Stranger Quotes

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I had longed to come home but now that I was there, it wasn't much fun. Home wasn't the same if I couldn't sleep in… — Peg Kehret
There are certain fixed rules that one observes for one's own comfort. For instance, never be flippantly rude to any inoffensive grey-bearded stranger that you… — Hector Hugh Munro
Suddenly you're surrounded by strangers who want something from you. The thing is, they don't know what they want, and you don't know what they… — Parker Stevenson
People who are strangers to liquor are incapable of talking about literature. — Mo Yan
It has been one of my difficulties, in arguing this question out of doors with friends or strangers, that I rarely find any intelligible agreement… — Richard Cobden
90% trust peers on social networks (even strangers); only 15-18% trust brands. — Danny Brown
It's always interesting to watch people who have been incredibly successful in their own businesses work in a group made up of equally strong personalities.… — Donald Trump
Before we can become who we really are, we must become conscious of the fact that the person who we think we are, here and… — Thomas Merton
Consequential strangers help us stretch beyond the relatively rigid boxes that the people who have known us the longest - our family and close friends… — Melinda Blau
In our culture, the Native Americans, when two strangers come together. You know what we do in our culture? We smoke the peace pipe. — Tatanka
She is fragile, she is soft, she is weaker, she is afraid. All around is a man-created world, and she is a stranger in it.… — Rajneesh
Consider what you have in the smallest well-chosen library-a company of the wisest and wittiest men which can be plucked out of all civilized countries… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I am as fond of colorful language as anyone, but I try not to inflict it upon strangers. I suspect many people sense they should… — Roger Ebert
The absurdity of public-choice theory is captured by Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen in the following little scenario: "Can you direct me to the railway… — Linda McQuaig
To be selfless, you would give charity anonymously, walj softly on the earth, and look out for others-even total strangers-before you look out for yourself.… — Tahir Shah
Think of Florence, Paris, London, New York. Nobody visiting them for the first time is a stranger because he's already visited them in paintings, novels,… — Alasdair Gray
Charity is not a virtue to expect in others only. It is the all-important Christian attribute to be found in ourselves. . . . We… — Henry D. Moyle
If thou art able, O stranger, to find out all these things and gather them together in your mind, giving all the relations, thou shalt… — Ivor Bulmer-Thomas
Since 1978 the record pretty well shows that no start-up airline . . . has really been successful, so the odds of JetBlue having long-term… — Gordon Bethune
It is not OK in this culture to talk to friends about causes you believe in, much less to ask them to join in. It's… — Donella Meadows

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