Quotes with difference

Quotes 221 till 240 of 317.

  • Bernard Mandeville The multitude will hardly believe the excessive force of education, and in the difference of modesty between men and women, ascribe that to nature, which is altogether owing to early instruction: Miss is scarce three years old, but she's spoke to every day to hide her leg, and rebuked in good earnest if she shows it; whilst little Master at the same age is bid to take up his coats, and piss like a man.
    Bernard Mandeville
    British writer and artist (1670 - 1733)
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  • Bayard Taylor The native Jewish families in Jerusalem, as well as those in other parts of Palestine, present a marked difference to the Jews of Europe and America. They possess the same physical characteristics - the dark, oblong eye, the prominent nose, the strongly-marked cheek and jaw - but in the latter, these traits have become harsh and coarse.
    Bayard Taylor
    American poet, travel author, and diplomat (1825 - 1878)
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  • Charles Barkley The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not.
    Charles Barkley
    American professional basketball player (1963 - )
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  • Dorothea Brande The only difference between a problem and a solution is that people understand the solution.
    Dorothea Brande
    American writer and editor (1893 - 1948)
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  • Will Rogers The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets.
    Will Rogers
    American actor and humorist (1879 - 1935)
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  • Anton Chekhov The only difference between doctors and lawyers is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you, too.
    Anton Chekhov
    Russian playwright and short story writer
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  • Salvador Dali The only difference between me and a madman is that I am not mad.
    Salvador Dali
    Spanish painter (1904 - 1989)
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  • Oscar Wilde The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson The only sin that we never forgive in each other is a difference in opinion.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Henry Miller The ordinary man is involved in action, the hero acts. An immense difference.
    Henry Miller
    American writer (1891 - 1980)
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  • Seng-Ts'an The Perfect Way is only difficult for those who pick and choose. Do not like, do not dislike; all will then be clear. Make a hairbreadth difference, and Heaven and Earth are set apart.
    Seng-Ts'an
    Chinese third patriarch of Zen Buddhism
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  • Nicolas Chamfort The person is always happy who is in the presence of something they cannot know in full. A person as advanced far in the study of morals who has mastered the difference between pride and vanity.
    Nicolas Chamfort
    French writer, journalist and playwright (1741 - 1794)
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  • George Bernard Shaw The philosopher is Nature's pilot. And there you have our difference: to be n hell is to drift: to be in heaven is to steer.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Al Capp The secret of how to live without resentment or embarrassment in a world in which I was different from everyone else. was to be indifferent to that difference.
    Al Capp
    American cartoonist and humorist (1909 - 1979)
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  • Audre Lorde The sharing of joy, whether physical, emotional, psychic, or intellectual, forms a bridge between the sharers which can be the basis for understanding much of what is not shared between them, and lessens the threat of their difference.
    Audre Lorde
    American writer, feminist, womanist, librarian, and civil (1934 - 1992)
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  • Aberjhani The ultimate test on the way to establishing an ideal civilization encouraging ideal human behavior was to look bravely beyond gender, color, ethnic origin, religious difference, and class distinctions to discover and honor the value of each unique individual.
    Aberjhani
    American historian, columnist and novelist (1957 - )
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  • Charles Dickens The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.
    Charles Dickens
    English writer (1812 - 1870)
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  • Jim Rohn There are only about a half dozen things that make 80% of the difference in any area of our lives.
    Jim Rohn
    American entrepreneur, author and motivational speaker (1930 - 2009)
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  • Wayne Dyer There is a big difference between thinking: I'm in a relationship and something's wrong. Therefore something must be wrong with the relationship. and thinking I'm in a relationship and we've got problems. This is evidence that you are different than me.
    Wayne Dyer
    American philosopher, self-help author, and a motivational speaker. (1940 - 2015)
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  • Max L. Lucado There is a canyon of difference between doing your best to glorify God and doing whatever it takes to glorify yourself. The quest for excellence is a mark of maturity. The quest for power is childish.
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