Distinction Quotes

677 Distinction quotes by 540 unique authors

We are ... led to a somewhat vague distinction between what we may call "hard" data and "soft" data. This distinction is a matter of… — Bertrand Russell
The ability to speak is a short cut to distinction. It puts a man in the limelight, raises him head and shoulders above the crowd. — Lowell Thomas
We have seen the mere distinction of color made in the most enlightened period of time, a ground of the most oppressive dominion ever exercised… — James Madison
Physical science enjoys the distinction of being the most fundamental of the experimental sciences, and its laws are obeyed universally, so far as is known,… — Frederick Soddy
Atoms are weird stuff, behaving like active agents rather than inert substances. They make unpredictable choices between alternative possibilities according to the laws of quantum… — Freeman Dyson
I make little distinction betwee those who commit evil and those who stand by and do nothing. — David Gemmell
Meditation should not be a thing apart from life; it should be amidst life, it should be a part of life an organic part, nothing… — Rajneesh
Compassion makes no distinction between friends and enemies, neighbors and outsiders, compatriots and foreigners. Compassion is the gate to human community. — Joan D. Chittister
So what is the difference between "power thinking" and "positive" thinking? The distinction is slight but profound. To me, people use positive thinking to pretend… — T. Harv Eker
No kingdom can be secured otherwise than by arming the people. The possession of arms is the distinction between a freeman and a slave. He,… — James Burgh
No Kingdom can be secured otherwise than by arming the people. The possession of arms is the distinction between a freeman and a slave. — James Burgh
Those that think that wealth is the proper thing for them cannot give up their revenues; those that seek distinction cannot give up the thought… — Zhuangzi
The chief distinction in the intellectual powers of the two sexes is shown by mans attaining to a higher eminence, in whatever he takes up,… — Charles Darwin
Just understand, don`t choose - don`t choose even choicelessness. Simply understand the whole situation: that whatsoever you choose, whatsoever you do, will come out of… — Rajneesh
Devotion has its own strange ways. It is not something rational, logical, something that can be explained to you. But it is something, if you… — Rajneesh
The important distinction so well understood in America between a constitution established by the people, and unalterable by the government; and a law established by… — James Madison
Homosexuality is a psychological and psychiatric disorder, there is no question about it. It is a purple menace that is threatening the proper design of… — Unknown Author
But perhaps the next step isn't to, once again, expand the otherwise narrow definition of marriage but to altogether abolish the false distinction between married… — Sally Kohn
Even those who claim the Bible's inerrancy make distinctions between Scriptural edicts, sensing that some passages - the Ten Commandments, say, or a belief in… — Barack Obama
In this crazy world, there's an enormous distinction between good times and bad, between sorrow and joy. But in the eyes of God, they're never… — Henri Nouwen
We live in a world where unfortunately the distinction between true and false appears to become increasingly blurred by manipulation of facts, by exploitation of… — Unknown Author
To begin with our knowledge grows in spots. ..What you first gain, ... is probably a small amount of new information, a few new definitions,… — William James
I ask you what is the taste of your mouth all you can do is to say: it is neither sweet nor bitter, nor sour… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Ours is supposed to be a government in which classes and distinctions melt into a harmonious whole. Until we reach this ideal of government, we… — Timothy Thomas Fortune
And here we come to the vital distinction between the advocacy of temperance and the advocacy of prohibition. Temperance and self-control are convertible terms. Prohibition,… — Felix Mendelssohn

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