Stranger Quotes

1490 quotes by 1112 authors

I was the greenest rookie that ever was. One evening I was standing out on the sidewalk when a stranger approached and said, 'You're famous… — Walter Johnson
The master is within; meditation is meant to remove the ignorant idea that he is only outside. If he is a stranger whom you await,… — Ramana Maharshi
Peace is a stranger to the rigid mind. Peace is a guest of the flexible heart. — Sri Chinmoy
For, to be a stranger is naturally a very positive relation; it is a specific form of interaction. — Georg Simmel
What is a child, but a piece of the parent enrapt up in another skin? And yet our dearest children are but as strangers to… — John Flavel
Frigidity is desire imagined by a woman who doesnt desire the man offering himself to her. Its the desire of a woman for a man… — Marguerite Duras
On the eve of my laying down office, with the inauguration of the Republic, I should like to tender my greetings and best wishes to… — C. Rajagopalachari
Without our familiar props, we are faced with just ourselves, a person we do not know, an unnerving stranger with whom we have been living… — Sogyal Rinpoche
The most wonderful street in the universe is Broadway. It is a world within itself. High and low, rich and poor, pass along at a… — Frank Rich
I am a citizen of the world, known to all and to all a stranger. — Desiderius Erasmus
There may be stranger reasons for being alive. There are books Thereâ€™s interlibrary loan. There are books you can fall into and pull up over… — Jo Walton
Traveling is a brutality. It forces you to trust strangers and to lose sight of all that familiar comfort of home and friends — Cesare Pavese
My desires seem especially to be after weanedness from the world, perfect deadness to it, and that I may be crucified to all its allurements.… — David Brainerd
There are things so deeply personal that they can be revealed only to strangers. — Richard Rodriguez
To savour Istanbul's back streets, to appreciate the vines and trees that endow its ruins with accidental grace, you must, first and foremost, be a… — Orhan Pamuk
Marriage means handing over yourself, your body, your future, your keeping to the one whom you dearly love, although this person may, in many ways,… — Ravi Zacharias
There are among us those that would criticize our Confederate ancestors. Would you allow a stranger to come into your house and criticize your little… — Calvin Johnson
I am Patrick, yes a sinner and indeed untaught; yet I am established here in Ireland where I profess myself bishop. I am certain in… — Saint Patrick
Real life is much stranger than fiction, man. — Mike D
Men would make love with any number of women ... even total strangers, while females were selective. They were catering to the demands of one… — Woody Allen

Who Wrote These Stranger Quotes

1,112 authors contributed a total of 1,490 Stranger Quotes, led by these top contributors: