#quaint

Medieval justice was a quaint thing. ↗

When I'm painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing. It's only after a get acquainted period that I see what I've been about. I've no fears about making changes for the painting has a life of its own. ↗

— Jackson Pollock

#acquainted #after #aware #been #changes

Looking through the list of earlier Nobel laureates, I note a large number with whom I became acquainted and with whom I interacted during those years as they passed through Cambridge. ↗

— John Pople

#became #cambridge #during #earlier #i

Few scientists acquainted with the chemistry of biological systems at the molecular level can avoid being inspired. ↗

— Donald Cram

#avoid #being #biological #chemistry #few

You are undoubtedly acquainted with my Reputation, and as for my Penmanship it must speak for itself; this is to desire your Approbation to keep a public school. ↗

— Eli Whitney

#approbation #desire #itself #keep #must

I see the friends I made over the years who have become family today, people I became acquainted with who have achieved so much in their lives. They taught me something with each meeting. ↗

— Akshay Kumar

#acquainted #became #become #each #family

The most accomplished way of using books is to serve them as some people do lords; learn their titles and then brag of their acquaintance. ↗

— Laurence Sterne

#acquaintance #books #brag #learn #lords

Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance. ↗

— Rabindranath Tagore

#depend #depth #does #friendship #length

She is such a good friend that she would throw all her acquaintances into the water for the pleasure of fishing them out again. ↗

— Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

#again #fishing #friend #good #good friend

I think they're very attractive,' Abe agreed. 'I just don't think they're attractive, that's all. ↗