Difference Quotes

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To me [Edgar Allen Poe's] prose is unreadableâ€”like Jane Austin's [sic]. No there is a difference. I could read his prose on salary, but not… — Mark Twain
Men know life too early. Women know life too late. That is the difference between men and women. — Oscar Wilde
People tend to stick to their own size group because it's easier on the neck. Unless they are romantically involved, in which case the size… — Miranda July
Learning to listen, letting people finish their sentences, and most of all, the habit of noticing the difference between what people say and how they… — Amy Bloom
This is my depressed stance. When you're depressed, it makes a lot of difference how you stand. The worst thing you can do is straighten… — Charles M. Schulz
When the time comes to leap in faith whether you have your eyes open or closed or scream all the way down or not makes… — Lois McMaster Bujold
Facts, at any rate, could not be kept hidden. They could be tracked down by inquiry, they could be squeezed out of you by torture.… — George Orwell
The difference between a lady and a flower girl is not how she behaves, but how sheâ€™s treated. — George Bernard Shaw
We are all potentially characters in a novel--with the difference that characters in a novel really get to live their lives to the full. — Georges Simenon
Hey, have you heard that one about the difference between me, Wit, and my loutish cousin, Hilarity? No? Okay, so I walk into a bar,… — Chip Kidd
If you've a story, make sure it's a whole one, with details close to hand. It's the difference between a good lie and getting caught. — Tamora Pierce
Peter did not feel very brave; indeed, he felt he was going to be sick. But that made no difference to what he had to… — C.S. Lewis
For in Calormen, story-telling (whether the stories are true or made up) is a thing you're taught, just as English boys and girls are taught… — C.S. Lewis
That's why I want you there, he said. You're unpredictable, and that can be the difference between success and failure. Most people make decisions in… — Kim Harrison
The difference between listening and pretending to listen, I discovered, is enormous. One is fluid, the other is rigid. One is alive, the other is… — Alan Alda
It's hard to tell the difference between sea and sky, between voyager and sea. Between reality and the workings of the heart. — Haruki Murakami
Like all young men, you greatly exaggerate the difference between one young woman and another. — George Bernard Shaw
The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I walked away exhilarated by my success, because there's nothing like making a difference in someone's life, even if that difference is a lifetime of… — Marilyn Manson
The more we sense...our ultimate potential, the more determined we become to achieve it. It's the difference between your mother hounding you to practice the… — Sheri L. Dew

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