Comparisons Quotes

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The mind of a human being is formed only of comparisons made in order to examine analogies, and therefore cannot precede the existence of memory. — Giacomo Casanova
Fifty is a big corner to turn. It used to mean being put out to pasture, but it's the opposite with me. I feel more… — Jamie Lee Curtis
Our focus reflects our love and admiration for you. . . . We want you to live lives of spiritual maturity and fulfillment, free of… — Elaine L. Jack
The gratification which affluence of wealth, extent of power, and eminence of reputation confer, must be always, by their own nature, confined to a very… — Samuel Johnson
Let me put it bluntly: anyone who says that money isn't important doesn't have any! Rich people understand the importance of money and the place… — T. Harv Eker
If a being suffers there can be no moral justification for refusing to take that suffering into consideration. No matter what the nature of the… — Peter Singer
The wise man does not permit himself to set up even in his own mind any comparisons of his friends. His friendship is capable of… — Charles Dudley Warner
When I look at myself as a younger actor, I see what a tight ass I was. I had a pretty big shadow because of… — Michael Douglas
Comparing objects like cars, houses, clothes, and defining life according to those comparisons, instead of trying to discover the real reason for being alive. — Paulo Coelho
Theology, Mr. Fortune found, is a more accommodating subject than mathematics; its technique of exposition allows greater latitude. For instance when you are gravelled for… — Sylvia Townsend Warner
There are one hundred and ninety-three living species of monkeys and apes. One hundred and ninety-two of them are covered with hair. The exception is… — Desmond Morris
There is no comparison between him and me; he developed a whole new way of making art and he's clearly in a league of his… — Tracey Emin
I leave comparisons to history, claiming only that I have acted in every instance from a conscientious desire to do what was right, constitutional, within… — Ulysses S. Grant
Every time the media brings up the tea party, it's painted as racist and extremists -- but there's never a backlash, no outrage to those… — Hank Williams, Jr.
English is so hierarchical. In Cree, we don't have animate-inanimate comparisons between things. Animals have souls that are equal to ours. Rocks have souls, trees… — Tomson Highway
Once people start making comparisons to a player of the past, they want you to be that player. I try to go out there and… — Paul Pierce
Why do comparisons of words and tone poems (poetry and music) never take into consideration that the word is a mere signifier, but that the… — Franz Grillparzer
Don't try to make comparisons between your own pictures. Forget what you have done and think only of making the best of what you are… — William Merritt Chase
Alone, I am satisfied with myself. With others, I am beset by troubling comparisons. — Mason Cooley
While I talked about comparisons between Cap and Cable, there's also a parallel with Tony Stark. Iron Man thinks of himself as a 'futurist,' Cable… — Jeph Loeb

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