Stranger Quotes

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People waiting for an elevator don't know what to do, standing with strangers. There is nothing to do. Its an uneasy time. Some press the… — Andy Rooney
However we may flatter ourselves to the contrary, our friends think no higher of us than the world do. They see us through the jaundiced… — William Hazlitt
Plasma on the wall/Write my name on your heart like I'm Lucille Ball/But love changes, a thug changes/And best friends become strangers — Ras Kass
I was staying in a hotel in San Francisco for a couple of nights, before flying back to the UK. My hotel was a desperate… — Craig Stone
When it [truth] emerges it often bears out the saying that 'truth is stranger than fiction.' A novelist has to appear plausible, and would hesitate… — Bill Vaughan
What made Obama unique was that he was the ultimate charismatic politician -- the most unknown stranger ever to achieve the presidency in the United… — Charles Krauthammer
I always feel uncomfortable at parties, and I'm often nervous when talking to strangers. I don't think this makes me feel special. Maybe everybody feels… — Jonathan Coulton
Life is always going to be stranger than fiction, because fiction has to be convincing, and life doesn't. — Neil Gaiman
Everybody has a language or code that they use with their wife or their girlfriend or boyfriend or what have you. It's a language aside… — Ben Gibbard
Death most resembles a prophet who is without honor in his own land or a poet who is a stranger among his people. — Khalil Gibran
Permission marketing turns strangers into friends and friends into loyal customers. It's not just about entertainment - it's about education. Permission marketing is curriculum marketing. — Seth Godin
I'm terrified of walking into a room full of people. Sitting down at a dinner table with 15 strangers brings me out in a sweat. — Bear Grylls
The man in the street is always a stranger. — Mason Cooley
It was expected of me that I was to bow to the name of Andrew Jackson... even at the expense of my conscience and judgement.… — Davy Crockett
Anytime you see a bit where some stranger does something to me, it's me. — Louis C. K.
Strangers are exciting, their mystery never ends. But, there's nothing like looking at your own history in the faces of your friends. — Ani DiFranco
I looked in the audience. There were no strangers. Everybody was singing and cheering and hugging. That was a beautiful picture to look at. — Celine Dion
We sometimes encounter people, even perfect strangers, who begin to interest us at first sight, somehow suddenly, all at once, before a word has been… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
I think reading Shakespeare's plays when I was young was extremely important. He had the ability to make utter strangers come alive. — Rita Dove
I'd love to have a program like 'Dr. Laura.' I studied psychology at the University of Miami, and when I rode the bus home from… — Gloria Estefan

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