Acquainted Quotations

Seeing people ahead of time and getting acquainted with the space you're playing in is important to getting comfortable in that place.

No one who is at all acquainted with the Indian in his home can deny that we are a polite people.

Harmony is an obscure and difficult musical science, but most difficult to those who are not acquainted with the Greek language; because it is necessary to use many Greek words to which there are none corresponding in Latin.

Today, with a recording, he can hear the thing enough times until he really gets acquainted with the language, and then he can begin to make an estimate of the intrinsic, aesthetic value of that piece of music.

Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself.

We're just trying to get track time, get teams acquainted with the vehicles and give them a chance to get drivers in them. This will give them an opportunity to see the differences of what in what they used in today's car against the Car of Tomorrow on back-to-back days. It's nothing more than a learning day.

Since the resumption of the talks, all parties have held a series of one-on-one meetings to be acquainted with each other's position, ... In the following step, the parties will continue to hold bilateral consultations according to their needs.

Right now, I'm just trying to get acquainted with people, everything and the whole situation.

He must be acquainted with the ,proper , wages of servants, with the various languages of men, with the manner of keeping goods, and ,the rules of purchase and sale.

He met me with politeness and dignity, ... Turning to the officers at the table, he remarked: 'General Wallace, it is not necessary to introduce you to these gentlemen; you are acquainted with them all.'

He's gotten a little bit more acquainted with his players. He does a great job of adjusting on game day. He can just look at things and see what we need to do. He does a tremendous job of coaching on game day.

Job seekers should take a moment to compose their thoughts before they speak and focus their comments on the specific knowledge and experience they can bring to the position. Interviews provide an opportunity for employers to become more acquainted with applicants. Hiring managers are looking for candor, professionalism and a glimpse into the candidate's personality.

It gives them (amateurs) a chance to get acquainted with tournaments.

It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy;-- it is disposition alone. Seven years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with each other, and seven days are more than enough for others.

I was privileged because my father was a policeman, and we lived in town. Many people in Malawi are from typical villages. My grandmother insisted I should be in both worlds, and so I needed to be acquainted with village life.

We just became acquainted and met and talked at subsequent events. We had dinner, one thing led to another and we've been together since.

We're currently planning a private-public venture to help get people acquainted with the concept. We're just trying to get all our ideas together.

When I joined the Merchant Marine, I went to Catalina for Maritime training. That's how I became acquainted with California.

We must adopt loathsome diseases for our familiar associates, or we shall never be thoroughly acquainted with their nature and dispositions; we must risk, nay even injure, our own health in order to be able to preserve or restore that of others.

You are pretty much stuck. I'm not even acquainted with what anyone is calling this decade. There is no catchy phrase.

When I started to get acquainted with the people here today in this organization, they're incredible. From the head coach to the special teams coach to the owner to everybody involved, they're just great people that this organization has in there. We were honored that they wanted us to come and be a part of it and be a part of the transition. We expect good things pretty quick here.

Torch and I go back a long way, ... We first got acquainted in the Central League when I was in Fort Worth and he was in San Antonio, and we both coached in the IHL. It's always good to have another voice for the players, especially one with as much experience as John has. He's been at hockey's highest level, and that means something to players.

Before I got through high school I had attended 22 different schools. In the time before I was well acquainted with the latest school, I would amuse myself by drawing and found that I was pretty good at it.

Being veterans of the struggle to push back against fundamentalist Christians, American liberals are well acquainted with the pitfalls of the neoconservative flirtation with the religious-right.

There's a group of seniors that are on their third head coach. More important than anything is them, and getting them acquainted with what we're going to do.

Seeding doesn't count for much once you are out there on court ... Playing a qualifier in the first round is never easy as she has the confidence of already having won three matches in the qualifying draw and is well acquainted with the playing conditions.

People that love wisdom must be acquainted with very many things indeed.

Officer West has done a good job. He rode with officers when he was first hired on to learn the area and to get acquainted with our procedures and what we expect. So far he's done a real good job with the department. I'm well pleased. So far I'm satisfied and happy with his progress and I think he'll just continue to do better.

Demand for portable MP3 players is booming, as more and more consumers get acquainted with their stylish form factors and digital audio functionality.

It's another opportunity to reach a new segment for us and get people acquainted with the Windows Live search brand.

It?s going very well. I?m acquainted with the staff and the students ... many parents have stopped by to say hello.

That song is best esteemed with which our ears are most acquainted

It's great to be back here in the excitement. This serves a great purpose. ... From my standpoint, this was the first chance we had as coaches to see these players, to get acquainted with them.

They are very well acquainted with each another and I think they will have a good working relationship. So there will be continuity of policy. But still, I think Rubin's departure, at the end of the day, is still a loss.

I'm delighted to have the opportunity to get better acquainted with a variety of challenges faced by the Immigration and Naturalization Service, ... I look forward to working hard personally so that these challenges will be better met and America can better respond to its responsibilities as it relates to citizens of this country.

I'm interested to see what the organization does and role it plays in the state of Iowa. I'm looking forward to being a part of it and becoming acquainted with others who do this type of work elsewhere in Iowa.

I had not played much against them, especially the Test Cricket but they are well acquainted to the swing bowling. It will not be an easy task, the ground reality will be known only when we face them on field.

Interviews provide an opportunity for employers to become more acquainted with applicants. Hiring managers are looking for candor, professionalism and a glimpse into the candidate's personality.

I had been acquainted with this interesting tree for several years in China, but only in gardens, and as a pot plant in a dwarfed state.

I am acquainted with Brett Kebble and have conducted business with him, but some of the insinuations expressed in the media are an insult.

The first year is not easy. You have to get acquainted with the players who are there, recruit new players who fit the system, and prepare the team for every game. Plus, you get to make the game-time decisions which affect the team.

A lot happened in Vancouver. It was my first Western experience. I learned English, which is my second language. I became very acquainted with Western culture. I had my first sewing machine when I was 9. I trained in fashion illustration when I was in school.

The first couple of days are going to be rough, I think, on me. I've just got to get acquainted with the job. My confidence is gaining a lot each day.

The communication formed by the small bones of the ear is, to look upon, more like what we are accustomed to call machinery than anything I am acquainted with in animal bodies. It seems evidently designed.

I have been one acquainted with the night.

Adversity is the state in which man mostly easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.