Resemblance Quotes

131 Resemblance quotes by 114 unique authors

My burden is light," said the blessed Redeemer, a light burden indeed, which carries him that bears it. I have looked through all nature for… — Bernard of Clairvaux
No vice exists which does not pretend to be more or less like some virtue, and which does not take advantage of this assumed resemblance. — Jean de la Bruyere
We cherish the conventional story of Dr. King and nonviolence, in fact, precisely because that narrative demands so little of us…This conventional narrative is soothing,… — Timothy B. Tyson
If you look at me close enough, there's a small resemblance to a chicken nugget. I don't know if it's my skin texture or my… — Kevin Hart
We have a war dictator who was not elected, he snuck in. so he punishes people that threaten him in any way, or even say… — Joni Mitchell
It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first. — Ronald Reagan
Have you noticed the physical resemblance between Imran Khan and Gaddafi? If you were making a movie of the life of Gaddafi and you wanted… — Salman Rushdie
Wit lies in recognizing the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things which are alike. — Madame de Stael
The totally convinced and the totally stupid have too much in common for the resemblance to be accidental. — Robert Anton Wilson
The resemblance of the signs of the zodiac to the animals after which they are named... is as unimpressive as the predictions of astrologers. — Richard Dawkins
Success is an ugly thing. Men are deceived by its false resemblances to merit.... They confound the brilliance of the firmament with the star-shaped footprints… — Victor Hugo
I had all the characteristics of a human being—flesh, blood, skin, hair—but my depersonalization was so intense, had gone so deep, that my normal ability… — Bret Easton Ellis
The passive American consumer, sitting down to a meal of pre-prepared food, confronts inert, anonymous substances that have been processed, dyed, breaded, sauced, gravied, ground,… — Wendell Berry
I suppose he could have changed," Neal said dryly. "I myself have noticed my growing resemblance to a daffodil." The other pages snorted. Kel eyed… — Tamora Pierce
It struck him that the truly characteristic thing about modern life was not its cruelty and insecurity, but simply its bareness, its dinginess, its listlessness.… — George Orwell
Now I began to understand art as a kind of black box the reader enters. He enters in one state of mind and exits in… — George Saunders
Jesus!" Luke exclaimed. "Actually, it's just me," said Simon. "Although I've been told the resemblance is startling. — Cassandra Clare
A commission of haberdashers could alone have reported what the rest of her poor dress was made of, but it had a strong general resemblance… — Charles Dickens
While he bore no real resemblance to anyone in my family, his features were a collection of my mother's and father's best attributes, with a… — Lisa Lutz
I myself have noticed my growing resemblance to a daffodil. — Tamora Pierce
When she looked at him now, she couldn't help thinking that the man he had become bore so little resemblance to the boy he had… — Arundhati Roy
Sentences must stir in a book like leaves in a forest, each distinct from each despite their resemblance. — Gustave Flaubert
The unwounded life bears no resemblance to the Rabbi. — Brennan Manning
When she is older she will see in these resemblances a regrettable uniformity among individuals (they all stop at the same spots to kiss, have… — Milan Kundera
Maybe the Merlin was right. Maybe its better to look stupid but strong, than it is to look smart but weak, I don't know. I'm… — Jim Butcher

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