Familiar Quotes

1103 Familiar quotes by 886 unique authors

Judaism has always been a strong interest of mine. My two sons speak Hebrew and are familiar with the scriptures and with rabbinic literature. This… — Herman Wouk
A couple of people thought I looked familiar, but it was like, No. — Pras Michel
When we say that Philosophy tries to clear up the meanings of concepts we do not mean that it is simply concerned to substitute some… — Charles D. Broad
The first couple of pictures I wrote and directed were dreadful, because I was dealing in worlds that were not familiar to me, and writing… — Emilio Estevez
Anyone who watches a lot of television, or listens to pop music, is familiar with a certain vision of America. If not exactly colorblind, this… — Wesley Morris
I should have never allowed myself to be as familiar with my staff as I was. — Eric Massa
A globalized world is by now a familiar fact of life. Building walls or moats may sound appealing, but the future belongs to those who… — Jon Meacham
Varese, Apollinaire, Ezra Pound, Leger, Gleizes, Severini, Villon, Duchamp, Duchamp-Villon, Marie Laurencin, Cocteau and many others were to me household names in the literal sense… — Jacques Barzun
What an amazing opportunity to do something like direct a movie and step out of your creative comfort zone and yet do something that is… — Georgina Chapman
To connect with the characters, you need to connect with the world. If the world feels vaguely familiar, I believe the characters will feel relatable. — Shawn Levy
I grew up listening to Jay-Z, and I think the first time I really became obsessed with learning and thinking about lyrics was when I… — Ezra Koenig
Drill everything, mine everything, roll back regulations, tweak the science, expedite permits. Sound familiar? The Republicans offer up more 19th-Century solutions to our 21st-Century energy… — Jeff Goodell
I think literature can make familiar the unfamiliar, and the unfamiliar is very much about the dispossessed, and so the value of literature seems to… — Colum McCann
The single best piece of advice I give to aspiring writers is to always write about things that they know. I suggest that they write… — D. J. MacHale
I like to read in my own house, in any of the rooms I always mean to paint or otherwise improve and never do. Every… — Marilynne Robinson
I was fortunate to live for 3 years in another country, and although we lived in an American compound, still as a young adolescent I… — Lois Lowry
The exercise of democracy begins as exercise, as walking around, becoming familiar with the streets, comfortable with strangers, able to imagine your own body as… — Rebecca Solnit
I am very familiar with Hungary, because I grew up in Romania, which borders it. — Bela Karolyi
Dreams are journeys that take one far from familiar shores, strengthening the heart, empowering the soul. — Pam Brown
Do not choose for your friends and familiar acquaintance those that are of an estate or quality too much above yours...You will hereby accustom yourselves… — Matthew Hale
The stabbing horror of life is not contained in calamities and disasters, because these things wake one up and one gets very familiar and intimate… — Henry Miller
IGNORAMUS, n. A person unacquainted with certain kinds of knowledge familiar to yourself, and having certain other kinds that you know nothing about. Dumble was… — Ambrose Bierce
All love is sweet, Given or returned. Common as light is love, And its familiar voice wearies not ever. They who inspire is most are… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
Courage is the power to let go of the familiar. — Unknown Author
Maybe we're not supposed to be happy. Maybe gratitude has nothing to do with joy. Maybe being grateful means recognizing what you have for what… — Meredith Grey

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