Quotes
Quotes about Difference
After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.
The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.
Now, blessings light on him that first invented this same sleep! it covers a man all over, thoughts and all, like a cloak; it is meat for the hungry, drink for the thirsty, heat for the cold, and cold for the hot. It is the current coin that purchases all the pleasures of the world cheap; and the balance that sets the king and the shepherd, the fool and the wise man, even. There is only one thing, which somebody once put into my head, that I dislike in sleep; it is, that it resembles death; there is very little difference between a man in his first sleep, and a man in his last sleep.
There is a fundamental difference between the appeal of a mass movement and the appeal of a practical organization. The practical organization offers opportunities for self-advancement, and its appeal is mainly to self-interest. On the other hand, a mass movement, particularly in its active, revivalist phase, appeals not to those intent on bolstering and advancing a cherished self, but to those who crave to be rid of an unwanted self. A mass movement attracts and holds a following not because it can satisfy the desire for self-advancement, but because it can satisfy the passion for self-renunciation.
The difference between a professional person and a technician is that a technician knows everything about his job except its ultimate purpose and his place in the scheme of things.
Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its effect.
What is the difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector? The taxidermist takes only your skin.
The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison wall.
It is the difference between men and women, not the sameness, that creates the tension and the delight.
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is.
In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.
Tolerance and celebration of individual differences is the fire that fuels lasting love.
Tolerance is another word for indifference.
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.
She bids you on the wanton rushes lay you down And rest your gentle head upon her lap, And she will sing the song that pleaseth you And on your eyelids crown the god of sleep, Charming your brood with pleasing heaviness, Making such difference 'twixt wake and sleep As is the difference betwixt day and night The hour before the heavenly-harnessed team Begins his golden progress in the east.
'Twixt kings and tyrans there's this difference known: Kings seek their subjects' good, tyrants their owne.
The difference between sex and death is that with death you can do it alone and no one is going to make fun of you.
In an archery contest, when the stakes are earthenware tiles a contestant shoots with skill. When the stakes are belt buckles he becomes hesitant, and if the stakes are pure gold he becomes nervous and confused. There is no difference as to his skil.
Vanity is as ill at ease under indifference as tenderness is under a love which it cannot return.
It makes no difference who you vote for - the two parties are really one party representing four percent of the people.
