Familiarness Synonym Quotes & Sayings

George W. Bush was president through some of the darkest days of our history and yet his optimism never waned. He is optimistic by nature, but he also understood the importance of always communicating a sense that things will get better. — Mark McKinnon

In the ultimate analysis, all of us would have served Pakistan better if history and our future generations judge us positively. — Ashfaq Parvez Kayani

But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company. — Alexander Pope

I went to my favourite meeting of the year, the Southern 100, and my Honda 600 threw a con-rod, splitting the case and letting oil spill onto the exhaust, setting the bike on fire. Race fans at the roadside poured beer and bottles of water over it to put out the flames. After the TT race failure I'd had with the bike I wouldn't have been bothered if they'd let it burn. — Guy Martin

Practical life teaches us that people may differ and that both may be wrong: it also teaches us that people may differ and both be right. Anchor yourself fast in the latter faith, or the former will sweep your heart away. — Augustus William Hare

I really knew nothing about the dancing habits of the Scottish. But I wanted to help. "I could teach them Indian folk dances," I offered, scrounging my mind for school dances in gaudy garments.
"Well, I'm not sure that they would be complex enough for competitions," she said. Pursing her lips, she blushed a dark, deep red. I knew I had said something wrong, but it took me a few days to understand the reason for Miss Manson's disapproval and discomfort. She blushed a beetroot red because I had unwittingly questioned the core belief of the school: British was Better. — Nayana Currimbhoy

The places that once knew [Marie Antoinette] now know her forever. — Grace Greenwood

I think there are some folks who don't particularly like what I have to say, but on the whole, the reaction has been very positive. — Daniel Woodrell

It says that alcoholism is a disease, and that it gets passed on from generation to generation. I've told my kids about that: "You've got the crazy gene in you, guys. When it comes time to kick back with the buddies, drink a beer, and watch a football game, just realize that there will be a day when that thing turns on you. So you better keep an eye on it". — Nikki Sixx

Work is only a part of life. But work is life only when done in mindfulness. Otherwise, one becomes like the person who lives as though dead. — Thich Nhat Hanh

This thing has been studied to death by Republicans and Democrats: several committees, including in Congress, that have all said, 'Yes, of course what happened was tragic, but Secretary Clinton was not in any way at fault,' and what you have here with these e-mails is basically a witch hunt. — Julian Castro

I may think I have inalienable rights to be alive and happy, but I don't - life is a blessing. — Terrence McNally