Acquainting Synonym Quotes & Sayings

Should I get lost, just point me in the direction of a poem. — Betty Bleen

Comedians by and large are some of the most sensitive people on earth. Even if they're socially callous. — Dave Chappelle

But at least he can still see the lights below us. Although maybe for him it doesn't matter. — Philip K. Dick

Really important meetings are planned by the souls long before the bodies see each other.
Generally speaking, these meetings occur when we reach a limit, when we need to die and be reborn emotionally. These meetings are waiting for us, but more often than not, we avoid them happening. If we are desperate, though, if we have nothing to lose, or if we are full of enthusiasm for life, then the unknown reveals itself, and our universe changes direction. — Paulo Coelho

I'm an Englishman. What more can I say? — Alan Sugar

It was unimaginable what happens to you when you get known for a book that everybody reads, or that everybody has heard of. If the book is said to be sexy, the crazies come out of the woodwork. — Erica Jong

I do my best to build a strong factual foundation for each of my novels and rely upon my author's notes to keep my conscience clear. — Sharon Kay Penman

So, still not a fan of the beard? Sign me up and call me a convert. — Kristen Callihan

In the early days of the military Arpanet, my daughter was studying in Nicaragua. Because the U.S. was essentially at war with them, contact was difficult. I managed to use MIT's Arpanet connection, and she found one, so we could communicate thanks to the Pentagon! — Noam Chomsky

It is the very strangeness of nature that makes science engrossing. That ought to be at the center of science teaching. There are more than seven-times-seven types of ambiguity in science, awaiting analysis. The poetry of Wallace Stevens is crystal-clear alongside the genetic code. — Lewis Thomas

It is likely your own eyes were closed when you were born, so that you left the safe place of your mother's womb - or, if you are a seahorse, your father's yolk sac - and joined the treachery of the world without seeing exactly where you were going. — Lemony Snicket

I taught you to fight and to fly. What more could there be? — J.M. Barrie

John Stilgoe, Outside Lies Magic: Regaining History and Awareness in Everyday Places (New York: Walker and Co., 1998), 94. — Tom Vanderbilt

Word count doesn't tell me when a story ends, my characters will tell me. — Kristy Brown