Difference Quotes

5278 Difference quotes by 3342 unique authors

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 she’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
Institutionalized rejection of difference is an absolute necessity in a profit economy which needs outsiders as surplus people. — Audre Lorde
I have loved and been in love. There's a big difference. — Katharine Hepburn
There is a distinct difference between having an open mind and having a hole in your head from which your brain leaks out. — James Randi
But there's this one difference: one is gold put to the use of paving-stones, and the other is tin polished to ape a service of… — Emily Bronte
One person of integrity can make a difference. — Elie Wiesel
There's a big difference between kneeling down and bending over. — Frank Zappa
It is possible to be honest every day. It is possible to live so that others can trust us-can trust our words, our motives, and… — Gordon B. Hinckley
There's a lot of difference between listening and hearing. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Now the story of Christ is simply a true myth: a myth working on us the same way as the others, but with this tremendous… — C.S. Lewis
Being humble means recognizing that we are not on earth to see how important we can become, but to see how much difference we can… — Gordon B. Hinckley

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