Quotes on Acquaintance

U.S. soldiers, with whom I now have more than a passing acquaintance, joke that they track my movements in order to know where they will be deployed next.

Author: Christiane Amanpour

In such a case secrecy must be absolute to be effective, and although mere vague curiosity induced many persons of my intimate acquaintance to ask to be allowed to just go in and have a peep, I never admitted anyone.

Author: Henry Bessemer

Acquaintance. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.

Author: Ambrose Bierce

Meanwhile, my residence within the Federal lines, and my acquaintance with so many of the officers, the origin of which I have already mentioned, enabled me to gain much important information as to the position and designs of the enemy.

Author: Belle Boyd

The Crows are very handsome and gentlemanly Indians in their personal appearance: and have been always reputed, since the first acquaintance made with them, very civil and friendly.

Author: George Catlin

Acquaintance lessens fame.

Author: Claudius

The beginning of an acquaintance whether with persons or things is to get a definite outline of our ignorance.

Author: George Eliot

The Mole had long wanted to make the I acquaintance of the Badger. He seemed, by all accounts, to be such an important personage and, though rarely visible, to make his unseen influence felt by everybody about the place.

Author: Kenneth Grahame

A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man.

Author: Edgar Howe

In Berlin I especially enjoyed the orchestral concerts, and I attended a large number of them. I formed the acquaintance of a good many musicians, several of whom spoke of my playing in high terms.

Author: James Johnson

I look upon every day to be lost, in which I do not make a new acquaintance.

Author: Samuel Johnson

When an acquaintance goes by I often step back from my window, not so much to spare him the effort of acknowledging me as to spare myself the embarrassment of seeing that he has not done so.

Author: Georg Lichtenberg

A number of girls of my acquaintance went to school to the nuns of the Congregational Nunnery, or Sisters of Charity, as they are sometimes called.

Author: Maria Monk

There we were, hundreds of us lined up, waving at the great man as he tipped his hat to us. And that is the extent of my acquaintance with Albert Einstein.

Author: Gregory Peck

Be able to cite three good qualities of every relative or acquaintance that you dislike.

Author: Marilyn Savant

When a man looks across a street, sees a pretty girl, and waves at her, that's not a rendezvous, that's a passing acquaintance. When he walks across the street and nibbles on her ear, that's a rendezvous!

Author: Wally Schirra

A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.

Author: George Washington

The nice thing about quotes is that they give us a nodding acquaintance with the originator which is often socially impressive.

Author: Kenneth Williams