Familiarity Quotes

210 quotes by 187 authors

Repetition brings familiarity, and familiarity is the opposite of the unknown. — Steven Levenkron
Great affection is often the cause of violent animosity. The quarrels of men often arise from too great a familiarity. — Sakya Pandita
Modesty means to be free from undue familiarity, from indecency, from lewdness, pure in thought and conduct. Speaking of modest apparel, it means decent, seemly.… — Elisabeth Elliot
But how can you know anything of the impression made on others? Who can assure you that others do not draw therefrom incentives to evil?… — Pope Pius XII
Everyone should avoid familiarity or friendship with anyone suspected of belonging to masonry or to affiliated groups. Know them by their fruits and avoid them.… — Pope Leo XIII
For years now I have heard the word "wait." It rings in the ear of every Negro with a piercing familiarity. This "wait" has almost… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Ronald Reagan's biographer wrote of the former president's final days: "for all the intimate familiarity of that face and body, I did not feel his… — Edwin Morris
Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few. — Benjamin Disraeli
It never pays to walk blindly. Especially not in your own castle where familiarity hides so much - even when we have the eyes to… — Mark Lawrence
My hope is to gain a fresh hearing for Jesus, especially among those who believe they already understand him. In his case, quite frankly, presumed… — Dallas Willard
The day when a Frenchman switches from the formality of vous to the familiarity of tu is a day to be taken seriously. It is… — Peter Mayle
What situations can I create that allow me not to have the disease of familiarity? — Richard Saul Wurman
It is not enough simply to wish that love and compassion should increase in us. We need to make a sustained effort, again and again,… — Dalai Lama
We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. Frankly I have never… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Whatever people in general do not understand, they are al ways prepared to dislike; the incomprehensible is always the obnoxious. — Letitia Elizabeth Landon
All, all are gone, the old familiar faces. — Charles Lamb
Familiarity doesn't breed contempt, it is contempt. — Florence King
Familiarity breeds content. — Anna Quindlen
Each undervalues that part of the materials of thought with which he is not familiar. — John Stuart Mill
This familiarity with a respected physician and my appreciation of his work, or the tragedy I experienced with the long, tormented agony and death of… — Albert Claude

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