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Quotes About Encounter

I've met Bob Dylan. We did one of those non-handshake handshakes. I was with all guys, and he shook hands with all of them, and then they said, 'And this is Kate,' and I put my hand out, and he didn't put his out. And then I took my hand away, and he put his out. It was one of those. We finally did shake. And then I fainted!
~ Kate Moss
First time I met Drake was 2012 at a studio in Toronto.
~ PartyNextDoor
I actually met Deadmau5 for the first time on the red carpet in Hollywood for the Grammys. I was there with my daughter, and he introduced himself to me. He said, 'Hey, I'm from Toronto.' I had a little conversation with him, and then I realized I'm talking to a guy with a giant mouse head.
~ Paul Shaffer
It was all the one. Where John Cole abided, there was to be found Thomas with his simple heart. Their love was the first commandment of my world - Thou shalt hope to love like them. We have all to meet many souls and hearts along the way - we are obliged to - we must pray we can encounter one or two Thomases and John Coles on that journey. Then we can say life was worth the living and love was worth the gamble.
~ Sebastian Barry
And in a very special way, as Jesus says in Matthew 25:40, in the least of these, we find Jesus in disguise. Perhaps we are just as likely to encounter God over the dinner table or in the slums or in the streets as in a giant auditorium. Of course, suggesting that God doesn't need these million-dollar megacathedrals is the sort of thing that gets you in big trouble.
~ Shane Claiborne
In movies, we are accustomed to seeing handsome actors. It's so commonplace on the screen, large or small, that we barely note it as extraordinary. But in life, rarely do we encounter an onslaught of beauty, entire a hive of handsomeness, find ourselves awash in an ocean of attractiveness, drowning in a miasma of hotness.
~ Shannon Hale
Thank you, sir. Thus far the highlight of my stay has been making love to you." Mr. Nobley bowed in acknowledgment. The conversation completely quieted.
~ Shannon Hale
Instead of someday meeting the woman he was meant to spend the rest of his life with, maybe he'd simply met her again.
~ Shannon Stacey
I ran into a friend of yours today," he told her. "Oh, yeah?" "Tall. Hot. Batshit crazy?
~ Shannon Stacey
The man holding my hand was slim and wiry. Cropped black hair framed a face full of angles. He studied me with more curiosity than sympathy. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> He had the rough-edged look of a suspect on Crime Stoppers, complete with dark, piercing eyes. "My name is Kieran." He eased his hand away from mine, as though embarrassed by his earlier compassion. "A friend brought you here.
~ Sharon Hinck
I never thought to see you again, I never thought to seek you.
~ Sharon Olds
It wasn't that Mira had met her in some previous life. It was that she was meeting her in this one-and isn't that rare! Why is it so hard to meet in this life? But the deeper question was: What was one supposed to do with such people? Fuck them, love them, or leave them alone? Yet they seemed to call out to be acted upon.
~ Sheila Heti
The elevator doors opened on the first floor and Van Holtz was waiting there with several bags of groceries in his hands. "Oh. You," he said. He started to walk in and, without thinking, simply reacting, Bo shoved him back out of the elevator by his head and hit the elevator button again. "You asshole!" Bo heard as the door closed.
~ Shelly Laurenston
The most wonderful person I met was John Travolta. He's one of the ultimate movie stars of all time.
~ Nikki Sanderson
As to how you'll help me," he says. "Well, we have met the Answer, have we not?" He turns back to look at us, his eyes glinting. "It's time for them to meet the Ask.
~ Patrick Ness
Are you saying that you people knew about these amorophobots all the time?" "Of course we did. They attacked us in Iceland. Remember?" "No. I was unconscious.
~ Eoin Colfer
I'd met Roscoe in Europe quite a few times over the years, and we'd say hi and so on, but this was the first time we'd actually played together.
~ Evan Parker
I'll always remember when I bumped into Good Morning America's Robin Roberts on a flight to my mother's funeral in 1994, and how kind she was during that difficult time.
~ Gayle King
Funny thing, every time an angel appeared to someone in the Bible, the first thing he'd say was, "Fear not."... I guess they were pretty spectacular.
~ Gilbert Morris
The only time I ever met a character that I wrote was when I met Ian McKellan, when he was playing Magneto in the 'X-Men' movies.
~ Grant Morrison
That's the ideal meeting...once upon a time, only once, unexpectedly, then never again.
~ Helen Oyeyemi
I love the Upper West Side. I walk down the street all the time and am stopped by Democrats. I don't think they've ever actually met a Republican before.
~ Joe Scarborough
By the time Gandhi met Muhammad Ali in Delhi in April 1915it was, Gandhi said, 'love at first sight.'
~ Joseph Lelyveld
How many times did we pass each other before we met? If only I'd known…. I would have searched for you endlessly.If only I'd found you before it was already too late.
~ Ranata Suzuki