Difference Quotes - page 99

The difference between a republic and an empire is the loyalty of one's army. (Julius Caesar)
The French are true romantics. They feel the only difference between a man of forty and one of seventy is thirty years of experience. View quote
Maurice Chevalier
For years I thought what was good for our country was good for General Motors and vice versa. The difference did not exist. Our company is too big. It goes with the welfare of the country. View quote
Charles Erwin Wilson
Normally, misprints are either easily corrected or else so trivial that it makes no difference whether we play the correct or the faulty version. ... Nevertheless, on rare occasions, a misprint or slip of the pen may challenge our view of the musical language. These extreme cases may help us understand a little more about the way music acquires meaning, or what it means to say that the music makes sense. View quote
Charles Rosen
There is perhaps one human being in a thousand who is passionately interested in his job for the job's sake. The difference is that if that one person in a thousand is a man, we say, simply, that he is passionately keen on his job if she is a woman, we say she is afreak. View quote
Dorothy L. Sayers
You can tell people of the need to struggle, but when the powerless start to see that they really can make a difference, nothing can quench the fire. View quote
Leymah Gbowee
The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination. View quote
Tommy Lasorda
No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference. View quote
Tommy Lasorda
In conclusion, a word about your tired expression that there is a difference between theory and praxis. ... Thereby you want to say that praxis should be an unencumbered as possible by theory. Coming from you, this wish is quite intelligible. What you mean by praxis is private profit; what I mean by theory is justice. View quote
Karl Barth
Any well-read man knows that the moral difference between the condition of the world before Christianity was planted and since Christianity took root is the difference between night and day, the kingdom of heaven and the kingdom of the devil. View quote
J. C. Ryle
Too many actors have run for office. There's one difference between me and them: I know I'm not qualified. (James Garner)
My hope is that I will take the good from my experiences and extrapolate them further into areas with which I am unfamiliar. I simply do not know exactly what that difference will be in my judging. But I accept there will be some based on my gender and my Latina heritage. View quote
Sonia Sotomayor
Being a justice. If you love law the way I do... you're given the job of a lifetime... you're permitted to address the most important legal questions of the country, and sometimes the world. And in doing so, you make a difference in people's lives. View quote
Sonia Sotomayor
Whether born from experience or inherent physiological or cultural differences...our gender and national origins may and will make a difference in our judging. View quote
Sonia Sotomayor
If you have a caring life partner, you help the other person when that person needs it. I had a life partner who thought my work was as important as his, and I think that made all the difference for me. View quote
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Running for office was definitely something I've thought about. When I was younger, I wanted to major in political science. And I've been engaged in current events since I was a kid. If I can make a difference and feel passionately and capable, then I would. Why not? View quote
Queen Latifah
The job of a judge is to figure out what the law says, not what he wants it to say. There is a difference between the role of a judge and that of a policy maker.... Judging requires a certain impartiality. View quote
Clarence Thomas
I think judicial temperament is a willingness to step back from your own committed views of the correct jurisprudential approach and evaluate those views in terms of your role as a judge. It's the difference between being a judge and being a law professor. View quote
John Roberts
There is no real difference between selfish and selfless. View quote
Bill Clinton
Criticism is part of the lifeblood of democracy. No one is right all the time. But we should remember that there is a big difference between criticizing a policy or a politician and demonizing the government that guarantees our freedoms and the public servants who enforce our laws. View quote
Bill Clinton
When I have interns, I always say, 'Handwritten thank-you notes can make a difference.' People remember that - not an e-mail, a handwritten note in an envelope. (André Leon Talley)
You can have many great ideas in your head, but what makes the difference is the action. Without action upon an idea, there will be no manifestation, no results and no reward. View quote
Miguel Ángel Ruiz
I learned there's a big difference between juniors and the pros. View quote
Maria Sharapova
Smile in the mirror. Do that every morning and you'll start to see a big difference in your life. View quote
Yoko Ono
I think there is a big difference between the music business and music. And my relationship is to music, not music business. I think the business will keep changing, but music won't. Music will be there. View quote
Yoko Ono