Best Encountered Quotes to Inspire, Uplift & Motivate You Every Day

“I have many times encountered spirits but the reason I don't talk about these things in person is because I feel the people might think that I am doing this for publicity of my films and I also feel that it belittles my experiences. Hence, I don't talk about it.”

“Personally I have not encountered racism at matches, or in clubs I have worked in, for many years.”

“I love the filk community. It's the single most welcoming part of fandom that I've ever encountered, and filk saved my life a lot of times when I was a teenager.”

“I have a personal issue with Shakespeare. When I first encountered him, he made me feel thick. Well, not him, but the productions I saw.”

“Unfortunately, sometimes the unexpected can be something that you wish you never encountered.”

“When I first encountered Shakespeare as a boy, I read every word this man has written. To me, he is like an African storyteller.”

“The problem we encountered with Wave at Google was that we became very isolated from the rest of the company. And in the time that it took us to build Wave, the rest of the company changed direction. I think that has a lot to do with why the product failed.”

“I first encountered fish jerky during a marlin tournament in Kona, Hawaii. It was steeped in the island flavors of ginger, soy, and pineapple.”

“You create a proto-human being out of people that you've encountered in your life, and you start building up this person and start becoming this person.”

“Being fetishized because of my skin? I've definitely encountered that wall of people.”

“I wasn't prepared for the environment I encountered trying to break into television news. In the world of music, where I spent my formative years, we were judged solely on our talent, and gender wasn't a factor.”

“I travelled around small-town India a lot for a job from 2010-2012, and I was impressed by the energy I encountered in these places.”

“I think I first encountered Ebola from the movie 'Outbreak.' Then there was the book 'The Hot Zone.' It's the type of thing you either read and say, 'Oh wow, that's terrifying,' or you read it and say, 'Oh wow, I want to do that.' I read it and said, 'Oh wow, I want do that.'”

“I feel honored to be an example for others. It makes it feel worthwhile to have overcome all the challenges I have encountered so I can help others to dream and also fulfill their dreams.”

“Whenever I've encountered a Christian saying, 'Why don't you stop talking like that so I can hear you?' I think, 'Well you're the one putting the earmuffs on, but I wish you could hear me because I like you.'”

“Some of the oddest foods I've encountered are 'American' foods represented internationally.”

“I believe I encountered death, which was a bit too much for a seven-year-old.”

“I was in my late 20s, in the process of shaping my musical outlook and what I wanted it to be about, when I first encountered Woody Guthrie.”

“Poets, for example, are generally considered starry-eyed and sensitive, but only by those who have never encountered one.”

“Minor things can become moments of great revelation when encountered for the first time.”

“I found college useful for a lot of other reasons. It exposed me to a great many influences I wouldn't otherwise have encountered, and gave me a lot of time with some very intelligent people whose thoughts are still with me.”

“I've known my dad my whole life, and my dad is probably one of the most intellectually sober and smart people that I've ever encountered. So to have somebody manipulate and mischaracterize him - it was sort of a harsh lesson in politics.”

“It was only when I went to sixth-form college that I encountered boys.”

“The universe is so enormous, and we have no idea what's on the other side of the galaxy. It's a lovely thing to be able to tap into. I'm definitely not opposed to any supernatural ideas, but I've never encountered any. I believe in spirits, but I've never seen a ghost. And I believe in Heaven and Hell.”

“You can also make explicit certain social problems which, again, would be prejudged or not encountered at all in real life, because people have set up defenses against it. Fantasy allows you to get past defenses.”

“I feel like I've known Hunter S. Thompson for most of my life. I first encountered him in 1981, when I was 12.”

“West Side Story' was the first musical I encountered with a Latina lead character.”

“As his vice president for eight years, I learned more from Ronald Reagan than from anyone I encountered in all my years of public life.”

“If you've ever tried to start up the habit of early-morning exercise, you have probably encountered how easy it is to get derailed by too much choice.”

“Golf is the only sport I've encountered where you can really suck but still have a good time.”

“My mother passed away when I was seven. She had a piano in the house that she was teaching my sisters how to play. That was where I first encountered music, through her.”

“There is a certain generation who have grown up being able to mash up, to tinker with, every system they've ever encountered.”

“It was stunning actually, because what you would hope for from our national leaders is some reflection, some understanding that the situation that we encountered in Iraq was not what we expected, that it was not what he said it would be.”

“As I have encountered difficult moments in my own life, I have been privileged to learn from the great men I have come to know as a writer.”

“When I was growing up, I never heard the word 'racism.' It was only in Paris I encountered that.”

“Since 9/11, some of the most violent terrorists we've encountered were radicalized or recruited at universities.”

“When I began going to school and learned to read, I encountered stories of other people and other lands.”

“When explorers first encountered my people, they called us heathens, sun worshippers. They didn't understand that the sun is a relative and illuminates our path on this earth.”

“Theatre is how I first encountered art on any level.”

“I have encountered riotous mobs and have been hung in effigy, but my motto is: Men's rights are nothing more. Women's rights are nothing less.”