Quotes by Differences Old boys have their playthings as well as young ones; the difference is only in the price. Benjamin Franklin 4th-of-julydifferencesboys There was great difference in persons; and discretion did not always accompany years, nor was youth always without it. Benjamin Franklin youthdifferencesyears The investor is neither smart not richer when he buys in an advancing market and the market continues to rise. That is true even when he cashes in a goodly profit, unless either (a) he is definitely through with buying stocks an unlikely story or (b) he is determined to reinvest only at considerably lower levels. In a continuous program no market profit is fully realized until the later reinvestment has actually taken place, and the true measure of the trading profit is the difference between the previous selling level and the new buying level. Benjamin Graham smartdifferencestaken I had differences of opinion with President Obama and most well-known, of course, is Iran. Benjamin Netanyahu irandifferencespresident Let us show the world that a difference of opinion upon medical subjects is not incompatible with medical friendships; and in so doing, let us throw the whole odium of the hostility of physicians to each other upon their competition for business and money. Benjamin Rush physicianscompetitiondifferences I wanted to be supportive of parents rather than to scold them. The book set out very deliberately to counteract some of the rigidities of pediatric tradition, particularly in infant feeding. It emphasized the importance of great differences between individual babies, of the need for flexibility and of the lack of necessity to worry constantly about spoiling. Benjamin Spock differencesbabybook Throw yourself into life as someone who makes a difference, accepting that you may not understand how or why. Benjamin Zander making-a-differencedifferencesmay The fundamental difference between the mystery story and the ghost story is the fact that a mystery demands a solution for its effectiveness; a ghost story is necessarily unsolvable; the reader must be willing to accept the fact that nothing is proved. Bennett Cerf ghost-storieseffectivenessdifferences A painting is merely the image of a tree, a man, or any other object reflected in a fountain. The difference between a painting and sculpture is the difference between a shadow and the thing which casts it. Benvenuto Cellini differencestreemen The difference between the extras here and in France is the French extras read books. Actually, they hide the book and pretend that they're acting. Here (in Hollywood), you can see everybody wants his break. Berenice Bejo differencesactingbook The judgment may be compared to a clock or watch, where the most ordinary machine is sufficient to tell the hours; but the most elaborate alone can point out the minutes and seconds, and distinguish the smallest differences of time. Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle differencesordinarywatches Today enormous effort goes into convincing the American public that we're just consumers of media manipulation and sound-bites and spin doctors. That we care only about ourselves, money, and stuff. That acting out of passion and conviction doesn't make a difference. But all history shows that it does. Bernardine Dohrn passiondifferencesmedia We live in a society where we may have differences, of course, but we learn to celebrate these differences. Bernice King celebratedifferencesmay If you see what you do each day as your way of loving the world and helping it heal, then life gets to be a lot different. The difference between burning up and burning out is the difference between loving what you are doing and not loving it. Bernie Siegel burningdifferencesdifferent If an opinion contrary to your own makes you angry, that is a sign that you are subsciously aware of having no good reason for thinking as you do. [...] The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way. Persecution is used in theology, not in arithmetic, because in arithmetic there is knowledge, but in theology there is only opinion. So whenever you find yourself getting angry about a difference of opinion, be on your guard; you will probably find, on examination, that your belief is going beyond what the evidence warrants. Bertrand Russell finding-yourselfdifferencesthinking Gradually, by selective breeding, the congenital differences between rulers Bertrand Russell differencespracticesheep The State is a collection of officials, different for difference purposes, drawing comfortable incomes so long as the status quo is preserved. The only alteration they are likely to desire in the status quo is an increase of bureaucracy and the power of bureaucrats. Bertrand Russell drawingdifferenceslong Whenever you find yourself getting angry about a difference of opinion, be on your guard; you will probably find, on examination, that your belief is going beyond what the evidence warrants. Bertrand Russell finding-yourselfexaminationdifferences ...the nonexistence of God makes more difference to some of us than to others. To me, it means that there is no absolute morality, that moralities are sets of social conventions devised by humans to satisfy their needs. Bertrand Russell differencesmeanneeds There is no difference between someone who eats too little and sees Heaven and someone who drinks too much and sees snakes. Bertrand Russell snakesdifferencesalcohol«2324252627282930313233»
