Comparison Quotes

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Except that itâ€™s not really 'now' that the inner critic attacks. Itâ€™s a few seconds or a minute ago. The inner critic depends upon comparison,… — Jan Chozen Bays
Steve Carell's Foxcatcher look took two hours to put on including his hairstyling and make-up. Just for comparison, it took me three hours today to… — Tina Fey
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
How would you compare Polanski or Kubrick? I try not to do any comparisons. — Tim Roth
The group Bananarama has such a light, cutesy-pie sound that they make The Go-Go's sound like Led Zeppelin by comparison. — Casey Kasem
Even granting that the genius subjected to the test of critical inspection emerges free from all error, we should consider that everything he has discovered… — Santiago Ramon y Cajal
After adjusting for inflation, the average income of the top 5% of households grew by 38% from 1989 to 2013. Â…By comparison, the average real… — Janet Yellen
What? You can't knit in the dark? Stuff and nonsense; anybody can. Shut your eyes. Knit one stitch. Open your eyes and look at the… — Elizabeth Zimmermann
No one as yet has approached the management of New York in a proper spirit; that is to say, regarding it as the shiftless outcome… — Rudyard Kipling
The last copy of the Chicago Daily News I picked up had three crime stories on its front page. But by comparison to the gaudy… — John Gunther
That is to say, nature's laws are causal; they reveal themselves by comparison and difference, and they operate at every multivariate space, time point. — Edward Tufte
Of course, a psychologist would find it more direct to study the inspired poet. He would make concrete studies of inspiration in individual geniuses. But… — Gaston Bachelard
Today the salaries of stars are astronomical in comparison with the 20's, but the high cost of today's living and taxes takes a huge bite… — Pola Negri
An abundance mentality springs from internal security, not from external rankings, comparisons, opinions, possessions, or associations. — Stephen Covey
I worked at NBC and MTV for two years, and it was very interesting to see the comparisons of audiences and the way that I… — Tabitha Soren
Francisco could do anything he undertook, he could do it better than anyone else, and he did it without effort. There was no boasting in… — Ayn Rand
Success and excellence are not the same. Excellence grows within a person, is largely within that person's control, and its meaning lasts. Success is measured… — Joe Paterno
Are some flowers more beautiful than others? The garden is beautiful. Do I prefer brother over brother? Comparisons are part of this political world. Where… — Peter Tosh
I don't know why, but the older I get the more interested I get in my parents' marriage. And it's interesting to be married yourself,… — Jhumpa Lahiri
We live in a world of communication - everyone gets information about everyone else. There is universal comparison and you don't just compare yourself with… — Zygmunt Bauman

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