Distinction Quotes

677 Distinction quotes by 540 unique authors

The power of perpetuating our property in our families is one of the most valuable and interesting circumstances belonging to it, and that which tends… — Edmund Burke
A distinction is made between artists who work directly from nature and those who work purely from imagination. Neither if these methods should be preferred… — Henri Matisse
That is the great distinction between the sexes. Men see objects, women seetherelationship between objects? It is an extra dimension of feeling which we men… — John Fowles
I think it likely that some of my pupils will reach unusual distinction. — Howard Pyle
There may be a time in life when one is tired of everything and feels as if all one does is wrong, and there maybe… — Vincent Van Gogh
I do not make any clear distinction between mind and God. God is what mind becomes when it has passed beyond the scale of our… — Freeman Dyson
Christ made no distinction, but opened the door wide to woman as to man. — Mary Abigail Dodge
Old age is the fourth stage. By the time one reaches this stage of his journey, he must have discovered that the joys available in… — Sathya Sai Baba
One must see one's model correctly and experience it in the right way; and furthermore express oneself forcibly and with distinction. — Paul Cezanne
Writers tend to consider distinction and originality as virtues, but they are anathema to publishers. — Thomas M. Disch
Don't make a big distinction between fiction and non-fiction. These are arbitrary distinctions... — Farley Mowat
Mr Brown is a politician of exceptional experience and ability, and I am sure he will discharge the office of Prime Minister with distinction — Bertie Ahern
I don't make a lot of distinctions between things like landscape or figure painting, because to me the problems are inherently the same - lighting,… — Wayne Thiebaud
Some people confuse acceptance with apathy, but there's all the difference in the world. Apathy fails to distinguish between what can and what cannot be… — Arthur Gordon Webster
A woman who deliberately destroys a fetus is answerable for murder. And any fine distinction as to its being completely formed or unformed is not… — Saint Basil
Attorney General John Ashcroft has earned himself a remarkable distinction as the Torquemada of American law. Tomás de Torquemada...was largely responsible for...[the] torture and the… — Walter Cronkite
Men of broader intellect know that there is no sharp distinction betwixt the real and the unreal — H P Lovecraft
In truth, I am nothing but a plodding mediocrity — please observe, a plodding mediocrity — for a mere mediocrity does not go very far,… — Benjamin Cardozo
Some people draw a comforting distinction between force and violence. I refuse to cloud the issue by such word-play. The power which establishes a state… — Kenneth Kaunda
So here we are in a country with more wheat and corn and more money in the bank, more cotton, more everything in the world-there's… — Will Rogers
The mediocre mind has no capacity for understanding. It is stuck somewhere near thirteen years in its mental age, or even below it. The person… — Rajneesh
There is a very important distinction between a critical attitude of mind (or critical faculty) and a sceptical attitude. — William Beveridge
I've always longed for the theatre and acting to be popular. No actor wants to play to an empty house. We only do it for… — Ian Mckellen
One of the most important virtues of the American character is our ability to approach the complexities that life presents us with common sense and… — Dick Gephardt
I had had enough and I quit, and there is a distinction…You retire when the game has had enough of you. You quit when you… — Mercury Morris

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