#acquaint

Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance or a stranger. ↗

— Franklin P. Jones

#criticism #friend #hard #honest #particularly

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

Be able to cite three good qualities of every relative or acquaintance that you dislike. ↗

— Marilyn vos Savant

#acquaintance #cite #dislike #every #good

I think any advocate who is effective has fully acquainted himself or herself with the legislator they are going to meet. Know what committees they are on, what issues they are interested in, all in an effort to build a bridge for communicating with them. ↗

— Mark Shields

#advocate #any #bridge #build #committees

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

Temporary teams of trusted people are generally sent to all Departments and to major agencies of government to assist in planning and to acquaint the incoming administration with the civil servants and bureaucracy that will remain in place in the new Administration. ↗

— Richard V. Allen

#administration #agencies #assist #bureaucracy #civil

To see and be acquainted with strangers, in especial with men in honour and authority. ↗

— Thomas Cavendish

#authority #honour #men #see #strangers

In Berlin I especially enjoyed the orchestral concerts, and I attended a large number of them. I formed the acquaintance of a good many musicians, several of whom spoke of my playing in high terms. ↗

— James Weldon Johnson

#attended #berlin #concerts #enjoyed #especially