Quotes about differences
differences silence
... it is not difference which immobilizes us, but silence. Audre Lorde
differences people rejection
Institutionalized rejection of difference is an absolute necessity in a profit economy which needs outsiders as surplus people.
differences growth progress
In our work and in our living, we must recognize that difference is a reason for celebration and growth, rather than a reason for destruction.
differences psychology gorillas
I actually taught perceptual psychology at N.Y.U. when I was younger. I was interested in the aesthetic impulse in lower primates. But what really interested me in Dian Fossey was that she made a difference - she saved the gorillas. Arne Glimcher
differences economist accounts
There is only one difference between a bad economist and a good one: the bad economist confines himself to the visible effect; the good economist takes into account both the effect that can be seen and those effects that must be foreseen. Frederic Bastiat
differences choices different
Despite the hours spent debating different models of general education, the choices faculties make rarely lead to any significant difference in the cognitive development of undergraduates. Derek Bok
differences shapes easier
The big difference for me is that, as I get older, I find it's a lot easier to stay in shape than it is to get back in shape. Derek Jeter
differences making-a-difference aspire
Don't aspire to make a living, aspire to make a difference. Denzel Washington
differences people dramatic
There is no dramatic difference in happiness on the part of people who are wealthy. Deborah Norville
differences sorrow important
There is an important difference between the sorrow for sin that leads to repentance and the sorrow that leads to despair. Dieter F. Uchtdorf
differences house want
I don't want to bash Bill and Hillary, because they're friends of mine, but I do have a difference of opinion about how to take back the House and the Senate. Dennis Kucinich
differences matter treason
The difference between treason and patriotism is only a matter of dates. Alexandre Dumas
differences mind together
Each one of us can make a difference. Together we make change. Barbara Mikulski
differences errors morality
Learn to distinguish the difference between errors of knowledge and breaches of morality Ayn Rand
differences liberty matter
The difference between a welfare state and a totalitarian state is a matter of time.
differences community raw-materials
There is as much difference between a collection of mentally free citizens and a community molded by modern methods of propaganda as there is between a heap of raw materials and a battleship. Bertrand Russell
differences finding-yourself examination
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.
differences politics would-be
The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune. But if someone dragged him out again, that would be a calamity. Benjamin Disraeli
differences special genius
The difference between talent and genius is this: while the former usually develops some special branch of our faculties, the latter commands them all. When the former is combined with tact, it is often more than a match for the latter.
differences religion making-a-difference
For you will certainly carry out God's purpose, however you act, but it makes a difference to you whether you serve like Judas or like John. C. S. Lewis
differences sick brave
Peter did not feel very brave; indeed, he felt he was going to be sick. But that made no difference to what he had to do.
differences making-a-difference revolution
One person really can make a difference. Each person is the revolution. Bryant H. McGill
differences action procedures
I've always maintained that it isn't the form that's going to make the difference. It isn't the rule or the procedure or the ideology, but it's human beings that will make it. Cesar Chavez
differences political politics
The only difference between Hitler and Bush is that Hitler was elected. Kurt Vonnegut
differences tough-times magic
Music is, to me, proof of the existence of God. It is so extraordinarily full of magic, and in tough times of my life I can listen to music and it makes such a difference.
differences serenity silence
Silence must be comprehended as not solely the absence of sound. It is the natural environment for serenity and contemplation. Life without silence is life without privacy. The difference between sanity and madness is the quality of our thoughts. Silence is on the side of sanity. Norman Cousins
differences slavery lines
The difference between freedom and slavery is one thin line Banksy
differences genius doe
What's genius? I don't know but I do know that the difference between a madman and a professional is that a pro does as well as he can within what he has set out to do and a madman does exceptionally well at what he can't help doing. Charles Bukowski
differences determined gender
I find the question of whether gender differences are biologically determined or socially constructed to be deeply disturbing. Carol Gilligan
differences old-and-new information
There is a central difference between the old and new economies: the old industrial economy was driven by economies of scale; the new information economy is driven by the economics of networks… Carl Shapiro
differences assessment way
[T]he unsympathetic assessments we make of others are usually the result of nothing more sinister than our habit of looking at them in the wrong way, through lenses clouded by distraction, exhaustion and fear, which blind us to the fact that they are really, despite a thousand differences, just altered versions of ourselves: fellow fragile, uncertain, flawed beings likewise craving love and in urgent need of forgiveness. Alain de Botton
differences despair stories
The difference between hope and despair is a different way of telling stories from the same facts.
differences attention details
The difference between something good and something great is attention to detail. Charles R. Swindoll