My Acquaintance Quotes
14 quotes by 11 authors
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The most winning woman I ever knew was hanged for poisoning three little children for their insurance-money, and the most repellent man of my acquaintance…
— Arthur Conan Doyle
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I only desire sincere relations with the worthiest of my acquaintance, that they may give me an opportunity once in a year to speak the…
— Henry David Thoreau
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Meanwhile, my residence within the Federal lines, and my acquaintance with so many of the officers, the origin of which I have already mentioned, enabled…
— Belle Boyd
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A number of girls of my acquaintance went to school to the nuns of the Congregational Nunnery, or Sisters of Charity, as they are sometimes…
— Maria Monk
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There we were, hundreds of us lined up, waving at the great man as he tipped his hat to us. And that is the extent…
— Gregory Peck
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There seems to be hardly any one among my acquaintance from whom I have not learned.
— C.S. Lewis
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From the very beginning— from the first moment, I may almost say— of my acquaintance with you, your manners, impressing me with the fullest belief…
— Jane Austen
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A man of my acquaintance once wrote a poem called "The Road Less Traveled", describing a journey he took through the woods along a path…
— Daniel Handler
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I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year…
— Jonathan Swift
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While the Lord might insist that vengeance was His, no male Highlander of my acquaintance had ever thought it right that the Lord should be…
— Diana Gabaldon
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Yes," replied Darcy, who could contain himself no longer, "but that was when I first knew her; for it is many months since I have…
— Jane Austen
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He picked some unwise words. Saying, “I’ll enjoy killing you for my lordâ€, is just not the way to make my acquaintance.
— Charlaine Harris
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He may live in my memory as the most amiable man of my acquaintance..
— Jane Austen
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I particularly recollect your saying one night, after they had been dining at Netherfield, 'SHE a beauty!--I should as soon call her mother a wit.'…
— Jane Austen
Who Wrote These My Acquaintance Quotes
11 authors contributed a total of 14 My Acquaintance Quotes as follows: