I'm fascinated by the similarities and differences between…

Some of the best ideas I've gotten for my act have come from comedians and not magicians.

— Andrew Mayne

One can state, without exaggeration, that the observation of and the search for similarities and differences are the basis of all human knowledge.

— Alfred Nobel

No one ever really 'learns' from history, because choices never present themselves in exactly the same way, and because you can always choose similarities…

— James Fallows

Everybody has their own way of remembering and every culture has their traditions. When you compare the similarities and differences to other cultures, you…

— Edward James Olmos

A rock band is a mysterious thing. Somehow, every once in a while, a few individuals bump into one another, and they look exactly…

— Alan Light

“Though we recognize distinct cultural differences across time and place, the commonalities warrant our attention. To think about how these ancient commonalities need to…

— John H. Walton

“Much of doing and saying the right things in social situations comes from understanding the rules of the culture game. Our world is a…

— Travis Bradberry

“The middle ages did not care much for alphabetical order, because they were committed to rational order. To the medieval mind, the universe [is]…

— Matthew Battles

For me, what works well about 'Life in a Day' is that it's emotionally affecting without being manipulative. It really does make you think…

— Kevin Macdonald

Western philosophers gained access to Asian and African traditions initially by noting similarities and differences. But that, as A.C. Mukerji, of Allahabad, was to…

— Jay L. Garfield

It is the unspoken ethic of all magicians to not reveal the secrets.

— David Copperfield

You'd go in the magic shop [as an 8-year-old ], and you'd walk up to the magicians doing stuff, and they'd turn their back…

— David Copperfield

From the very beginning, I studied acting, directing, lighting, dance and movement. I didn't rely on just the magic to take place. It's a…

— David Copperfield

Magicians lose the opportunity to experience a sense of wonder.

— David Copperfield

Magicians are the people who began to use film as an illusion on stage.

— David Copperfield