you ... see our Father, you will see a being with whom you have long been acquainted, and He will receive you into His… — Brigham Young
Almost all fear is fear of the unknown. Therefore, what's the remedy? To become acquainted with the things you fear. — Peace Pilgrim

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