Distinction Quotes

677 Distinction quotes by 540 unique authors

The distinction that Jews have themselves always made between Jews of German origin and Jews of East European origin is as stringent as that between… — Diana Trilling
Hollywood is great for entertaining people, it's a wonderful business but it's make-believe, you must remember that. That's one of the most important things to… — Dolph Lundgren
The distinction between the old and the new formulations consisting in the incorporation of the concept of the rate of chemical reactions is so great… — Wilhelm Ostwald
I draw a distinction between traditional Islam and Islamism. Islamism emerged in its modern form in the 1920s and is driven by a belief that… — Daniel Pipes
I think 'tradition' is in the past - and how can someone really 'fear' a color? A man may prefer navy to turquoise, but a… — Jean Pigozzi
The '80s to me, more than anything else, represents a time of real criminal activity in the office of the president: an incredibly disparate economy… — Martha Plimpton
Now you have to ask a question - is that really, is capitalism really about the ability of a handful of rich people to manipulate… — Newt Gingrich
Boy's natural play is rough and tumble play, it's the universal play of little boys. And it's very different from aggression. And we are a… — Christina Hoff Sommers
Each player, it will be observed, has eight superior Pieces or officers, and eight minor ones which are called Pawns; and, for the purpose of… — Howard Staunton
Perception is the ability to be conscious of self and that which is other than self. Without thinking about it, a distinction is made between… — Frederick Lenz
It's hard to separate your remembered childhood and its emotional legacy from the childhoods that are being lived out in your house, by your children.… — Ayelet Waldman
IRS is very poorly equipped to make a distinction between what is a religion and what is not. — Lawrence Wright
Whether it's a penalty or a tax, it's all one in the same. It's coming out of somebody's hard-earned money in their pocketbooks and that's… — Mike Lee
I remember when the Titanic sank in 1912, it was the ship that was supposed to be unsinkable. The only thing it ever did was… — Vance Havner
One of the greatest errors in the church today is the artificial distinction we have created between accepting Christ as Savior and confessing Him as… — Vance Havner
There needn't be a distinction between your life and your music. — K D Lang
Again, most of the chief distinctions marked by economic terms are differences not of kind but of degree. — Alfred Marshall
I think the British have the distinction above all other nations of being able to put new wine into old bottles without bursting them. — Clement Attlee
Distinction between virtuous and vicious actions has been engraven by the Lord in the heart of every man. — John Calvin
Work and play can be the same. When you are following your energy and doing what you want to do all the time, the distinction… — Shakti Gawain
Vulgarity finds its antidote; old crudities become softened with time. Distinctions, both those that are useful and those that are burdensome, flourish and die, reflourish… — Robert Burchfield
Well, I think there's a distinction between sexing-up the intelligence and sexing-up the presentation of the intelligence. — John Major
I don't think there's much distinction between surveillance and media in general. Better media means better surveillance. Cams are everywhere. — Bruce Sterling
As the twentieth century ends, commerce and culture are coming closer together. The distinction between life and art has been eroded by fifty years of… — Stephen Bayley
It was always said that the big distinction between the French and the English is that the English are intelligent and the French are intellectual. — Kenneth Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking

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