“The thing that I'm most proud of in my life is that if a stranger came up to me and said, 'I can't stop drinking. I can't stop drinking. Can you help me?' I can say, 'Yes, I can help you.'” IfsSaidI CanHelpingLife IsProudDrinkingStrangerHelp MeStop DrinkingYes I Can Author:Matthew Perry
“I have a terrible problem with procrastination. A friend told me, "Well, you should go to therapy." And I thought about it, but then I said, "Wait a minute. Why should I pay a stranger to listen to me talk when I can get strangers to pay to listen to me talk?" And that's when I got the idea of touring.” ShouldWellsSaidI CanIdeasProblemWaitingPayMinutesTerribleStrangerTherapyProcrastinationShould ITouringListen To Me Author:Ellen DeGeneres
“I can't quite define my aversion to asking questions of strangers. From snatches of family battles which I have heard drifting up from railway stations and street corners, I gather that there are a great many men who share my dislike for it, as well as an equal number of women who ... believe it to be the solution to most of this world's problems.” MenWorldBelieveWellsI CanProblemNumbersHeardShareStreetsThis WorldBattleEqualSolutionsAskingCornersStrangerGreat MenStationsDislikeDriftingAsking QuestionsAversionRailwayStreet CornersRailway Station Book:The Benchley Roundup Source: The Benchley Roundup
“The first thing I remember about the world and I pray that it may be the last is that I was a stranger in it. This feeling, which everyone has in some degree, and which is, at once, the glory and desolation of homo sapiens , provides the only thread of consistency that I can detect in my life.” WorldFirstsMayI CanFeelingsLastsRememberPrayingDegreesGloryStrangerThreadConsistencyI PrayHomo SapiensDesolation Book:The Very Best of Malcolm Muggeridge Source: The Very Best of Malcolm Muggeridge
“I'm aware of being a stranger, an outsider, and that's always an advantage for an artist. It means I can see from the inside and the outside. I have that double vision.” MeanI CanArtistVisionAdvantageStrangerOutsidersDouble Vision Author:John Hirsch
“I never go to the cinema. I can't stand sitting in the dark with strangers -- all of us obliged to share the same emotional experiences -- it's too intimate. I like to be emotional in private.” I CanDarkShareEmotionalSittingStrangerCinemaIntimateObligedSitting In The Dark Book:Eight and a half women Source: Eight and a half women
“The lifetime we've left behind with strangers Promises and lies both have their dangers. I just can't be wrong enough and I can't hide for long enough So far away, but I still feel your pain.” FeelsLongStillsI CanEnoughPainLyingLeftBehindsDangerPromiseLifetimeStrangerFar AwayLeft Behind Author:Ben Harper