Quotes About Familiarity

What was it to know each other?

It doesn't do to read too much,' Widmerpool said. 'You get to look at life with a false perspective. By all means have some familiarity with the standard authors. I should never raise any objection to that. But it is no good clogging your mind with a lot of trash from modern novels.

In short, the persons we see most clearly are not necessarily those we know best.

He must have known me had he seen me as he was wont to see me, for he was in the habit of flogging me constantly. Perhaps he did not recognize me by my face.

Familiarity is the root of the closest friendships, as well as the interests hatreds.

I observed that after marriage people cease to be curious.

If you have known someone your whole life, you can see them in the dark.

Cuando conoces a alguien desde hace mucho tiempo, puedes verlo hasta en la oscuridad.

Cats are very independent animals. They're very sexy, if you want. Dogs are different. They're familiar. They're obedient. You call a cat, you go, 'Cat, come here.' He doesn't come to you unless you have something in your hand that he thinks might be food. They're very free animals, and I like that.

Some things become so completely our own that we forget them.

When Nico bent to kiss me, I shut my eyes, absorbing all that was familiar about him - his taste, the softness of his lips, his arms holding me steadily - and I could tell he was the same, drinking me in, committing my kiss to memory as we found our way home to each other in the gathering dark.

When Nico bent to kiss me, I shut my eyes, absorbing all that was familiar about him - his taste, the softness of his lips, his arms holding me steady - and I could tell he was doing the same, drinking me in, committing my kiss to memory, as we found our way home to each other in the gathering dark.

Familiarity breeds contempt, while rarity wins admiration.

Affection almost slinks or seeps through our lives. It lives with humble, un-dress, private things: soft slippers, old clothes, old jokes, the thump of a sleepy dog's tail on the kitchen floor, the sound of a sewing machine

I know my qualities, I've got nothing to prove here in England, they know me here.

Everybody knows Tevez and his qualities.

We used to get on planes, and they'd ask who we were, and we'd say, 'The Dave Brubeck Quartet', and they'd say, 'Who?' In later years they'd say, 'Oh', which amounts to the same thing.

My children are not royal; they just happen to have the Queen for their aunt.

I know Coney Island more than I know Queens and Brooklyn! And I understand everything about it - Coney Island is my home.

Working with the same people is so much quicker and frees up your energy for other things.

I hate nightclubs, and I get fed up very quickly in crowded rooms. I enjoy being around people I know.

I have known Eliaquim Mangala for quite some time and we understand each other well.

With horses, familiarity breeds comfort. If you haven't been around horses for a while (or ever), the best thing to do is to go to the racetrack, a horse show, a rodeo, or some other horsey activity, and watch the horses. Familiarize yourself with the way they move and behave themselves.

I had maybe heard 'The Times Are A-Changing' on the radio, but I had no idea who Dylan was. No idea.