Strangers Quotes
829 quotes by 641 authors
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I think the suggestion that all my songs are personal is insulting because that assumes that I have a bunch of issues that I feel…
— Elliott Smith
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I believe in the kindness of strangers. And when I'm at war with myself I ride, I just ride.
— Lana Del Rey
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This education has reduced us to a nation of morons; we were strangers to our own culture and camp followers of another culture, feeding on…
— R.K. Narayan
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We cannot understand all the traits we have inherited. Sometimes we can be strangers to ourselves.
— V.S. Naipaul
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Walking by faith will cause all of us to recognize that as children of God we are just pilgrims and strangers down here on this…
— J. Vernon McGee
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The mathematical facts worthy of being studied are those which, by their analogy with other facts, are capable of leading us to the knowledge of…
— Henri Poincare
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Men always talk about the most important things to perfect strangers.
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Halloween was confusing. All my life my parents said, "Never take candy from strangers." And then they dressed me up and said, "Go beg for…
— Rita Rudner
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We are bemused and crazed creatures, strangers to our true selves, to one another, and to the spiritual and material world - mad, even, from…
— R. D. Laing
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This is what we know, when you tell us of your fondest hopes and dreams for us: that your greatest wish is that one day…
— Jim Sinclair
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Football players, like prostitutes, are in the business of ruining their bodies for the pleasure of strangers.
— Ian Shoales
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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
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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…
— Unknown Author
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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
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Selling to people who actually want to hear from you is more effective than interrupting strangers who don't.
— Seth Godin
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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
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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
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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
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Fiction is a particularly effective way for strangers to connect across time and distance
— Jonathan Franzen
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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
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