Comparison Quotes
587 quotes by 527 authors
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So long as you write what you wish to write, that is all that matters; and whether it matters for ages or only for hours,…
— Virginia Woolf
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Some of the djamphir are so pretty it almost hurts to look at them. And it was hard to look without feeling rumpled and messy…
— Lilith Saintcrow
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I don't know anything about anything. The only difference between then and now is this: I may know more than I used to but my…
— Megan McCafferty
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Jump way back to one time, Evie and me did this fashion shoot in a junk yard, in a slaughterhouse, in a mortuary. We'd go…
— Chuck Palahniuk
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Another possible source of guidance for teenagers is television, but television's message has always been that the need for truth, wisdom and world peace pales…
— Dave Barry
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By comparison with other less hectic days, the city is unconfortable and inconvenient; but New Yorkers tempramentally do not crave comfort and convenience - if…
— Elwyn Brooks White
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It scares me how hard it is to remember life before you. I can't even make the comparisons anymore, because my memories of that time…
— David Levithan
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From a long view of the history of mankind, seen from, say, ten thousand years from now, there can be little doubt that the most…
— Richard P. Feynman
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You are Insignificant. One of millions, neither special nor unique. I did not ask for this ignominy, and I resent the comparison. Fine. I don't…
— N.K. Jemisin
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The masses never revolt of their own accord, and they never revolt merely because they are oppressed. Indeed, so long as they are not permitted…
— George Orwell
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Any pride or haughtiness, is displeasing to us, merely because it shocks our own pride, and leads us by sympathy into comparison, which causes the…
— David Hume
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There is neither happiness nor unhappiness in this world; there is only the comparison of one state with another. Only a man who has felt…
— Alexandre Dumas
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Sarah: That's not fair! Jareth: You say that so often, I wonder what your basis for comparison is?
— Terry Jones
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All the books of the world full of thoughts and poems are nothing in comparison to a minute of sobbing, when feeling surges in waves,…
— Hermann Hesse
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A voice had begun to sing. It was very far away and Digory found it hard to decide from what direction it was coming. Sometimes…
— C.S. Lewis
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Such movies are always a danger...falling in love is something most adults have actually experienced...The theme is universal and encourages...unhealthy comparisons...why can't our lives be…
— David Sedaris
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It's why I get miffed at all the dashing around in recent zombie films. It completely misses the point; transforms the threat to a straightforward…
— Simon Pegg
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When one is traveling, everything looks brighter and lovelier. That does not mean it IS brighter and lovelier; it just means that sweet, kindly home…
— Catherynne M. Valente
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Are you in earnest resolved never to barter your liberty for the lordly servitude of a court, but to live free, fearless, and independent? There…
— Adam Smith
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The souls of all are from one and the same source but a soul which is unveiled shines out. Love and light come continually from…
— Hazrat Inayat Khan
Who Wrote These Comparison Quotes
527 authors contributed a total of 587 Comparison Quotes, led by these top contributors: