Difference Quotes - page 9

A difference which makes no difference is no difference at all. (William James)
Man's chief difference from the brutes lies in the exuberant excess of his subjective propensities - his preeminence over them simply and solely in the number and in the fantastic and unnecessary character of his wants, physical, moral, aesthetic, and intellectual. Had his whole life not been a quest for the superfluous, he would never have established himself as inexpugnably as he has done in the necessary. View quote
William James
Belief is with them mechanical, voluntary: they believe what they are paid for - they swear to that which turns to account. Do you suppose, that after years spent in this manner, they have any feeling left answering to the difference between truth and falsehood? View quote
William Hazlitt
Remember there's a big difference between kneeling down and bending over. View quote
Frank Zappa
You will find that there is no other difference of opinion as regards any portions of the Universe, except that the philosophers believe in the Eternity of the Universe and we believe in the Creation. Note this. View quote
Maimonides
It's our insides that make us who we are, that allow us to dream and wonder and feel for others. That's what's essential. That's what will always make the biggest difference in our world. View quote
Fred Rogers
Vermont is a small state which makes an enormous difference. View quote
Fred Rogers
I believe that you can reach the point where there is no longer any difference between developing the habit of pretending to believe and developing the habit of believing. View quote
Umberto Eco
That is the difference between good teachers and great teachers: good teachers make the best of a pupil's means; great teachers foresee a pupil's ends. View quote
Maria Callas
A man can't ask for much more than the chance to make a difference in his chosen field of work. Politics is my vocation. I'm forever grateful for the opportunity to contribute to this great country of ours. I know I am a better person for it. View quote
Jean Chrétien
I don't regret my painful times, i bare my scars as if they were medals. I know that freedom has a high price, as high as that of slavery; the only difference is that you pay with pleasure and a smile, even when that that smile dimmed by tears. (Paulo Coelho)
As soon as we cease to believe in such an engineer and in a discourse which breaks with the received historical discourse, and as soon as we admit that every finite discourse is bound by a certain bricolage and that the engineer and the scientist are also species of bricoleurs, then the very idea of bricolage is menaced and the difference in which it took on its meaning breaks down. View quote
Jacques Derrida
A change in the form of government, why should that make a difference in the way he lived? View quote
Kim Stanley Robinson
The history of a battle, is not unlike the history of a ball. Some individuals may recollect all the little events of which the great result is the battle won or lost, but no individual can recollect the order in which, or the exact moment at which, they occurred, which makes all the difference as to their value or importance... View quote
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
There is no difference between communism and socialism, except in the means of achieving the same ultimate end: communism proposes to enslave men by force, socialism - by vote. It is merely the difference between murder and suicide. View quote
Ayn Rand
The difference between animals and humans is that animals change themselves for the environment, but humans change the environment for themselves. View quote
Ayn Rand
To know that once you decide to look at life outside of the narrow limits of just your world and start to understand that you can make a difference in very simple ways - in volunteering and all the way up to bigger world problems. View quote
Susan Sarandon
Tequila?" I asked him, skeptically. "Are you sure on that one? I thought the base for a love potion was supposed to be champagne." "Champagne, tequila, what's the difference, so long as it'll lower her inhibitions?" Bob said. "Uh. I'm thinking it's going to get us a, um, sleazier result. View quote
Jim Butcher
Equity knows no difference of sex. In its vocabulary the word man must be understood in a generic, and not in a specific sense. View quote
Herbert Spencer
Let me say this loud and clear. There is a world of difference between terrorist acts and the Islamic Shari'a. Islam is not only a religion, but a way of life. And at its heart lie the sacred principles of tolerance and dialogue. View quote
King Hussein
I thought of myself as an atheist until I realized it was a belief, too. It's a shame everything has to have a label. I feel that if I was figuratively dropped on the Earth and there was a political line, I would be just left of center. The difference for me is that conservatives are more interested in property values and rights and free markets, and liberals are more interested in human rights. In the end, there are people who don't fit into the marketplace and are not equipped. I believe the government should step in where the free market fails. (George Carlin)
Only truthful hands write true poems. I cannot see any basic difference between a handshake and a poem. View quote
Paul Celan
The variation in the value of money, however great, makes no difference in the rate of profits;... View quote
David Ricardo
What difference does it make after all? - anonymity in the world of men is better than fame in heaven, for what's heaven? what's earth? All in the mind. View quote
Jack Kerouac
The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't. View quote
Henry Ward Beecher