Familiar Quotes

1103 Familiar quotes by 886 unique authors

There ought to be something about computers and artificial intelligence [in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations]. Surely somebody somewhere said something memorable. — Justin Kaplan
Amid the cheering of the crowds, he hardly heard his master's voice, but he saw the familiar head and shoulders, and the bright flag he… — Ernest Thompson Seton
And Chaucer, with his infantine Familiar clasp of things divine. — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Relaxing with something as familiar as loneliness is good discipline for realizing the profundity of the unresolved moments of our lives. We are cheating ourselves… — Pema Chodron
Indeed, when God's glory dwells in me, there is nothing too far away, nothing too painful, nothing too strange or too familiar that it cannot… — Henri Nouwen
By the time they were pulling into the parking lot of the A&P, the mood was fading, the moment gone. Amy could feel it go.… — Elizabeth Strout
In an article on Bunyan lately published in the "Contemporary Review" - the only article on the subject worth reading on the subject I ever… — George Bernard Shaw
I often think that we are like the carp swimming contentedly in that pond. We live out our lives in our own "pond," confident that… — Michio Kaku
To introduce children to literature is to instal them in a very rich and glorious kingdom, to bring a continual holiday to their doors, to… — Charlotte Mason
There is something about saying, 'We always do this,' which helps keep the years together. Time is such an elusive thing that if we keep… — Edith Schaeffer
Each of us has an inner thermostat setting that determines how much love, success, and creativity we allow ourselves to enjoy. When we exceed out… — Gay Hendricks
Our children should be indoctrinated in the principles of the Gospel from their earliest childhood. They should be made familiar with the contents of the… — Wilford Woodruff
God is a place of safety you can run to, but it helps if you are running to Him on a daily basis so that… — Stormie Omartian
There is a lot of melody and things that sound familiar in hundreds of songs. — Wayne Coyne
Rise early, that by habit it may become familiar, agreeable, healthy, and profitable. — George Washington
The night is full of stories. They float up like miasmas, as though the dead leave their dreams in the earth where you bury them,… — Tim Winton
They attack the victim, and then the criminal who attacked the victim accuses the victim of attacking him. This is American justice. This is American… — Malcolm X
With your reorientation as awareness, difficulty calls upon your resources - not first the resources that you're familiar with, but the resources of your own… — John de Ruiter
All dash to and fro in motor cars. Familiar with the roads and settled nowhere. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
There is not enough Bible-reading among us. It is not sufficient to have the Book. We must actually READ it, and PRAY over it ourselves.… — J C Ryle
When there is genuine vision(as opposed to the all-too-familiar vision statement), people excel and learn, not because they are told to, but because they want… — Peter Senge
Sometimes even feeling bad feels good. Negative emotions can feel so familiar (especially if they mimic our past) as to actually be comforting. Awareness is… — Danielle LaPorte
As you look at many people's lives, you see that their suffering is in a way gratifying, for they are comfortable in it. They make… — Ram Dass
A critique is not a matter of saying that things are not right as they are. It is a matter of pointing out on what… — Michel Foucault
Design is about crafting an experience that is unfamiliar enough to feel novel, yet familiar enough to instill confidence. — John Maeda

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