Quotes about Shared Experiences

High school is such a shared experience in North American culture. Votes: 5

[Dada is] perfectly kindhearted malice, alongside exact photography the only legitimate pictorial form of communication and balance in shared experience. Votes: 5

The magic of film isn't just because of the big screen, or the acoustics, but the ineffable shared experience of going to the movies. Votes: 5

Love grows from stable relationships, shared experience, loyalty, devotion, trust. Votes: 4

Things gain meaning by being used in a shared experience or joint action. Votes: 4

You have a deeper connection with people who you have shared experiences with and shared pain. Votes: 4

What is private belongs to me alone. What is personal belongs to all of us through the shared experience of being human. Votes: 4

President [Barack]Obama benefits from the shared experience and wisdom of top national security and foreign policy advisers, many of them career professionals. Votes: 4

That's the wonderful thing about drama and writing and fiction: it's this wonderful shared experience that we all have. We can see into each other's lives. Votes: 4

We need to be around our families not because we have so many shared experiences to talk about, but instead because they know precisely which subjects to avoid. Votes: 4

I love the shared experience of watching a movie with my kids. One of the great joys in life is when we're all laughing together, at the same thing. Votes: 4

Singing with others is an unmediated, shared experience as each person feels the same music reverberating in their individual bodies. Singing is part of our humanity; it is embodied empathy. Votes: 4

Ignorant of history, we find it easy to accept our isolation from one another. We are more able to recognize differences than shared experiences and perspectives. History proclaims our common humanity. Votes: 4

I always thought that one of the reasons why a painter likes especially to have other painters look at his or her work is the shared experience of having pushed paint around. Votes: 4

To read is to fly: it is to soar to a point of vantage which gives a view over wide terrains of history, human variety, ideas, shared experience and the fruits of many inquiries. Votes: 4

You will see a 3-D movie in a movie theater for the shared experience of it - or for a date, and so on. You don't all sit at home getting your entertainment in a vacuum. Votes: 4

Don't consider sarcasm the 'be-all' and 'end-all' of verbal intercourse. Far too many people place way too much importance on the sarcasm instead of the talking, in and of itself, as a precious shared experience between people. Votes: 4

Humour is often linked to shared experience. Like, a guy gets up and says, "Have you noticed public restrooms have really inefficient hand-dryers?" Oh my God, yes I have, hahaha, really good point, they should... fix that. It's good to know that somebody finally gets me! Votes: 4

You can't love a person till you know him or her inside out, until you've lived with them and shared experience: sadness, joy, living - you've got to share living before you can find love. Being in love doesn't last, but you can find love to take its place. Votes: 4

Of all the alchemies of human connection-sex and childbirth and marriage and friendship-the strangest is this: You can stand up and tell a story that is made entirely, embarrassingly, of "I's," and a listening audience somehow turns each "I" into a "me." This alchemy, of self-absorption into shared experience, is the alchemy of all literature. Votes: 4

I believe movies are one of the great American art forms and the shared experience of watching a story unfold on screen is an important and joyful pastime. The movie theatre is my home, and the idea that someone would violate that innocent and hopeful place in such an unbearably savage way is devastating to me. Votes: 4

Audiences want and need a shared viewing experience. Votes: 1

I became an academic so that I could share my knowledge and experience with students. Votes: 1

Going to the movies still remains, arguably, amongst the best communal experiences that human beings can share. Votes: 1

Comedy is a shared experience, and I think it's great to open that to a wide demographic. Votes: 1

Life is a comedy when watching and a tragedy when experiencing. I try and share anything I have. Votes: 1

I've always believed you go to literature to find the shared human experience, not the categorized human experience. Votes: 1

I'd like to share my experiences and the lessons I've learned and hopefully create some amazing, fun courses. Votes: 1

I've had an incredible life with a lot of triumphs, my share of heartbreak, and some pretty amazing experiences. Votes: 1

Facebook is about sharing experiences that you've had. Foursquare is more about the present tense and the future tense. Votes: 1

Some of the things that have been the most meaningful to me have been experiences I've shared with my family. Votes: 1

I love sharing my stories and experiences with people and connecting to them on both a humorous and emotional level. Votes: 1

I prefer to think of the audience as a single living organism with which I am sharing a singular, never-to-be-repeated experience. Votes: 1

People are inclined to say that I am Ramona. I'm not sure that's true, but I did share some experiences with her. Votes: 1

It's good for art to make us think, to give us a shared experience that creates a dialogue, makes us talk to each other, including strangers. Votes: 1

Whenever something happens that makes me laugh or if I remember something in the middle of the night that I want to share, I jot the experience down. Votes: 1

Common experience is the gold reserve which confers an exchange value on the currency which words are; without this reserve of shared experiences, all our pronouncements are checks drawn on insufficient funds. Votes: 1

Well, for me, what I've learned at the very end of this, love is sharing, and I think that really is, for me, the best place to go to experience love, is sharing. Votes: 1

What an artist is trying to do for people is bring them closer to something, because of course art is about sharing. You wouldn't be an artist unless you wanted to share an experience, a thought. Votes: 1

People talked to me in a way I think they would not have talked to somebody who hadn't shared the experience; they gave me their papers, they gave me their diaries. I found people constantly opening up to me. And I think they did because I had shared that experience with them. Votes: 1

Happiness is a collection of joyful experiences shared with soul friends. Get together and have some fun! Votes: 0

Imagination is the power that enables us to empathize with humans whose experiences we have never shared. Votes: 0

A form of government that is not the result of a long sequence of shared experiences, efforts, and endeavors can never take root. Votes: 0

As my meditative experiences grew, I had wonderful relationships. I met the most wonderful women, who meditated and shared certain understandings that I had. Votes: 0

As my meditative experiences grew, I had wonderful relationships. I met the most wonderful women, who meditated and shared certain understandings that I had. Votes: 0

Memories are just stories we tell ourselves about our past; and that's often why they don't match when we've shared the same experiences with someone. Votes: 0

Certainly my personality, my sense of humor, my outlook on life was informed by the experiences of my parents and the stories they shared with me. Votes: 0