Familiarity Quote by David Foster Wallace

Familiarity so dulls the edge of perception as to make us least acquainted with things forming part of our daily life.

— Julia Ward Howe

Familiarity breeds complacency.

— Rick Warren

Familiarity reduces the greatness of things.

— Seneca the Younger

Many of the familiar little things that we use every day have typically evolved over a period of time to a state of familiarity.…

— Henry Petroski

Familiarity breeds contentment.

— George Ade

Familiarity isn't always a good thing... sometimes you need a little crisis to shake things up.

— Karl Hyde

Most people are more comfortable with what is familiar. I’ve spent my life doing the opposite.

— Marina Abramovic

Familiarity breeds content.

— Anna Quindlen

Repetition brings familiarity, and familiarity is the opposite of the unknown.

— Steven Levenkron

Familiarity breeds contempt only when it breeds inattention.

— George Santayana

I feel like it's important every once in a while to estrange ourselves from the familiar to remind ourselves of the potentialities of people,…

— Matthew Tobin Anderson

Familiarity is the thing-the sense of belonging. It grants exemption from all evil, all shabbiness.

— E. B. White