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Good fiction doesn't come out of the basic conflict of good versus bad. Instead, it comes out of a conflict between good…

— Leo Tolstoy

Neighbors are far better acoustic analyzers for determining the quality of their life versus any acoustic instrument left unattended by an expert.

— Stephen Ambrose

The problem of an atomic war must not be confused by minor problems such as Communism versus capitalism. An atomic war would…

— Linus Pauling

The thing that I realize about fashion now, fashion and music, now versus back then is that you had to have fresh…

— Pusha T

Verses devoid of substance, melodious trifles. [Lat., Versus inopes rerum, nugaeque canorae.]

— Horace

Europe has to avoid old prejudices and new ones. That means north versus south, rich versus poor.

— Mario Monti

I think you can tell the difference between 'swagger' and real confidence immediately. You can smell it, like bad body spray versus…

— Stephanie Beatriz

The issues of wireless versus wireline gets very messy. And that's really an FCC issue, not a Google issue.

— Eric Schmidt

I'll be honest, there have been times when I've listened to the rhetoric in Europe where an easy equivalent somehow between the…

— Barack Obama

I believe we're headed to an Elijah/Jezebel showdown on the Earth, not just in America but all over the globe, and the…

— Lou Engle

Even when I'm writing animation, I think of them as real people. I think of them as completely three-dimensional beings, even if…

— Linda Woolverton

We've gone down a road to which we don't have the answers for. That's why we have the schizophrenic decisions coming out…

— Tom Coburn

I think people are smart enough to sort it out. They know when they're watching one of these food fight shows where…

— Bob Woodward

You compare yourself to somebody who you think is a peer, and you can totally lose the plot, and not understand that…

— Natasha Lyonne

I watched the first people walk on the moon, and to me, it was just an obvious thing - I want to…

— Chris Hadfield

Frankenweenie is also about mortality, but at a very different stage. It's losing a parent versus losing a dog. I don't run…

— John August

Man versus woman equals fun. Man versus man equals gay. Woman versus woman equals awesome. Man versus pillow equals crazy. Pillow versus…

— Demetri Martin

As the most romantic day of the year approaches, and as a brand that is uniquely male, we wanted to find out…

— Christopher Parsons

When I can do an acoustic set, I can sit down and sing. And then when I have a huge arena full…

— Avril Lavigne

I have to say that it's a weird feeling to have to respond to a Christian leader of an anti-Muslims organisation -…

— Reza Aslan

That's a question best put to Bernie Sanders himself, but I think that he will probably put forward ideas that are related…

— Jeff Merkley

“The idea that hunting is one against one is ludicrous. It's one animal versus the hunter, the manufacturer of the rifle, the…

— Dick Cavett

The humanity and the humility, which are very different than the biological species homo sapiens. Humanity versus homo sapiens - very different…

— Cornel West

Complicated Grief was written in larger and more coherent (if disparate) shapes. The question was how they fit together. The mind is…

— Laura Mullen

We must also reject the false choice of liberty versus security. We can and must have both.

— Tom Ridge

Last year, at the beginning of the year, we couldn't get arrested, so I'll take this. Feast versus famine.

— Josh Schwartz

To be concerned with the issue; soul versus non-soul, is to be in bondage to craving for becoming and non-becoming.

— Gautama Buddha

When I stop learning something new and start talking about the past versus the future, I will go.

— Jack Welch

Where I'm from is like 'Hustle Flow' versus '8 Mile.' It's that really grimy, box-Chevy, dope-boy, working-class music.

— Yelawolf

Being a down-to-earth type of individual, I feel like I can connect with people on a different level, versus the GOD-like pedestal…

— Michael Clayton

Certainly, last year we did an episode about the census and sampling versus a direct statistic. You just said the word 'census,'…

— Aaron Sorkin

I've said before that the Ryder Cup is not the European Tour versus the American Tour. It's Europe's best golfers against the…

— Lee Westwood

I should like to bring a case to trial: Prosperity versus Beauty, Cash registers teetering in a balance against the comfort of…

— Amy Lowell

Individual versus group selection results in a mix of altruism and selfishness, of virtue and sin, among the members of a society.

— E. O. Wilson

Men can learn a lot about the importance of nurturing and being in relation to the life force versus having power over.

— Peter Buffett

Coaching takes patience. I'm more enthused when teaching players who want it versus when I have to.

— Kevin Garnett

Economists actually disagree about whether there are significant economic returns from attending an elite college versus a less-selective one.

— Emily Oster

Favouring employment versus the financial markets is a decent policy; certainly not beneficial for the currency or the gilt market, but beneficial…

— Bill Gross

I never think about rhythm versus melody; I've always just played to what's in my head.

— Les Claypool

Herbert Hoover versus Al Smith in 1928 was one of the dirtiest elections in American history.

— Joseph Cummins