Unfamiliar Quotations

In June 2010, after more than 38 years in uniform, in the midst of commanding a 46-nation coalition in a complex war in Afghanistan, my world changed suddenly - and profoundly. An article in 'Rolling Stone' magazine depicting me, and people I admired, in a manner that felt as unfamiliar as it was unfair, ignited a firestorm.

Dad passed away in 2000, but he visits me all the time. He comes to me in different ways. So I have that connection with him, and that comforts me, to know that in time I can come back and still have that with my kids. It's not unfamiliar to me, that connection with the afterlife. I know it's real; I experience it all the time.

The classical music scene was completely unfamiliar to me. It was something that I didn't have the most fun associations around. A lot of people don't - they think of older generations and stuffiness. But it's not. You listen to the Overture of 1812, and you can hear a rock n' roll catharsis.

I like to grow as an actor, and you can do that by playing parts that are unfamiliar to you and uncomfortable.

Even if your novel occurs in an unfamiliar setting in which all the customs and surroundings will seem strange to your reader, it's still better to start with action. The reason for this is simple. If the reader wanted an explanation of milieu, he would read nonfiction. He doesn't want information. He wants a story.

I think literature can make familiar the unfamiliar, and the unfamiliar is very much about the dispossessed, and so the value of literature seems to me to go into the stories that not everybody wants to tell.

In case you're unfamiliar with TED, it is a series of short lectures on a variety of subjects that stream on the Internet for free.

To us, the value of a work lies in its newness: the invention of new forms, or a novel combination of old forms, the discovery of unknown worlds or the exploration of unfamiliar areas in worlds already discovered - revelations, surprises.

Before I got divorced, I was personally unfamiliar with trial, or at least trial of serious, heart-wrenching proportions. I figured that life went smoothly if you tried hard, and if you messed up, or things weren't working out, you just tried harder.

I've never understood why some people hesitate before diving into unfamiliar tasks or activities. I couldn't imagine wanting more instructions about anything.

The correct statement of the laws of physics involves some very unfamiliar ideas which require advanced mathematics for their description. Therefore, one needs a considerable amount of preparatory training even to learn what the words mean.

We're still just racing. Now we're doing it in a city we're a little unfamiliar with, but the excitement level is sky high and the competition is just as fierce.

We have played here a lot in the past couple of years. It is much better than going off to a place like Denver where you have to deal with an unfamiliar gym plus the elevation.

Solidarity is not discovered by reflection, but created. It is created by increasing our senstivity to the particular details of the pain and humiliation of other, unfamiliar sorts of people. Such increased sensitivity makes it more difficult to marginialize people different from ourselves by thinking, 'They do not feel as WE would,' or 'There must always be suffering, so why not let THEM suffer?'

on interesting subjects, ideas and unfamiliar artists, with many surprises for visitors.

Obviously, the loss is upsetting. But I thought we played better than I expected. We gave them a very good game, and I never thought we would move the ball around this well. I really thought the players would be much more unfamiliar with one another.

I actively pursue experiences that are unlike any others that I've experienced and cultures that I don't know and unfamiliar places and unfamiliar history and things like that.

He comes into a totally unfamiliar situation, has no practice time to learn the system and does what he did out there tonight. That was great. He brought some very positive energy to our team.

Our intention is to ease the mobility challenges faced by these individuals who are unfamiliar with the area and lack alternative transportation.

Research indicates that two out of every five consumers are unfamiliar with hybrid technology and its benefits, ... This clinic ensures that our customers not only have the most current information about their hybrid, but understand how to benefit most from it.

Remember when George Bush (Senior) went through a checkout line and was unfamiliar with how scanners work at the supermarket?

Playing them was not totally unfamiliar turf to us. We went in with a goal of playing a defensive game and letting the chips fall where they may.

I was unfamiliar with many of the agencies, ... The interviews filled in a lot of gaps.

We had a lot of parents, many unfamiliar with classical music, say that they really liked Ravel. They asked to keep it after the study, because it was helpful in putting their baby to sleep, or calming the baby at feeding time.

When daily you write intensively, one day of laziness subjects you to a suffering of unfamiliar compunction. The words can freeze and the state of privation worsens with idleness. Thus, a day off for a writer is chancy and, in conclusion, solely a luxury of other professions.

Today was the first day we practiced in here, ... So I think, you know, it was more of an unfamiliar facility for us, and we'll get more reps in the O'Connell Center, and it will be good for us.

There are an awful lot of relationships in contemporary America that are unfamiliar to traditional American law. American law is either going to recognize and accommodate them, or to ... rearrange assets in what is basically a random fashion.

Unfamiliar guests, excited children, strange decorations, noise from party poppers, fireworks or balloons and family disputes can often make the most settled animals ill at ease in their usually familiar surroundings.

We're three points away from being 2-0 in the league. But we're 0-2. Unfamiliar territory, but I look at situations like this as an opportunity to bounce back and do something unique.

There is a lot of interest in coyote hunting in West Virginia. However, the majority of our hunters are unfamiliar with the techniques and regulations that are involved. Because of this lack of knowledge, DNR will be hosting these seminars to provide our hunters a chance to meet firsthand with experts on coyotes and coyote hunting, which will ultimately allow our hunters to become more successful.

Boaters, particularly those unfamiliar with our local waters and their aggressive tides, can get into a dangerous situation fairly quickly.

I've been there. There's a connection, it's sort of a familiar thing. I'm not unfamiliar to the audience. So our chances of success here are good.

Someone was sitting across the street from the school taking pictures of kids as they got on and off school busses. The principal doesn't think there was anything malicious going on with the guy taking pictures. She thought it was someone who was unfamiliar with school policy. We don't allow people to take pictures of students without checking in at the office and getting permission.

As a former home secretary, I have access to and knowledge of the workings of the system in a way that individuals unfamiliar with the courts can never hope to have.

This is something you need to own and accept about yourself. But to have a less stressful life, you must learn to expand the box and deal with the unfamiliar circumstances that may be thrown your way.

They've been through some pretty traumatic experiences back home. Tucson is probably a community that most of them are pretty unfamiliar with.

Although the international community is not unfamiliar with the name of Taiwan, the fact that the president of the Republic of China was able to travel abroad underscored our status as a sovereign state.

As well as being unfamiliar with one another, they're unfamiliar with the offense and their roles, ... So that's going to lead to a little bit of chaos early on, but we'll get it together.

The most dangerous time at work is those first six months on a new job or the first six months in the new workplace because they are unfamiliar with the environment, they are unfamiliar with the job that they're doing.

It's a theme that encourages us to deliberately seek experiences and conversations that extend our understanding, that challenge our firmly held beliefs, that honor the new and the unfamiliar and that take us a bit out of our comfort zones,

It's not unfamiliar for me to come into a situation where you're not expected to win the World Series, ... I'm not afraid to work. I like working with young players. That part doesn't faze me all.

It's unfamiliar territory, is what I'm saying. I hope we come out and play better tomorrow.

Dashi remains unfamiliar to most French and American cooks, who tend to reach for a bouillon cube to do many of the same things. But dashi is worth preparing and using the way the Japanese do: for poaching fish, as a soup base, and in simmered dishes.

Consumers need to check out unfamiliar companies before doing business with them, online or off-line. You can't judge them simply on the basis of a nice-looking Web site.

The officer was unfamiliar with the area while he was reporting what happened and (the local police) were trying to find him.

It's like having our kids home. Our first soldier mentioned that it was really neat to have someone in an unfamiliar place that he could call whenever he needed something. It's kind of like being a second parent and friend. There is no obligation on their part. They can take or leave us.

It's so easy to treat, and regrettably a sizeable portion of practicing physicians are unfamiliar with the condition.

New York is great, but I miss L.A. - I feel like there was something exotic about L.A. that I kind of underestimated at the time. It was very unfamiliar to me.

It was a good 'ah' though. They're not an unfamiliar team.

The neurosis in which the search for safety takes its clearest form is in the compulsive-obsessive neurosis. Compulsive-obsessive to frantically order and stabilize the world so that no unmanageable, unexpected or unfamiliar dangers will ever appear.

The kids, regardless of where they're from, listen to the coaches. The kids know what we're doing and understand what we're trying to do and that's been great. Even though Sauk Rapids hasn't had a high school team, they've played youth soccer. So, they're not unfamiliar with the game.

Individuals who are unfamiliar with Florida's roads, traffic regulations and customs, or who speak foreign languages, or look different than Florida residents, may face a higher risk of danger -- because they may be more likely to be perceived as threatening by Floridians, and because they are unaware of Florida's new law that says individual who feel their safety is threatened or their possessions are at risk are legally authorized to use deadly force,

I guess we just have one of those attitudes where we know we're going into an unfamiliar territory and we have no one but us and we have to stick together.

I guess we have the attitude that we're in unfamiliar territory and we have no one but ourselves, so we stick together.

When a possibility is unfamiliar to us, we do not even think about it.

A guest star is a whole different responsibility. It's much different than being a regular. You come in and it's a lot of unfamiliar faces and you want to try to fit in as best you can, but also you want to stay there without making waves.

I am trying to be unfamiliar with what I'm doing.

I disliked the unfamiliar happiness more than the familiar sadness

There is a tendency in our planning to confuse the unfamiliar with the improbable.

It is a sign of great inner insecurity to be hostile to the unfamiliar.

There can be no life without change, and to be afraid of what is different or unfamiliar is to be afraid of life.