A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that action, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment to friends; and that the most liberal professions of good-will are very far from being the surest marks of it
- George WashingtonAcquaintance is a degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor and obscure, and intimate when he is rich and famous.
- Ambrose BierceAcquaintance many, and conquaintance few, But for inquaintance I know only two - The friend I`ve wept and the maid I woo
- Samuel Taylor ColeridgeA woman who can`t forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man
- Edgar Watson Howe"The first few times it`s happened, I actually got really upset by it because you think, `somebody made that up,` and it`s a little bit ridiculous. But then you think, `Oh, you know what...it`s just silly. Then there are days it just frustrates you," Butler said. "One day, we had dinner when we first discussed the movie, and that day she had been linked to three different people! I was already one of them."
- Gerard Butler"I like to hang outside and meet new friends, otherwise I`d be in the dressing room right now all bored and stuff."
- Billy Martin