#familia

Any change in form produces a fear of change, and that has accelerated. Marketing is the death of invention, because marketing deals with the familiar. ↗

— Nicolas Roeg

#because #change #deals #death #familiar

I like to compare the holiday season with the way a child listens to a favorite story. The pleasure is in the familiar way the story begins, the anticipation of familiar turns it takes, the familiar moments of suspense, and the familiar climax and ending. ↗

— Fred Rogers

#begins #child #climax #compare #ending

One needs but to say that, in the case of an unfamiliar sequence of syllables, only about seven can be grasped in one act, but that with frequent repetition and gradually increasing familiarity with the series this capacity of consciousness may be increased. ↗

— Hermann Ebbinghaus

#act #capacity #case #consciousness #familiarity

Ordinary men live among marvels and feel no wonder, grow familiar with objects and learn nothing new about them. ↗

— George Henry Lewes

#among #familiar #feel #grow #learn

And of course we are familiar with the English common law rule of thumb that said a man could in fact use a stick no bigger than his thumb to discipline his wife and family. ↗

— Patricia Ireland

#common #common law #could #course #discipline

I think every little girl is fascinated with mermaids whether you are familiar with 'Splash' or 'Little Mermaid' or things like that. I did remember the film but I didn't watch it going into 'Aquamarine.' ↗

— JoJo

#every #familiar #fascinated #film #girl

My philosophy is familiarity breeds contempt. ↗

— Chaka Khan

#contempt #familiarity #familiarity breeds #philosophy

Playing football and rugby is the Samoan sport. It's part of the conversation at church. It's part of the conversation in their barbershops, in the grocery stores. It's what everyone is aware of and familiar with. They take a lot of pride in the beating you can take in the course of that sport. ↗

— Junior Seau

#beating #church #conversation #course #everyone

To my fellow nominees, whoever they are - I'm not that familiar with their work - I just want to say, there's always next year - except, you know, for Ray Romano . ↗

— Tony Shalhoub

#except #familiar #fellow #i #just

For my second record I had gotten ProTools (program) and started to familiar myself with hard disc recording. ↗

— Duncan Sheik

#familiar #gotten #had #hard #i