Wit lies in recognizing the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things which are alike. — Madame de Stael Copy Share Image
Two similar faces, neither of which alone causes laughter, use laughter when they are together, by their resemblance. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
“There's a big difference on being wise and being crafty. The former is the attribute of God, and the latter is that… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
History repeats itself, but in such cunning disguise that we never detect the resemblance until the damage is done. — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
The characters that I have on Twitter have very little resemblance to me, the person who's writing them. — Michael Ian Black Copy Share Image
Nirvana bears no resemblance to anything in your current perceptual field. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The purpose of subject matter is to veil technique. The great artist uses the cloak of resemblance to hide the means. — John French Sloan Copy Share Image
The totally convinced and the totally stupid have too much in common for the resemblance to be accidental. — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
I don't think the physical resemblance is as important as capturing the soul of the person that the actor is portraying. How… — Sanjay Leela Bhansali Copy Share Image
The greatest thing by far is to have a command of metaphor. This alone cannot be imparted by another; it is the… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
There is an interesting resemblance in the speeches of dictators, no matter what country they may hail from or what language they… — Edna Ferber Copy Share Image
He is not affected by the reality of distress touching his heart, but by the showy resemblance of it striking his imagination.… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
There is a resemblance between men and women, not a contrast. When a man begins to recognize his feeling, the two unite.… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
I could never wrap my head around why the world and the President that Republicans describe bears so little resemblance to the… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
Success is an ugly thing. Men are deceived by its false resemblances to merit… They confound the brilliance of the firmament with… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
This resemblance became clear in the Bush the father's visits to the region. He wound up being impressed by the royal and… — Osama bin Laden Copy Share Image
It is rather an unpleasant fact, that the ugliest and awkwardest of brute animals have the greatest resemblance to man: the monkey… — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
The passive American consumer, sitting down to a meal of pre-prepared food, confronts inert, anonymous substances that have been processed, dyed, breaded,… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
I know men; and I tell you that Jesus Christ is not a man. Superficial minds see a resemblance between Christ and… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Christian scholars often say that Sufi theories are close to those of Christianity. Many Moslems maintain that they are essentially derived from… — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
Dwellers by the sea cannot fail to be impressed by the sight of its ceaseless ebb and flow, and are apt, on… — James G. Frazer Copy Share Image
The most striking aspect of linguistic competence is what we may call the 'creativity of language,' that is, the speaker's ability to… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Our children will not survive our habits of thinking, our failures of the spirit, our wreck of the universe into which we… — June Jordan Copy Share Image
Your children should have it impressed upon them that their adult life-style will bear very little resemblance to yours and that they… — Paul R. Ehrlich Copy Share Image
Call it a coincidence, but my mother used to feel that I bear some resemblance to Poonam Dhillon. — Krystle D'Souza Copy Share Image
How vain painting is, exciting admiration by its resemblance to things of which we do not admire the originals. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
“Failing to recognize someone sometimes makes us think that they look like themselves.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Anything of any importance cannot help but be unrecognizable, since it bears no resemblance to anything already known. — Jean Cocteau Copy Share Image
The Republican Party of 2005 bears no resemblance to the Republican Party of 1994. — Tucker Carlson Copy Share Image
When she looked at him now, she couldn't help thinking that the man he had become bore so little resemblance to the… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
If the artist only reproduces superficial features as photography does, if he copies the lineaments of a face exactly, without reference to… — Auguste Rodin Copy Share Image
“The most ordinary faces of men, and women – my own features mock me with a resemblance. The entire world is a… — Emily Brontë Copy Share Image
A breast cancer might turn out to have a close resemblance to a gastric cancer. And this kind of reorganization of cancer… — Siddhartha Mukherjee Copy Share Image
One of the biggest mistakes a photographer can make is to look at the real world and cling to the vain hope… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We have not found it difficult to deal with the Bush administration in light of the resemblance that it bears to the… — Osama bin Laden Copy Share Image
Science shares with religion the claim that it answers deep questions about origins, the nature of life, and the cosmos. But there… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
I'm always described as 'cocksure' or 'with a swagger,' and that bears no resemblance to who I feel like inside. I feel… — Ben Affleck Copy Share Image
In a well-written book we are presented with the maturest reflections, or the happiest flights of a mind of uncommon excellence. It… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
Whenever, therefore, people are deceived and form opinions wide of the truth, it is clear that the error has slid into their… — Socrates Copy Share Image
Have you noticed the physical resemblance between Imran Khan and Gaddafi? If you were making a movie of the life of Gaddafi… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
