Comparable Quotes

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In all, his outfit required nearly two thousand man-years of research and development, eight barrels of oil, and sixteen patent and trademark infringement lawsuits. All… — Daniel Suarez
No other German writer of comparable stature has been a more extreme critic of German nationalism than Nietzsche. — Walter Kaufmann
The reason this system canâ€™t be overthrown in this country,â€ Walter said, â€œis all about freedom. The reason the free market in Europe is tempered… — Jonathan Franzen
People who hold important positions in society are commonly labelled "somebodies," and their inverse "nobodies"-both of which are, of course, nonsensical descriptors, for we are… — Alain de Botton
Love can isolate us from everything around us. But in its absence, we can be filled with the fear that something comparable exists. — Carlos Fuentes
Above a certain level of income, the relative value of material consumption vis-a-vis leisure time is diminished, so earning a higher income at the cost… — Ha-Joon Chang
The best stories I have heard were pointless, the best books those whose plot I can never remember, the best individuals those whom I never… — Henry Miller
A desire for privacy does not imply shameful secrets; Moglen argues, again and again, that without anonymity in discourse, free speech is impossible, and hence… — Nick Harkaway
But on top of all that, the feelings about Princess, I'd also gone through an entire year of celibacy based on my feeling that lust… — Jack Kerouac
Very few modern people think Friendship a love of comparable value or even a love at all. — C.S. Lewis
Lord Maccon reflected upon the state of his life wherein he had somehow gained a spouse who could not give a pig's foot for the… — Gail Carriger
Religion is comparable to a childhood neurosis. — Sigmund Freud
To be an American and unable to play baseball is comparable to being a Polynesian and unable to swim. — John Cheever
The advance of science is not comparable to the changes of a city, where old edifices are pitilessly torn down to give place to new,… — Henri Poincare
For me, baseball is more comparable to chess than it is to hockey. — Jeff Garlin
Broaden the tax base, close loopholes and flatten the tax rates - all of which would bring more revenue stability and certitude to projections as… — David Harsanyi
The bottom line is that finding orphan planets - small, faint, and located who-knows-where - is not for the faint of heart. The task is… — Seth Shostak
Paradoxically, resource-rich developing countries are often worse off than comparable countries that lack those resources. One reason for this is that large resource endowments provide… — Peter Singer
Weapons systems the U.S. sold to the Shah of Iran wound up in the hands of Islamic militants who seized power there in 1979; a… — Stephen Kinzer
Los Angeles for many years had operated with a police department that was far smaller than other police departments had in areas of comparable or… — Scott Turow

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