Distinct Quotes

409 Distinct quotes by 352 unique authors

Restrooms at gas stations were an unpleasant and shocking surprise; I had never considered the serious drawbacks of such lazily-cleaned rooms. I was completely unable… — Rachel Caine
Lady Placida smiled. â€œHistory seldom takes note of serendipity when it records events. And from what I have heard, I suspect an argument could be… — Jim Butcher
A tree gives glory to God by being a tree. For in being what God means it to be it is obeying [God]. It â€œconsents,â€… — Thomas Merton
For a taste that's a bit more distinct, eat a bird before it's extinct. — Jasper Fforde
People can be teachers and idiots; they can be philosophers and idiots; they can be politicians and idiots... in fact I think they have to… — Iain Banks
A cluster of stars palely glowed above us, between the silhouettes of long thin leaves; that vibrant sky seemed as naked as she was under… — Vladimir Nabokov
I am more sensitive than other people. Things that other people would not notice awaken a distinct echo in me, and in such moments of… — Henri Barbusse
People who hold important positions in society are commonly labelled "somebodies," and their inverse "nobodies"-both of which are, of course, nonsensical descriptors, for we are… — Alain de Botton
Because two people in love don't make a hive mind. Neither should they want to be a hive mind, to think the same, to know… — Graham Joyce
The observations and encounters of a devotee of solitude and silence are at once less distinct and more penetrating than those of the sociable man;… — Thomas Mann
Let us admit, without bitterness, that the individual has his distinct interests and can, without felony, stipulate for those interests and defend them. The present… — Victor Hugo
It's strange how a person can have a distinct distaste for herself, but still she clutches on to life. — Franny Billingsley
People generally overestimate how distinct their lives are, so the commonalities seemed to them like a series of miracles. — David Brooks
ice contains no future , just the past, sealed away. As if they're alive, everything in the world is sealed up inside, clear and distinct.… — Haruki Murakami
Never has America lost a war ... But name, if you can, the last peace the United States won. Victory yes, but this country has… — Vine Deloria, Jr.
Mayfield said, "You asked what I was thinking. Well, I will tell you. I was thinking that a man like myself, after suffering such a… — Patrick deWitt
Yet is was very difficult to seperate her interpretation, and keep it distinct from his meaning. — Elizabeth Gaskell
I am a ridiculous man. They call me a madman now. That would be a distinct rise in my social position were it not that… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
This result could have been achieved either by his [God] endowing my intellect with a clear and distinct perception of everything about which I would… — Rene Descartes
I want the people of America to be able to work less for the government and more for themselves. I want them to have the… — Calvin Coolidge

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