Distinction Quotes

677 quotes by 554 authors

The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money, still less, as is apt to happen when these are… — Wystan Hugh Auden
Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys its own aim. — Jane Austen
The difference between a tool and a machine is not capable of very precise distinction; nor is it necessary, in a popular explanation of those… — Charles Babbage
No student ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him: it is the amount and excellence of what is over… — Charles Kendall Adams
I don't make a distinction between men and women. To me they are just people. — John Banville
Most successful men have not achieved their distinction by having some new talent or opportunity that was at hand. — Bruce Barton
The attention of a traveller, should be particularly turned, in the first place, to the various works of Nature, to mark the distinctions of the… — William Bartram
The greater the decrease in the social significance of an art form, the sharper the distinction between criticism and enjoyment by the public. The conventional… — Walter Benjamin
In modern society, where most people live in cities, and where both needs and wishes are absolved through the same remote agency - money -… — James Buchan
To those of you who received honours, awards and distinctions, I say well done. And to the C students, I say you, too, can be… — George W. Bush
We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbour them. — George W. Bush
God bless my father, but he always spoke in this continental, literary accent, probably because he was a professor of comparative literature and he made… — Nicolas Cage
I separated from the Southern Baptists when they adopted the discriminatory attitude towards women, because I believe what Paul taught in Galatians that there is… — Jimmy Carter
The author of McCarthyism was given the distinction of addressing the Republican National Convention. This strikes terror in the hearts of honest men. — Emanuel Celler
It's very important to go back and keep in mind the distinction between handling these events as criminal acts, which was the way we did… — Dick Cheney
I deeply detest social distinction and snobbery, and in that lies my strong aversion to titular honours. — Helen Clark
Distinctions drawn by the mind are not necessarily equivalent to distinctions in reality. — Thomas Aquinas
I make a distinction between Buddhism with a Capital 'B' and buddhism with a small 'b'. Sri Lanka has the former, in which the state… — Sulak Sivaraksa
For our immigration policy to make sense, it is necessary to make distinctions between those who obey the law, and those who violate it. — Barbara Jordan
The violence of war admits no distinction; the lance, that is lifted at guilt and power, will sometimes fall on innocence and gentleness. — Samuel Johnson

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