Stranger Quotes

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Even Charles Darwin, that human decoder ring of bizarre behavior, found the idea of saving a stranger's life to be a total head-scratcher. — Christopher McDougall
We have strayed away from God, and He is in quest of us; Like us, He is humble and is a prisoner of desire: He… — Muhammad Iqbal
To be a stranger in a strange land: Whenever one feasts, one thinks of one's brother twice as much as before, There where my brother… — Wang Wei
Writing songs is a profession; so it's not an attempt to take things from my interactions with other people and for some reason give them… — Will Oldham
For them (the peoples of the Soviet Union) We cherish the warmest paternal affection. We are well aware that not a few of them groan… — Pope Pius XI
I don't date guys that I just meet randomly. I don't feel comfortable meeting strangers. — Ali Landry
What a powerful thing to know: That one's own desires are mappable onto strangers; that what one finds in oneself will most certainly be found… — George Saunders
You are a stranger in a strange land. As an evolved person living in a relatively unevolved world, you are constantly subjected to a bombardment… — Frederick Lenz
To disguise nothing, to conceal nothing, to write about those things that are closest to our pain, our happiness; to write about our sexual clumsiness,… — John Cheever
In response to the challenge of strangers, sport arose as a sublimated representation of a community's armed might as well as its pride of place… — John Thorn
People like ourselves may see nothing wondrous in writing, but our anthropologists know how strange and magical it appears to a purely oral people -… — Neil Postman
I'm more the sort of person who doesn't like hugging strangers because we don't know each other, so we shouldn't. — Carey Mulligan
For me, there are no my people and strangers, no bad people and good people. All people are equal for me. — Viktor Yanukovych
I am a stranger. I come in peace. Take me to your leader and there will be a massive reward for you in eternity. — John Glenn
It seems that Canada's historic mission is to come to the selfless aid both of its friends and of complete strangers, and then, once the… — Kevin Myers
This nation is so friendly that the leading cause of injury is getting passionately embraced by strangers. — Dave Barry
There are many ways to seek wisdom. There is travel, there are masters, there is service. There is staring into the eyes of children and… — Kent Nerburn
That girl had a great way of making friends, and strangers, and anyone else who was around. — Joan Rivers
Our own pulse beats in every stranger's throat. — Barbara Deming
The years rolled slowly past and I found myself alone. Surrounded by strangers I thought were my friends, I found myself further and further from… — Bob Seger

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