Stranger Quotes

1490 quotes by 1112 authors

How deeply do any of us know our own selves? Ask yourself. We hold a picture of how we wish to be and hope it… — Craig Davidson
There's no feeling as a musician better than being on stage, sharing music with strangers. People you have never met, singing along, and making that… — Mike Fontenot
The weekend break had begun with the usual resentment and had continued with half-repressed ill humour. It was, of course, his fault. He had been… — P.D. James
Selling to people who actually want to hear from you is more effective than interrupting strangers who don't. — Seth Godin
Remember the hours after September 11th when we came together as one to answer the attack against our homeland. We drew strength when our firefighters… — John F. Kerry
Burning up the phone until there's nothing left to say, so I lay here and just listen to you breathe. Girl you know it's only… — Toby Keith
They that go down to the sea in ships' see strange things, but what they tell is oft-times stranger still. A faculty for romancing is… — Gertrude Bacon
The sad thing is, I was discovering that you almost have to make a joke of being good to strangers. Up and down the country,… — Danny Wallace
The sponsors of war closely resemble the weapons they create. And smart bombs, depleted uranium, land mines, rockets and tanks, rather than protect 'widows and… — Daniel Berrigan
Odd as it may seem, I am my remembering self, and the experiencing self, who does my living, is like a stranger to me. — Daniel Kahneman
Fiction is a particularly effective way for strangers to connect across time and distance — Jonathan Franzen
This Christmas mend a quarrel. Seek out a forgotten friend. Dismiss suspicion and replace it with trust. Write a letter. Give a soft answer. Encourage… — Howard W. Hunter
One of the men attached to the prison was the occasion of great amusement on the part of the prisoners, as well as the spectators,… — Lewis Tappan
In a world where success is the measure and justification of all things the figure of Him who was sentenced and crucified remains a stranger… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Forever I shall be a stranger to myself. In psychology as in logic, there are truths but no truth. — Albert Camus
Home. It's being new and old all rolled into one. Measuring your new against old friends, old ways, old places, Knowing that as long as… — Gloria Naylor
See what a hidden life the life of a good Christian is, and how much it is concealed from the eye and observation of the… — Matthew Henry
People knew less of each other, and so were more individual. The entire world was not for them only a push or switch away. Strangers… — John Fowles
The most creative social strategy we have to offer is the church. Here we show the world a manner of life the world can never… — Stanley Hauerwas
There is no stranger under the cherry tree. — Kobayashi Issa

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