Distinction is the consequence, never the object of a great mind. — Washington Allston Copy Share Image
Simplicity and naturalness are the truest marks of distinction. — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
I am unable to make any distinction between the feeling I get from life and the way I translate that feeling into… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
When untouchability is rooted out, these distinctions will vanish and no one will consider himself superior to any other. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
More and more the distinction between prayer and the rest of life seemed to be vanishing for Betsie. — Corrie Ten Boom Copy Share Image
I have worked with a great many comedians as opposed to comics, although I have worked with comics as well, I make… — Bobby Darin Copy Share Image
Comfort becomes a goal when distinctions of rank are abolished and privileges destroyed. — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
I make this chief distinction between religion and superstition, that the latter is founded on ignorance, the former on knowledge. — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share Image
There isn't any distinction between a reader and a writer - reading is so much a part of it. — Dermot Healy Copy Share Image
We've got to continue to find ways to honor our 25 million veterans that have served our country with such honor and distinction. — Zach Wamp Copy Share Image
Men are forever eager to press drink upon those they consider their superiors, hoping thereby to eliminate that distinction between them… And… — Ken Kesey Copy Share Image
Unlike furious thin-lipped feminists, I tend not to draw distinctions between men and women, apart from in bed where you really do… — Jeremy Clarkson Copy Share Image
The two tendencies are antithetical in significant respects. These are distinctions that should be kept in mind, however one feels that the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The difference between a tool and a machine is not capable of very precise distinction; nor is it necessary, in a popular… — Charles Babbage Copy Share Image
Circles in water as they wider flow The less conspicuous in their progress grow, And when at last they trench upon the… — George Crabbe Copy Share Image
But I make a distinction between the doctrines of the Church, which matter, and the structure invented by half a dozen Italians… — Bernadette Devlin Copy Share Image
The feminine graces of Madame de Sevigne's genius are exquisitely charming; but the philosophy and eloquence of Madame de Stael are above… — James Mackintosh Copy Share Image
He wished he could've explained some of this. How he had been braver than he ever thought possible, but how he had… — Tim O'Brien Copy Share Image
These infinitesimal distinctions between man and man are too paltry for an Omnipotent Being. How these madmen give themselves away! The real… — Bram Stoker Copy Share Image
A distinction must be made between that writing which enables us to hold on to life even as we are clinging to… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
I am an innovator. This is a term of distinction, a term of honor, rather than something to hide or apologize for.… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Along the way, let's never forget that once we were children and that we were all playing together without distinction of skin… — Guy Laliberte Copy Share Image
I am commonly opposed to those who modestly assume the rank of champions of liberty, and make a very patriotic noise about… — Fisher Ames Copy Share Image
The class distinctions simply result from the different degrees of success with which men have availed themselves of the chances which were… — William Graham Sumner Copy Share Image
There is a crucial distinction to be made between innovation and originality. The second, unlike the first, can never break with what… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
We are ... led to a somewhat vague distinction between what we may call "hard" data and "soft" data. This distinction is… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
We have to make a distinction between members of the Jewish community who sincerely are trying to follow the laws, statutes and… — Louis Farrakhan Copy Share Image
We manage to swallow flesh only because we do not think of the cruel and sinful thing that we do. There are… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
Humans — who enslave, castrate, experiment on, and fillet other animals — have had an understandable penchant for pretending animals do not… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
James Baldwin is one of the greatest, North American writers of the second half of the Twentieth Century. A prolific writer and… — Raoul Peck Copy Share Image
Old age is the fourth stage. By the time one reaches this stage of his journey, he must have discovered that the… — Sathya Sai Baba Copy Share Image
How much reverence has a noble man for his enemies!--and such reverence is a bridge to love.--For he desires his enemy for… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
In a sense, every tool is a machine--the hammer, the ax, and the chisel. And every machine is a tool. The real… — Herbert Read Copy Share Image
“As I would learn later on, developed countries will always welcome the Einsteins of this world -- those individuals whose talents are… — Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa Copy Share Image
