Acquaintance Quote by Robert Burns

He wanted to put his arms around her, but she had a darkness that seemed to stand beside her like an acquaintance that would…

— Elizabeth Strout

“If I have been more backward in seeking her society, it is because I do not like her, and my acquaintance amongst those whom…

— Sarah Harriet Burney

Now, I return to this young fellow. And the communication I have got to make is, that he has great expectations.

— Charles Dickens

To find a young fellow that is neither a wit in his own eye, nor a fool in the eye of the world, is…

— William Congreve

Jail is no place for a young fellow. There's no advancement

— Groucho Marx

A discontented young fellow, filled with self pride; he certainly should have considered it an honor to be sent on so respectable an embassy…

— Zebulon Pike

“I only hope, for the sake of the rising male sex generally, that you may be found in as vulnerable and soft-hearted a mood…

— Charles Dickens

“It is hard luck on a young fellow to have expensive tastes, great expectations, aristocratic connections but no actual money in his pocket, and…

— Arthur Conan Doyle

At about six in the morning of July 3, 1860, while I was watering my petunias, and thinking of nothing in particular, I perceived…

— Edmond Francois Valentin About

“And then again, I am no longer quite such a good-looking young fellow that tapestries leap off the wall in my honour.”

— Théophile Gautier

I would rather have a young fellow too much than too little dressed; the excess on that side will wear off, with a little…

— Lord Chesterfield

My dear young fellow,' the Old-Green-Grasshopper said gently, 'there are a whole lot of things in this world of ours you haven't started wondering…

— Roald Dahl

“The handsome young fellow who's trying to rescue you from a hideous fate is never wrong.”

— Cassandra Clare

After all, there's only one aswer to be made to the young fellow who is asking constantly for advice as to how to hit.…

— Babe Ruth

A young fellow ought to be wiser than he should seem to be; and an old fellow ought to seem wise whether he really…

— Lord Chesterfield