Distinctions Quotes

164 Distinctions quotes by 144 unique authors

Wars make history seem deceptively simple. They provide clear turning points, easy distinctions.: before and after, winner and loser, right and wrong. True history, the… — Kate Morton
Bat, pigeon, ravens - I don't care about distinctions right now. Any fluttery, flappy thing is not cool with me. — P. C. Cast
The aims of these three groups are entirely irreconcilable. The aim of the High is to remain where they are. The aim of the Middle… — George Orwell
These infinitesimal distinctions between man and man are too paltry for an Omnipotent Being. How these madmen give themselves away! The real God taketh heed… — Bram Stoker
Because every book of art, be it a poem or a cupola, is understandably a self-portrait of its author, we won't strain ourselves too hard… — Joseph Brodsky
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
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
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
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
The distinctions between advertising and marketing are blurring, requiring new roles and new forms of consumer-centric marketing. — Saul Berman
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
If patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel, it is not merely because evil deeds may be performed in the name of patriotism, but… — Ralph Barton Perry
To those of us who remained committed mainly to the exploration of moral distinctions and ambiguities, the feminist analysis may have seemed a particularly narrow… — Joan Didion
The Greeks were the first boxers. Pugilism appears to have been one of the earliest distinctions in play and exercise that appeared between the Hellenes… — John Boyle O'Reilly
The literary depiction of life and its moral dilemmas compel us to use our conscience, to make those infallible distinctions between right and wrong. — F. Sionil Jose
Obama is an intelligent man whose life and work experience sensitize him to class distinctions. — Timothy Noah
Making distinctions is part of learning. So is making mistakes. — Nancy Gibbs

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