Familiarity Quotes

210 quotes by 187 authors

Marriage must incessantly contend with a monster that devours everything: familiarity. — Honore de Balzac
In communications, familiarity breeds apathy. — William Bernbach
Familiarity breeds contempt. — Aesop
If ever a man and his wife, or a man and his mistress, who pass nights as well as days together, absolutely lay aside all… — Lord Chesterfield
The representative element in a work of art may or may not be harmful, but it is always irrelevant. For to appreciate a work of… — Clive Bell
Familiarity confounds all traits of distinction; interest and prejudice take away the power of judging. — William Hazlitt
Familiarity is the root of the closest friendships, as well as the interests hatreds. — Antoine Rivarol
From long familiarity, we know what honor is. It is what enables the individual to do right in the face of complacency and cowardice. It… — Mark Helprin
No matter what activity or practice we are pursuing, there isn't anything that isn't made easier through constant familiarity and training (I think you can… — Dalai Lama
On her daughter Deva: I didn't have familiarity with children. I'm learning day after day, with her. And what impress me the most is that… — Monica Bellucci
The aspects of a thing that are most important to us are hidden to us because of their simplicity and familiarity. — Ludwig Wittgenstein
If there be no great love in the beginning, yet heaven may decrease it upon better acquaintance, when we are married and have more occasion… — William Shakespeare
As one reads mathematics, one needs to have an active mind, asking questions, forming mental connections between the current topic and other ideas from other… — William Thurston
Familiarity breeds contempt, but without a little familiarity it's impossible to breed anything. — Noel Coward
Family, work, familiarity. Listen, if I had a magic wand and I could make myself really be happy, I'd zap me onto a farm. And… — Scott Baio
Zoe Saldana is such an angel. Sheâ€™s got such an openness and vulnerability on camera and yet such great strength. She can kick ass with… — Zachary Quinto
That Hollywood thing, where everybody hugs and kisses everybody else-I always stiffen. It's an assumed familiarity. It's phony. — Jennifer Tilly
You are playing a character obviously, and everything you are saying is filtered through that person.Â It is not you that is saying it.Â It… — Anna-Louise Plowman
I wanted to get that sense of peace and even boredom that comes with long familiarity. — Debbie Reynolds
Familiarity with evil breeds not contempt but acceptance. — Roy Hattersley

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