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Quotes About Introduction

My father was the artistic one. At a very young age, my father realised I had a strong voice and made me learn Hindustani vocal. I was five. I have Dad to thank for introducing me to the finer things in life.
~ Lillete Dubey
I should start by saying that traveling in the States is a bit like traveling in Asia. You need it, it helps to have an introduction - that there is a certain network.
~ Paul Theroux
Arguably, it was the introduction of international non-proliferation treaties in the late '80s that finally led to the missiles being removed from Greenham Common.
~ Beeban Kidron
Darwin's picture of the history of life "contradict[ed] what the animal forms buried in the rocky strata of our earth tell us of their own introduction and succession upon the surface of the globe.
~ Stephen C. Meyer
7. If he keeps offering up excuses for why he can't meet your friends and family, he's sport fishing; if he agrees to go to the family barbecue or a social event where he will be introduced to family, friends, and co-workers, he might consider you a keeper.
~ Steve Harvey
There was a prison guard that introduced me to pro wrestling and I needed a hobby, so I devoted myself to it - I lived it, ate it and slept it and that's how I became MVP. So people might think MVP was an overnight success, but I had to travel a long way to get there.
~ Montel Vontavious Porter
People get to know me slowly and over the course of time. I'll probably still be a newcomer when I'm 60.
~ Richard C. Armitage
My parents introduced me to 'SNL,' Monty Python, and Richard Pryor probably way earlier than they had any right to.
~ Seth Meyers
The case can be made that the introduction of caffeine to Europe in the seventeenth century fostered a new, more rational (and sober) way of thinking that helped give rise to the age of reason and the Enlightenment.
~ Michael Pollan
Monsieur de Montaigne sent Monsieur Mattecoulon (For notice of Mattecoulon and D'Estissac, see Introduction.)  with his squire by post to pay a visit to the count
~ Michel de Montaigne
A person who is worth nothing must introduce you to a person worth next-to-nothing, and that person to another, and so on and so forth until finally you can step across the threshold, almost one of the family.
~ Michel Faber
The man stuck his head around the woman. "My name's Richard. What's yours?" She liked his eyes. "Rachel." "Rachel. That's a pretty name. But I have to tell you, Rachel, you have the ugliest hair I've ever seen." "Richard!" the woman squawked. "How could you say such a thing!" "Well, it's true. Who cut it all crooked like that, Rachel, some old witch?" Rachel giggled.
~ Terry Goodkind
She'd struck Esk once before – the blow a baby gets to introduce it to the world and give it a rough idea of what to expect from life.
~ Terry Pratchett
Most people will shy away from killing people they haven't been introduced to.
~ Terry Pratchett
I grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, and I honestly started performing for my family when I was around three. I would jump up on the coffee table and I would get in the closet and ask that they introduce me to come out, and from that point on, my mother stuck me in dance class and children's theater.
~ Erika Jayne
Propping the mirror against the wall near the door, he waved a hand at it and clipped, "Drustan: Cian MacKeltar. Cian: Drustan MacKeltar." "Dageus," Drustan's voice was soft as velvet, never a good sign, "why are you introducing me to a mirror?
~ Karen Marie Moning
If you want to meet a woman, it's best just to smile and say hi.
~ Karen McDougal
Start with a two-line summary of your background, and then say what you're looking for, being as specific as possible. It could go something like this: "I just graduated with a degree in economics, and I worked at a hospital for my past two summers. I'd love a job at a health-related website. I know you once worked for WebMD, and I'd really welcome a personal introduction.
~ Kate White
Maud chuckled proudly and Erich shouted, "Welcome back from the Void, Kamerad," and then, because he's German and thinks all parties have to be noisy and satirically pompous, he jumped on a couch and announced, "Heren und Damen, permit me to introduce the noblest Roman of them all, Marcus Vipsalus Niger".
~ Fritz Leiber
As a warm-up, Lambiase sets up A.J. with his cousin. The cousin has blond hair with black roots, overly plucked eyebrows, a heart-shaped face, and a high-pitched voice like Michael Jackson. She wears a low-cut top and a push-up bra, which creates a small, sad shelf for her name necklace to rest. Her name is Maria. In the middle of mozzarella sticks, they run out of conversation.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
By the time the 1940s arrived, Americans had been introduced to the Bloody Mary. Vodka was being made in the States, though not many people knew much about it until around the middle of the decade, when Jack Morgan, the owner of the Cock and Bull Tavern in Los Angeles and an executive from the company that was making Smirnoff vodka, got together to create the Moscow Mule. Vodka would never look back.
~ Gary Regan
The boy planted his hands on his hips and a broad smile lit his face. "My name's Peter. Can I play too?
~ Brom
In 1978 zip or postcodes were introduced in the Netherlands; they consist of four numbers followed by a space and then to capital letters and are replaced before the name of the town... they referred to the city block in a given street in which the house occurs and thus the Dutch postal code book is the size of a telephone book.
~ Bruce Donaldson
When Springsteen meets a future girlfriend on the boardwalk in Asbury Park, he delivers this electric introduction: "She was Italian, funny, a beatific tomboy, with just the hint of a lazy eye, and wore a pair of glasses that made me think of the wonders of the library.
~ Bruce Springsteen