Comparing Quotes

254 quotes by 228 authors

People most strenuously seek to evaluate performance by comparing themselves to others, not by using absolute standards. — Leon Festinger
The whole idea of comparing climbers is ludicrous. It would be like sitting Van Gogh down with Rembrandt and saying, Ready, get set, go. — Pat Ament
To talk of comparing the Bible with other "sacred books" so called, such as the Koran...or the book of Mormon, is positively absurd. You might… — J C Ryle
In fact, from then on scholars engaged in a kind of game of comparing different Indo-European languages with one another, and eventually they could not… — Ferdinand de Saussure
There's no use in comparing one's feelings between one day and the next; you must allow a reasonable interval, for the direction of change to… — Lewis Carroll
Comparing is impoverishing your own experience — Paulo Coelho
People constantly make the mistake of comparing London with New York, Milan and Paris and that's not what it's about. London has its own fashion… — Anna Wintour
When people start comparing him with (Michael) Jordan then that's not a fair comparison. Jordan was a far more superior player in a very tough… — Hakeem Olajuwon
The image can only be studied through the image, by dreaming images as they gather in reverie. It is a non-sense to claim to study… — Gaston Bachelard
You cannot change someone using fear, degradation, humiliation, or by comparing them to others. It can only be done through love, with love, for love.… — Suzy Kassem
Until now when we have started to talk about the uniqueness of America we have almost always ended by comparing ourselves to Europe. Toward her… — Daniel J. Boorstin
Comparing yourself to somebody else is like comparing yourself to a bird. — Willow Smith
If this incomplete ayaan hirsi wants fame sooo much then she shouldn't use religion as a base to be known. Some people justify their in… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Dogs have not the power of comparing. A dog will take a small piece of meat as readily as a large, when both are before… — Samuel Johnson
A single and distinct luminous body causes stronger relief in the objects than a diffused light; as may be seen by comparing one side of… — Leonardo da Vinci
I've fought everybody without ducking anyone. I have beaten 10 undefeated guys, and I never was comparing myself to the greatest in the sport. I… — Wladimir Klitschko
When you start comparing yourself to another man's mirror, that's when those negative thoughts start creeping in. My journey isn't anybody else's journey. — Arian Foster
[T]aking the Third into account does not bring us into the position of pragmatic consideration, of comparing different Others; the task is rather to learn… — Slavoj Å½iÅ¾ek
There is no comparing the brutality and cynicism of today's pop culture with that of forty years ago: from High Noon to Robocop is a… — Charles Krauthammer
The artisan or scientist or the follower of whatever discipline who has the habit of comparing himself not with other followers but with the discipline… — Giacomo Leopardi

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