Quotes by Differences Two weevils crept from the crumbs. 'You see those weevils, Stephen?' said Jack solemnly. I do.' Which would you choose?' There is not a scrap of difference. Arcades ambo. They are the same species of curculio, and there is nothing to choose between them.' But suppose you had to choose?' Then I should choose the right-hand weevil; it has a perceptible advantage in both length and breadth.' There I have you,' cried Jack. 'You are bit - you are completely dished. Don't you know that in the Navy you must always choose the lesser of two weevils? Oh ha, ha, ha, ha! Patrick O'Brian differencestwohands I wasn't necessarily frustrated in Fall Out Boy, but there were things that didn't get satisfied, desires left wanting. We didn't all meet on the same kind of music. When bands break up, there are all these buzz words that get tossed around to maintain a front for the audience, but in this case there literally were creative differences. Patrick Stump differencesboysfall There is a difference between something being essential, and it being necessary. If you take your favorite book and strip it down to what is merely essential to tell the story, it would be butchery. The end result would horrify you. Essential is the bones of the story, but the soul lives somewhere else. Patrick Rothfuss differencessomewhere-elsebook I've never been with a woman, so I guess I'm straight, OK? But I'm straight enough to know the difference between right and wrong. I am straight enough to know that if you want to marry whoever you want to marry, you should be able to marry whoever you want to marry Patti LaBelle differencesgaywant The only difference between a caprice and a lifelong passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer. Oscar Wilde passiondifferenceslittles One of the most important differences I see between prose and poetry is the music of the language. Pattiann Rogers prose-and-poetrydifferencesimportant The difference between ordinary players and champions is the way they think. Patty Berg differencesplayerthinking George Bush is not stupid. He's evil. OK? There's a huge difference between stupid and evil. Patton Oswalt differencesstupidevil In global warming, I think everyone is scratching their heads - are there technological things that can be brought to bear that can make a difference? Paul Allen making-a-differencedifferencesthinking The difference between Martin Sheen and George W. Bush is Martin Sheen is actually convincing when he acts like he's president. Paul Begala differencesconvincingpresident It was difficult, but it was also rewarding. When you have a chance to see kids get better, everything makes it all worth it. All I wanted was to try to make a difference in my life and have a legacy in some way, but for something I had done in someone else's life. Paul Brandt get-betterdifferenceskids And empathy is narrow; it connects us to particular individuals, real or imagined, but is insensitive to numerical differences and statistical data. Paul Bloom datadifferencesreal Each time I go to a place I have not seen before I hope it will be as different as possible from the places I already know. I assume it is natural for a traveler to seek diversity, and that it is the human element that makes him most aware of difference. If people and their manner of living were alike everywhere, there would not be much point in moving from one place to another. Paul Bowles differencespeoplemoving People differ in where they direct their empathy and their compassion. Many people are intensely concerned about the suffering of non-human animals, and some do not care at all. There are cultural differences. Paul Bloom differencescompassionanimal [A]nother important difference between tourist and traveler is that the former accepts his own civilization without question; not so the traveler, who compares it with the others, and rejects those elements he finds not to his liking. Paul Bowles differencesimportantcivilization I'm just very careful with my words when I write. Obsessively careful. I'm the sort of person who worries about the difference between "slim" and "slender." Patrick Rothfuss differencesworrywriting Performance and music are inexorably tied together. And hell, I'll watch Brittany's Toxic music video all day. But there's a difference between that and listening to Leo Kottke play guitar. One is entertainment. The other is Music. Patrick Rothfuss guitardifferencesplay Science, we are repeatedly told, is the most reliable form of knowledge about the world because it is based on testable hypotheses. Religion, by contrast, is based on faith. The term 'doubting Thomas' well illustrates the difference. Paul Davies differencesdoubtworld The difference between a hero and an also-ran is the guy who hangs on for one last gasp. Paul Dietzel differencesguyhero The East is unfamiliar with those confessions, memoirs, and autobiographies so beloved in the West. There is a clear difference in tonality. One's gaze never lingers on the suffering humanity of Christ, but penetrates behind the kenotic veil. To the West's mysticism of the Cross and its veneration of the Sacred Heart corresponds the eastern mysticism of the sealed tomb, from which eternal life eternal wells up. Paul Evdokimov differenceshumanityheart«208209210211212213214215216217218»
