I think it's possible to a certain extent to make those comparisons. The problem is the detail with which the comparison can… — Antonio Damasio Copy Share Image
Comparative appraisals of efficacy require not only evaluation of one;s own performances but also knowledge of how others do, cognizance of nonability… — Albert Bandura Copy Share Image
My first trip was the Appalachian Trail, and I was able to finish it despite having no skills and no experience when… — Andrew Skurka Copy Share Image
There will be a competition among critics for the best Paris Hilton insult. Here's my first: Her attention span is so short… — David Edelstein Copy Share Image
That is why all great men are modest: they consistently measure themselves not in comparison to other people but to the idea… — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share Image
So much of the United State's political relationship with Israel is based on culture. Israel is the only Westernized culture in the… — Jill Soloway Copy Share Image
I generally find that comparison is the fast track to unhappiness. No one ever compares themselves to someone else and comes out… — Jack Canfield Copy Share Image
The BBC must never be all about ratings - or even mainly about ratings. In the past year, we have made a… — Gavyn Davies Copy Share Image
Songs are pretty easy. They are small, they are modular, they are about as big as a bagel. They are easy to… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
Many theories of the ancient world seem terribly childish today, a hodge-podge of fables and false comparisons.But our theories will seem childish… — Jacob Bronowski Copy Share Image
“The shovel is bigger than the spoon, but it can never ever do the work the spoon does. They both look similar;… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
The existence of a medium, after all, is its absolute justification, if as so many seem to think, it needs one and… — Paul Strand Copy Share Image
So long as you write what you wish to write, that is all that matters; and whether it matters for ages or… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
We typically don't talk about something until we are about to ship. Not just for AI, but for anything: the comparison is… — Tim Cook Copy Share Image
He that compares what he has done with what he has left undone, will feel the effect which must always follow the… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
People in low-lying countries like Bangladesh with almost 140 million people who are managing to feed themselves, whose carbon emissions can't really… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
It seems to us that in intelligence there is a fundamental faculty, the alteration or the lack of which, is of the… — Alfred Binet Copy Share Image
How hard would it be to ask children what they see in their heads? How big should the house be in comparison… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
With the MacArthur grant, I realized that people have high expectations of me, that they were placing me in this group of… — Jared Diamond Copy Share Image
Every time you have an opportunity of opening a school, its fee and funding is really relatively small in comparison with the… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison with the overcompensations for misery. And, of course, stability isn't nearly so spectacular as… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
A child who passes through many hands in turn, can never be well brought up. At every change he makes a secret… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
I actually dislike, more than many people, working through literary allusion. I just feel that there's something a bit snobbish or elitist… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
I don't make comparisons between any movies. I compare characters. All my actions, performances, all my films, they are driven by the… — Donnie Yen Copy Share Image
Are you in earnest resolved never to barter your liberty for the lordly servitude of a court, but to live free, fearless,… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
Number, in consequence, includes all things that are capable of comparison. It is not then in quantity only that number produces proportion;… — Nicholas of Cusa Copy Share Image
The loss of the religious understanding of the human condition—that Man is a fallen creature for whom virtue is necessary but never… — Theodore Dalrymple Copy Share Image
In the end, the only events of my life worth telling are those when the imperishable world erupted into this transitory one… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
Mumbai is home, so there's no comparison. But then again, New York's a lot like Mumbai, which is why I choose to… — Lavrenti Lopes Copy Share Image
Facebook is like the Internet: a large company and an application. Bitcoin is a protocol for decentralisation, so you could build a… — Tyler Winklevoss Copy Share Image
At a tender age, I commandeered half a quire of foolscap from my father's desk and sat down to write a book.… — Rheta Childe Dorr Copy Share Image
I've got more in common with a three-toed sloth than I have with Winston Churchill. There is no easy comparison with any… — Boris Johnson Copy Share Image
“Political writers argue in regard to the love of liberty with the same philosophy that philosophers do in regard to the state… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
I made a rule for myself in my early 20s not to become a record collector in the sense that I reference… — Jack White Copy Share Image
I see a comparison between the two [Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump]. Peace through strength. What Chris Matthews don't grasp is that… — Rudy Giuliani Copy Share Image
Sex is more openly spoken about than 40, 50 years ago, and I think probably in comparison to a lot of bands… — Gwenno Copy Share Image
Giggsy was the standard-bearer. He ended up with 13 title winners' medals, and I have won five, which is great, but I… — Darren Fletcher Copy Share Image
A woman well bred and well taught, furnished with the additional accomplishments of knowledge and behaviour, is a creature without comparison. Her… — Daniel Defoe Copy Share Image
Those who actually set out to see the fall of a city or those who choose to go to a front line,… — James Fenton Copy Share Image
The people you choose to have around you make all the difference. My family and close friends keep me grounded. You have… — Virat Kohli Copy Share Image