Distinctions Quotes

164 Distinctions quotes by 144 unique authors

Our statute books gradually became laden with gross, stereotyped distinctions between the sexes and, indeed, throughout much of the 19th century the position of women… — William J. Brennan
'Go to My brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto My Father, and your Father, and to My God, and your God' (Jn. 20:!7).… — Gregory Palamas
Our earth is but a small star in a great universe. Yet of it we can make, if we choose, a planet unvexxed by war,… — Stephen Vincent Benet
Instead of separation and division, all distinctions make for a rich diversity to be celebrated for the sake of the unity that underlies them. We… — Desmond Tutu
Distinctions between citizens solely because of their ancestry are by their very nature odious to a free people whose institutions are founded upon the doctrine… — Harlan F. Stone
Government cannot make us equal; it can only recognize, respect, and protect us as equal before the law. That [affirmative action] programs may have been… — Clarence Thomas
In the Age of Perfect Virtue, men lived among the animals and birds as members of one large family. There were no distinctions between superior… — Benjamin Hoff
Seek the underlying harmonies of love and the overarching rainbow of hope, rather than the surface distinctions of creeds and of sects. Work for peace… — Jenkin Lloyd Jones
What I learned about them, I liked. But it also seemed that the liberal line was not entirely correct, for it was obvious that racial… — David Duke
Of course, we can distinguish between males and females; we can also, if we choose, distinguish between different age categories; but any more advanced distinction… — Michel Houellebecq
Mankind are an incorrigible race. Give them but bugbears and idols -- it is all that they ask; the distinctions of right and wrong, of… — William Hazlitt
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
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
Again, most of the chief distinctions marked by economic terms are differences not of kind but of degree. — Alfred Marshall
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
Most of us consist of two separated parts, trying desperately to bring themselves together into an integrated soma, where the distinctions between mind and body,… — Carl Rogers
The love of God uplifts and enlarges us. I can never think of myself anymore as exclusively in this body; I feel that I am… — Paramahansa Yogananda
Social distinctions tend to matter only at your own level and above. — Jonah Goldberg
In life and art, there are distinctions to be made between what an act of cruelty consists of. — Maggie Nelson
One of the real dilemmas we have in our country and around the world is that what works in politics is organization and conflict. That… — William J. Clinton
We are easily shocked by crimes which appear at once in their full magnitude, but the gradual growth of our own wickedness, endeared by interest,… — Samuel Johnson
Don't make a big distinction between fiction and non-fiction. These are arbitrary distinctions... — Farley Mowat
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
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
Joy, like love, is an impenetrable, God-given state of being. The distinctions between joy and happiness and love and affection are important ones under the… — Criss Jami

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