Familiar Quotes

1103 Familiar quotes by 886 unique authors

The laity ought to understand the faith, and since the doctrines of our faith are in the Scriptures, believers should have the Scriptures in a… — John Wycliffe
I spend several days at a time without enough sleep. At first, normal activities become annoying. When you are too tired to eat, you really… — Henry Rollins
I met Powel Crosley at an All-Star Game in 1935. He was familiar, of course, with our winning record at Rochester. We seemed to hit… — Warren Giles
One night, I lay awake for hours, just terrified. When the dawn finally came up - the comfortable blue sky, the familiar world returning -… — Alice Oswald
Men display less self-doubt and lead with what seems always like a sense of force and direction. We are not as familiar with women leaders,… — Maureen Chiquet
Science has taught us, against all intuition, that apparently solid things like crystals and rocks are really almost entirely composed of empty space. And the… — Richard Dawkins
What is familiar tends to become a value. — Gordon W. Allport
In all my science fiction movies, I try to blend the familiar with the futuristic so as not to be too off-putting to the audience.… — David Twohy
We can no better imagine what will be happening on the moon 500 years from now than Columbus could imagine contemporary Manhattan. Except to say… — Seth Shostak
A black person grows up in this country - and in many places - knowing that racism will be as familiar as salt to the… — Maya Angelou
The deceit and distortion surrounding the American invasion of Vietnam is by now so familiar that it has lost its power to shock. — Noam Chomsky
American decline is real, though the apocalyptic vision reflects the familiar ruling class perception that anything short of total control amounts to total disaster. — Noam Chomsky
Whether in print or other media, a good biography is more than a court record or a stringing together of already familiar sources. It breathes… — Noel Riley Fitch
The world looks at China as a big place with a lot of people, a good place to make money. And because so many Chinese… — Gong Li
The Arab view that someone should bomb Iran and stop it from developing nuclear weapons is familiar to anyone who meets privately with Arab leaders,… — Elliott Abrams
Too many sit at the banquet table of the gospel of Jesus Christ and merely nibble at the feast placed before them. They go through… — Joseph B. Wirthlin
After a plane or train crash, the National Transportation Safety Board dispatches its experts within two hours. The investigators in their familiar jackets take charge… — Bill Dedman
I used to babysit. And the kids I babysat were huge Hilary Duff fans, and so we used to have dance parties every day to… — Gillian Jacobs
I particularly enjoy cello music because our daughter plays the cello. I have listened to her practice for so many hours that I am familiar… — Beverly Cleary
Political vitriol is a familiar enough characteristic of American history. — Robert Dallek
I was influenced by many, many different people in my student years, and I was always, I guess, immersed in a Navy environment, and so,… — Alan G. Poindexter
I like writers who can show me worlds I know nothing about, but my favorites are those who create characters or worlds which feel realistic… — Malala Yousafzai
We like songs that are familiar. — Charles Duhigg
I think the Japanese love young, tannic red wines much more than most Americans do. Perhaps it is because Asians have a great fondness for… — Robert M. Parker, Jr.
Jazz and poetry both involve a structure that may be familiar and to some extent predictable. And then, you try to create as much surprise… — Robert Pinsky

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