Positive Familiarity Quotes & Sayings

I think it's a myth that American public or any other public is so stupid that they need to be constantly pricked. — Brian Eno

Through constant familiarity, we can definitely establish new behavior patterns, using our tendency to form habits to our advantage. If we make a steady effort, I think we can overcome any form of negative conditioning and make positive changes in our lives. But we need to remember that genuine change doesn't happen overnight. — Dalai Lama

It is inhumane, in my opinion, to force people who have a genuine medical need for coffee to wait in line behind people who apparently view it as some kind of recreational activity. — Dave Barry

It is not enough simply to wish that love and compassion should increase in us. We need to make a sustained effort, again and again, to cultivate the positive aspects within us - and the key here is constant familiarity. The nature of human thoughts and emotions is such that the more you engage in them, the more you consciously develop them, the more powerful they become. — Dalai Lama

Initially, the positive emotions derived from cultivating our higher natures may be weak, but we can enhance them through constant familiarity, making our experiences of happiness and inner contentment far more powerful than a life abandoned to purely impulsive emotions. — Dalai Lama XIV

Well, a man's mind can't stay in time the way his body does. — John Steinbeck

According to your holy book, every single Buddhist, Jew, Hindu, Muslim, follower of various minor traditions or sects, those who do not affiliate themselves with a religious tradition and the approximately 2.74 billion humans who have never had the 'privilege' of hearing the word of your Messiah will be sentenced to eternal damnation in a lake of fire - regardless of moral standings or positive worldly accomplishments. If this sounds like a fair proposition to you, then I bite my tongue - but I honestly believe that the majority of Christians do not agree with these doctrinal assertions, and instead categorize themselves as 'Christians' out of cultural familiarity or perhaps out of complete ignorance in regards to the topic. — David G. McAfee

I have a very thick skin. I take everything that comes and let it bounce right off me because I know the time will come when nobody will be able to speak falsely. — Prince

Cranberry sauce will be no problem, stuffing is no problem, no one has taken much stuffing yet, although I'll have to figure out how to mix, like, seven different brands and styles together, see how it tastes." "Stuffing, — Michael Grant

Pigpen taught me how to upload code from the internet and how to get it on people's computers and phones so I have a back door to their network. — Katie McGarry

All money is a matter of belief. — Adam Smith

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