Quotes & Sayings About Familiarity Breeds Contempt

My philosophy is familiarity breeds contempt. — Chaka Khan

Glory? The Angel sounded faintly curious, as if the word were strange to him. Glory belongs to God alone. — Cassandra Clare

Familiarity breeds contempt, while rarity wins admiration. — Apuleius

But when fundamentals are doubted, as at present, we must try to recover
the candour and wonder of the child; the unspoilt realism and objectivity of innocence. Or if we cannot do that, we
must try at least to shake off the cloud of mere custom and see the thing as new, if only by seeing it as unnatural.
Things that may well be familiar so long as familiarity breeds affection had much better become unfamiliar when familiarity breeds contempt. For in connection with things so great as are here considered, whatever our view of them,
contempt must be a mistake. Indeed contempt must be an illusion. We must invoke the most wild and soaring sort of
imagination; the imagination that can see what is there. — G.K. Chesterton

The question for the ultimate foundations and the ultimate meaning of mathematics remains open; we do not know in which direction it will find its final solution nor even whether a final objective answer can be expected at all. "Mathematizing" may well be a creative activity of man, like language or music, of primary originality, whose historical decisions defy complete objective rationalization. — Hermann Weyl

Upbeat is for people who want to feel good about their cause: the reformers, the progressives, the revolutionaries, the utopians, the collectivists, and the rest of the altruistic scum of the earth. Why do these people want to feel good? They want to feel good in order to convince themselves that they are good. — P. J. O'Rourke

As a teacher I realize that what one learns in school doesn't serve for very much at all, that the only thing one can really learn is self-understanding, and this is something that can't be taught. — Laura Esquivel

There is a tendency for us to minimize the Word of the Lord. Maybe because of its familiarity. "Familiarity breeds contempt," the saying goes. But it may be more accurate to say that "familiarity breeds indifference." The more we hear some warnings, the less seriously we take them - like the tornado warnings in grade school we didn't take seriously. The people of Nineveh heard God's warning. God got their attention, and they were honest with themselves about themselves. One of the reasons we minimize our own sin and rebellion is that we don't take God's Word seriously. Maybe a strong pinch is needed to get us to sit up and pay attention. — Kyle Idleman

Familiarity breeds contempt. How accurate that is. The reason we hold truth in such respect is because we have so little opportunity to get familiar with it. — Mark Twain

Familiarity breeds contempt and children. — Mark Twain

The more I see you," he said quietly, "the more I want you. — Lynn Kurland

I guess like any friendship, marriage, or whatever it is familiarity breeds more contempt, and more love. They're just more settled with each other now. — Martin Freeman

Familiarity with evil breeds not contempt but acceptance. — Roy Hattersley

Familiarity breeds contempt. By bringing them in close, they realize that you're just as human as they are. That's when the madness sets in. They can't understand why you have more than they do when you're just a regular human being the same as them. Then they hate you for it. (Leta) — Sherrilyn Kenyon

Familiarity breeds contempt only when it breeds inattention. — George Santayana

There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt. — Charles De Gaulle

'Free' is more of that 'familiarity breeds contempt' kind of thing. It's about saying 'Wait, I'm longing for something more than I have and I don't know what it is that I want, but I know I want it.' It has nothing to do with what I'm going through, personally. — Jon Crosby

Where nature is concerned, familiarity breeds love and knowledge, not contempt. — Stewart Udall

'Hamilton' is one of the best things I've ever seen on a stage, and for a guy who loves American history, hip-hop and theater, it was pure bliss. — Cory Booker

The early expression of my youth was filled with all the aspects of art. — Felix De Weldon

But if familiarity breeds contempt, it also fosters a bond - — James St. James

Familiarity breeds contempt, for others at first, but then inwardly, contempt towards ourselves. — Oli Anderson

But, Lord, we have yet another burden - it is that we ourselves do not love Thee as we should, — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Familiarity breeds contempt and predictability breeds boredom. — Sherry Argov

Maureen wants to touch you," Clary said with a sideways grin. "Bad touch. — Cassandra Clare

The early ascendancy of leisure as a means of reputability is traceable to the archaic distinction between noble and ignoble employments. Leisure is honourable and becomes imperative partly because it shows exemption from ignoble labour. — Thorstein Veblen

Familiarity breeds sentiment before contempt. — Amanda Craig

Familiarity breeds contempt, but without a little familiarity it's impossible to breed anything. — Noel Coward

But we're very much an American band and that's that. I think that's part of the appeal outside of this country and it might be part of the reason people turned away from us within this country, because familiarity breeds contempt. — Michael Stipe

Familiarity with nature never breeds contempt. The more one learns, the more one expects surprises, and the more one becomes aware of the inscrutable. — Archibald Rutledge

Wait. Is a real, live adult person actually asking me details about the games I play? This is unheard of. — Denis Markell

I believe in the understanding of difficult situations, difficult music, or any kind of difficulties, through familiarity. Familiarity, in this case, does not breed contempt, but breeds understanding. — Daniel Barenboim, Edward W. Said

The major problem with the invitation now is precisely overfamiliarity. Familiarity breeds unfamiliarity - unsuspected unfamiliarity, and then contempt. People think they have heard the invitation. They think they have accepted it - or rejected it. But they have not. The difficulty today is to hear it at all. Genius, it is said, is the ability to scrutinize the obvious. Written everywhere, we may think, how could the invitation be subtle, or deep? It looks like the other graffiti and even shows up in the same places. But that is part of the divine conspiracy. — Dallas Willard

Nothing is as it seems. Black can appear white when the light is blinding but white loses all luster at the faintest sign of darkness. — Christopher Pike

Like any friendship or marriage, familiarity breeds more contempt, and love, and everything. — Martin Freeman

For he commands his angels with regard to you To guard you wherever you go. Psalms 91:11 — Cecilia London