Quotes about Familiarity
Those who have "died" and returned usually report being met and guided by people they know very well—even those already dead many years.
— James Garlow
Yes, a man can get used to anything, but do not ask us how.
— Viktor E. Frankl
Then Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown, among his relatives, and in his own household is a prophet without honor.”
— Mark 6:4
Ivan and Willis, watching as Sadie panted, stood up, and then lay down again. "It won't be long now." Willis's eyes sparkled. He was no doubt excited, even though this was probably old hat for him.
— Wanda Brunstetter
Nothing so hardens the heart of man as a barren familiarity with sacred things.
— JC Ryle
Then He added, “Truly I tell you, no prophet is accepted in his hometown.
— Luke 4:24
Now He Himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.
— John 4:44
The faces we lose track of most easily are the faces of the people who are closest to us, the people we love the most whose faces we see so often that we can't really see them anymore.
— Frederick Buechner
When a man becomes familiar with his goddess, she quickly sinks into a woman.
— Joseph Addison
Is not this the carpenter's son?
— Anonymous
Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover, fades in his eye, and palls upon the sense.
— Joseph Addison
And they took offense at Him. But Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown and in his own household is a prophet without honor.”
— Matthew 13:57