Quote by Logan P. Smith

We need two kinds of acquaintances, one to complain to, while to the others we boast.

We need two kinds of acquaintances, one to complain to, whil

Summary

This quote suggests that we require two types of acquaintances in our lives: one group with whom we feel comfortable expressing our worries, frustrations, or complaints, and another group with whom we feel inclined to showcase our accomplishments and successes. It implies that humans have a need for both venting negative emotions and sharing positive experiences with different sets of people in order to maintain a healthy social and emotional balance in their lives.

Topics

Funny

By Logan P. Smith

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

My recipe for dealing with anger and frustration: set the ki

My recipe for dealing with anger and frustration: set the kitchen timer for twenty minutes, cry, rant, and rave, and at the sound of the bell, simmer down and go about business as usual.

Anger

I believe, in a funny way, the job of the novelist is to be

I believe, in a funny way, the job of the novelist is to be out there on the fringes and speaking for an experience that has not really been spoken for.

Funny

You must learn that if you are a Christian, you will without

You must learn that if you are a Christian, you will without a doubt experience all kinds of opposition and evil inclinations in the flesh. For when you have faith, there will be a hundred more evil thoughts and a hundred more temptations than before.

Temptation

Agreeing to disagree is a way of giving upÂ—an admission tha

Agreeing to disagree is a way of giving upÂ—an admission that neither one of us has the skills, courage, or tenacity to work it out!

Suzanne Mayo Frindt

Agreement

Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subt

Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.

History

Music is my first love.

Music is my first love.

Music Love

The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power.

The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it.

Power

If I could get any animal it would be a dolphin. I want one

If I could get any animal it would be a dolphin. I want one so bad. Me and my mom went swimming with dolphins and I was like, 'How do we get one of those?' and she was like, 'You can't get a dolphin. What are you gonna do, like, put it in your pool?'

Mom

I'm referred to, I see, as 'the biggest banker in modern pub

I'm referred to, I see, as 'the biggest banker in modern publishing'. Now there's a line that needed the celebrated Guardian proof-reading.

Terry Pratchett

Reading Proof

One of the troubles about vanity is that it grows with what

One of the troubles about vanity is that it grows with what it feeds on. The more you are talked about, the more you will wish to be talked about

Bertrand Russell

Trouble Vanity

People will insist on treating the mons Veneris as though it

People will insist on treating the mons Veneris as though it were Mount Everest. Too silly!

Desires

I worry that, especially as the Millennium edges nearer, pse

I worry that, especially as the Millennium edges nearer, pseudo-science and superstition will seem year by year more tempting, the siren song of unreason more sonorous and attractive.

Carl Sagan, The DemonHaunted Wor

Superstition