Familiar Things Quotes

16 quotes by 15 authors

What affects men sharply about a foreign nation is not so much finding or not finding familiar things; it is rather not finding them in… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
We take a natural interest in novelties, but it is against nature to take an interest in familiar things. — Mark Twain
Mysteries lie all around us, even in the most familiar things, waiting only to be perceived. — Wynn Bullock
I believe in a set of values I cannot live by. I set high goals for myself, I seek perfection, dream of exotic faraway places.… — Isabella Rossellini
Most of us lead far more meaningful lives than we know. Often finding meaning is not about doing things differently; it is about seeing familiar… — Rachel Naomi Remen
Familiar things are a comfort to us all. — Andy Rooney
A fine artist is one who makes familiar things new and new things familiar. — Louis Nizer
The essential fault of surrealism is that it invents without discovering. To make a clam play an accordion is to invent not to discover. The… — Wallace Stevens
When I've tried to reinvent the wheel, I get bashed for not doing the familiar things. — Billy Corgan
The two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar, familiar things new. — William Makepeace Thackeray
Most of us lead far more meaningful lives than we know. Often finding meaning is not about doing things differently; it is about seeing familiar… — Rachel Naomi Remen
It is the first changes among familiar things that make such a mystery of time to the young; afterwards we lose the sense of the… — Elizabeth Gaskell
Familiar things happen, and mankind does not bother about them. It requires a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious. — Alfred North Whitehead
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
Usually when someone says a thing is too simple, they're saying that certain familiar things aren't there, and they're seeing a couple maybe that are… — Donald Judd
TORN between The Familiar and Change. Familar is simpler. No loss but No gain and Change is exciting, enticing, a little sweeter; grass may be… — Meek

Who Wrote These Familiar Things Quotes

15 authors contributed a total of 16 Familiar Things Quotes as follows: