Distinction Quotes

677 Distinction quotes by 540 unique authors

Next to being married, a girl likes to be crossed in love a little now and then. It is something to think of, and gives… — Jane Austen
The distinction between meat and other animal products is total nonsense. Vegetarianism is a morally incoherent position. If you regard animals as members of the… — Gary L. Francione
All nationalistic distinctions - all claims to be better than somebody else because you have a different-shaped skull or speak a different dialect - are… — George Orwell
Whats not to love is hardly a reason to love. And the catch of your life is not the same thing as the love of… — Emily Giffin
There were people who read and there were the others. Whether you were the a reader or a non-reader was soon apparent. There was no… — Pascal Mercier
Mundane humans create distinctions between themselves, distinctions that seem ridiculous to any Shadowhunter. Their distinctions are based on race, religion, national identity, any of a… — Cassandra Clare
I was having an epiphany. A moment of supreme clarity, leading to what I dubbed a “realization of solitude” that goes like this: I’m lonely.… — Tiffanie DeBartolo
The human mind is generally far more eager to praise and dispraise than to describe and define. It wants to make every distinction a distinction… — C.S. Lewis
They establish distinctions and reserves which I cannot apply to myself, for I exist only as a whole; my only claim is to be natural,… — Andre Gide
Take me as godfather." The man asked, "Who art thou?" "I am Death, and I make all equal." Then said the man, "Thou art the… — Jacob Grimm
We are not being true to the artist as a man if we consider his art work junk simply because we differ with his outlook… — Francis Schaeffer
I think it's easy to mistake understanding for empathy - we want empathy so badly. Maybe learning to make that distinction is part of growing… — Thomas Harris
I don't like to make a distinction between the writer and the painter , finally , because I do both things anyway . Everybody's dreaming… — Clive Barker
There is a sharp distinction between what is remembered, what is told and what is true. — Kevin Powers
He looked at her rather as a man looks at a problem that he would very much prefer to do without. She supposed it was… — Robin McKinley
All through life there were distinctions - toilets for men, toilets for women; clothes for men, clothes for women - then, at the end, the… — Leila Aboulela
Ursan flourished the knife, threatening me. "Talk, or I'll start cutting off body parts." "Yours? Or mine?" I kept my voice steady despite my insides… — Maria V. Snyder
A distinction must be made between that writing which enables us to hold on to life even as we are clinging to old hurts and… — Bell Hooks
The distinctions between advertising and marketing are blurring, requiring new roles and new forms of consumer-centric marketing. — Saul Berman
Called to the throne by the voice of the people, my maxim has always been: A career open to talent without distinction of birth. It… — Napoleon Bonaparte
One of the first things a family tries to teach its children is the difference between good and evil, right and wrong. One of the… — John Taylor Gatto
All men naturally desire knowledge. An indication of this is our esteem for the senses; for apart from their use we esteem them for their… — Aristotle
God help us! it is a foolish little thing, this human life, at the best; and it is half ridiculous and half pitiful to see… — Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey
In proportion to the love existing among men, so will be the community of property and power. Among true and real friends, all is common;… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
You ought to love all mankind; nay, every individual of mankind. You ought not to love the individuals of your domestic circles less, but to… — Percy Bysshe Shelley

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