Comparative Quotes

76 quotes by 75 authors

God bless my father, but he always spoke in this continental, literary accent, probably because he was a professor of comparative literature and he made… — Nicolas Cage
Progress is a comparative of which we have not settled the superlative. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Living, as I do, in an educated and scientific atmosphere, I could not have conceived that the first principles of zoology were so little known.… — Arthur Conan Doyle
Injustice in this world is not something comparative; the wrong is deep, clear, and absolute in each private fate. — George Santayana
From a comparative perspective, the United States is unusual if not unique in the lack of restraints on freedom of expression. It is also unusual… — Noam Chomsky
All stealing is comparative. If you come to absolutes, pray who does not steal. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The growth of our knowledge is the result of a process closely resembling what Darwin called 'natural selection'; that is, the natural selection of hypotheses:… — Karl Popper
I concur with you strictly in your opinion of the comparative merits of atheism and demonism, and really see nothing but the latter in the… — Thomas Jefferson
The whole aim of comparative anatomy is to discover what structures are homologous. — Libbie Hyman
Doubtless many can recall certain books which have greatly influenced their lives, and in my own case one stands out especially-a translation of Hofmeister's epoch-making… — Douglas Houghton Campbell
Poverty, therefore, was comparative. One measured it by a sliding scale. One was always poor, in terms of those who were richer. — Margaret Drabble
It is true that many creative people fail to make mature personal relationships, and some are extremely isolated. It is also true that, in some… — Anthony Storr
It is here we come to the heart of the matter. The economic principle of comparative advantage', 'a country may, in return for manufactured commodities,… — David Ricardo
Thousands of important and intelligent men have never been able to grasp the principle of comparative advantage or believe it even after it was explained… — Paul Samuelson
In the quest for comparative advantage, investment will flow towards those countries that can offer more output for fewer emissions. Inaction will cost jobs. Action… — Julia Gillard
Strolling on, it seems to me that the strangeness and wonder of existence are emphasized here, in the desert, by the comparative sparsity of the… — Edward Abbey
English is, from my point of view as an Americanist, an ethnicity. And English literature should be studied in Comparative Literature. And American literature should… — Paula Gunn Allen
Many people keep deploring the low level of formal education in the United states (as defined by, say, math grades). Yet these fail to realize… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The study of comparative religions is the best way to become comparatively religious. — Ronald Knox
If we did not bring to the examinations of our instincts a knowledge of their comparative dignity we could never learn it from them. — C.S. Lewis

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