#strangers

It has been one of my difficulties, in arguing this question out of doors with friends or strangers, that I rarely find any intelligible agreement as to the object of the war. ↗

— Richard Cobden

#any #arguing #been #difficulties #doors

I probably get strangers coming up to me two or three times a week to just say something nice. I get more than my share of compliments as I walk through my daily life. I'm not having to show off or make a point about how good I am at doing something. I think I've always kind of been that way. ↗

— Eddie Vedder

#always #am #been #coming #compliments

I have always depended on the kindness of strangers. ↗

— Tennessee Williams

#depended #i #kindness #strangers

It's considered acceptable in our culture to approach perfect strangers, as often or not who may be in extremis, and evangelise. I don't see why that's considered a normal thing. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#approach #considered #culture #i #may

If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other hand, if two strangers come with the same request, accept because you will gain one friend. ↗

— Saint Augustine

#ask #because #come #dispute #friend

We sometimes encounter people, even perfect strangers, who begin to interest us at first sight, somehow suddenly, all at once, before a word has been spoken. ↗

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

#before #begin #encounter #even #first

When people ask me what I do, strangers on a plane, perhaps, I tell them that I think. Thinking is excellent exercise, as much as swimming or jogging. ↗

— Tom Glazer

#excellent #exercise #i #i do #i think

I don't date guys that I just meet randomly. I don't feel comfortable meeting strangers. ↗

— Ali Landry

#date #feel #guys #i #just

It's awkward: Here you are with most of your clothes off in bed with this person who you've really just met. You're strangers to each other's bodies and you're coming together for the first time in front of all these people. ↗

— Sheryl Lee

#bed #bodies #clothes #coming #each

I want to live in a place where strangers rush to help someone in distress. ↗

— Ian Mcewan

#help #i #live #place #rush