Famous Quotes & Sayings

Alfred North Whitehead

The difference between ancients and moderns is that the ancients asked what have we experienced, and moderns asked what can we experience.

Alfred Marshall

Again, most of the chief distinctions marked by economic terms are differences not of kind but of degree.

Alexander Alekhine

The infallible criterion by which to distinguish the true from the would-be strategist is the degree of originality of his conceptions. It makes little difference whether this originality is carried to excess, as was the case with Steinitz and Nimzowitsch.

Alex Campbell

I am through with this body, and what becomes of it will make no difference with me in the future.

Aldous Huxley

If humans were in fact the members of a truly social species, and if their individual differences were trifling and could be completely ironed out by appropriate conditioning, then, obviously, there would be no need for liberty and the State would be justified in persecuting the heretics who demanded it.

We were all so proud of what he was doing, and he was proud, too. If he was going to be away from his friends and family, he wanted to be making a difference and he felt like he was.

We were a little intimidated in the first 4-5 minutes. But after that, we never had any rhythm on offense. Tonight, our young kids learned the difference between non-conference and AAAAA-West basketball." ()

(We want to) make a difference in the music business.

Aberjhani

This world’s anguish is no different from the love we insist on holding back.

Aaron McGruder

But I know that in Toronto and Vancouver there are all the comforts of America, and yet there's a difference in the people, and I had health care.

Aaron Allston

The difference between tragedy and comedy: Tragedy is something awful happening to somebody else, while comedy is something awful happening to somebody else.

Abbas Kiarostami

When the film [Certified Copy] was in the Cannes Festival, I realized that the fact of having it shot in a different culture, in a different language, in a different setting, that wasn't mine and that I didn't belong to, gave me a totally different relationship to the film. When I was sitting in the audience during the official screening in Cannes, I didn't feel that it was my film.

Abbas Kiarostami

As film-makers, it is very important for us to find common ground between cultures, and maybe that's less the case for politicians who benefit more from finding the conflicts and differences between us.

Agatha Christie

I always take abroad with me one really good soft pillow--to me it makes all the difference between comfort and misery.

Simon Sinek

There is a difference between vulnerability and telling people everything about yourself. Vulnerability is a feeling. Telling everyone about yourself is just facts and details.

Jose Cuevas

We have made a difference and I think this will be the same.

Milos Zeman

Politicians differ in their views whether Russia or Islamic State is a bigger menace, and I personally think that Islamic State is the bigger threat.

Potatoes are like apples: think of the difference between Macs and Golden Delicious.

Nick's a great player, and he made a big difference for us (Saturday). But we've got a lot of great players on this team. This is going to be one of those years where you have a lot of guys who are going to have big games.

Night and day difference from day one. He's right there. Now, it's just timing and conditioning.

Billy Donovan

I was really so proud of the way they fought their way back to tie the game up. . . . But there is a huge difference between Tennessee and ourselves.

Alafair Burke

Moving to New York made all the difference in my creating this new series with Ellie Hatcher. I love Portland, and it's always going to be one of my favorite cities, but it was getting to the point where, after I'd moved to New York, I couldn't write as specifically about Portland any more.

Mediocrity - It takes a lot less time and most people won't notice the difference until it's too late.

John Hancock

Medicaids a state issue. She doesnt understand the difference between state policy and federal policy,

My focus is a lot better this year, with such good team unity this year that made the difference for me.

One big difference was that last year retailers kept promotions under tight control. Things were more panicky this year.

One difference is he resigns completely from Unity House, any connection, as a director or consultant. The second is the probation period is lessened." ()

One difference between this plan and the others is that our standards and the state tests are much better aligned. We are in a much better position to teach kids what will be measured on the tests.

E. P. Thompson

Nature conservation can seem so remote. But in your own garden you can make a difference and you can enjoy that difference.

One word that makes a huge difference between people: What shall I eat ? or Shall I eat ?

E. O. Wilson

One thing that I'll be able to take away from this is that I was able to make a difference in helping to turn this program around.

We did give up some second and third shots. (Mercer) shot the lights out and played well, but they didn't do anything we didn't expect them to. The difference was we didn't handle it very well.

John McCarthy

The difference between a contemporary liberal and a socialist is that to a liberal the most beautiful word in the English language is 'forbidden', whereas to a socialist the most beautiful word is 'compulsory'.