#acquaintance

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. ↗

— Maria Monk

#called #charity #number #nunnery #nuns

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. ↗

— Christiane Amanpour

#deployed #i #joke #know #more

The life of a man who deliberately runs through his fortune often becomes a business speculation; his friends, his pleasures, patrons, and acquaintances are his capital. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#becomes #business #capital #deliberately #fortune

Your friends will know you better in the first minute you meet than your acquaintances will know you in a thousand years. ↗

— Richard Bach

#better #first #friends #know #meet

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

— George Eliot

#beginning #definite #get #ignorance #our

Hope is a pleasant acquaintance, but an unsafe friend. ↗

— Thomas Chandler Haliburton

#friend #hope #pleasant #unsafe

It is evident that an acquaintance with natural laws means no less than an acquaintance with the mind of God therein expressed. ↗

— James Prescott Joule

#evident #expressed #god #laws #less

Me and Don Henley are fast acquaintances now, or something. He actually got on stage and sang with me. ↗

— Mojo Nixon

#actually #don henley #fast #got #henley

We all respect sincerity in our friends and acquaintances, but Hollywood is willing to pay for it. ↗

— Hattie McDaniel

#friends #hollywood #our #pay #respect

I talked to a calzone for fifteen minutes last night before I realized it was just an introverted pizza. I wish all my acquaintances were so tasty.
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— Jarod Kintz

#alone #calzone #communicate #communication #desperation