Famous Quotes & Sayings

Alexandre Dumas

The difference between treason and patriotism is only a matter of dates.

Robert Klein

But to do it professionally is a quantum leap difference and my father had to be persuaded by these kind of Ivy League professors that I should go to the Yale Drama School, another one of the stories in there.

George Bernard Shaw

Life is a disease; and the only difference between one man and another is the stage of the disease at which he lives. You are always at the crisis: I am always in the convalescent stage.

George Bernard Shaw

Life is a disease; and the only difference between one another is the stage of the disease at which he lives

Laura Dern

Luckily, I was raised by people who'd already seen all the yuck stuff, which is why they originally didn't want me to act. I understood the difference between getting a part at a Hollywood party and getting a job.

Jaswant Singh

Let us see what difference there is between his utterances and his actions.

Losing weight has made all the difference in the world in his mobility and recovery (from surgery).

Last year we got ragged on quite a bit, but I thought we were pretty good. The difference is this year we have a lot of different looks. You've got guys who can do more than one thing.

One big difference was that last year retailers kept promotions under tight control. Things were more panicky this year.

One difference is he resigns completely from Unity House, any connection, as a director or consultant. The second is the probation period is lessened." ()

One difference between this plan and the others is that our standards and the state tests are much better aligned. We are in a much better position to teach kids what will be measured on the tests.

E. P. Thompson

Nature conservation can seem so remote. But in your own garden you can make a difference and you can enjoy that difference.

One word that makes a huge difference between people: What shall I eat ? or Shall I eat ?

E. O. Wilson

One thing that I'll be able to take away from this is that I was able to make a difference in helping to turn this program around.

Morehouse men have a longstanding track record of making a difference in the communities where they live and work.

Steve Ballmer

More of what we do will live on the Internet, ... Nobody will have software products in 10 years. Everyone will have products and services. It will be hard to tell the difference between software products and services.

Lindsay Davenport

More than anything, the girl finds a way to win and finds a way to get her opponent uncomfortable; I'm sure she has a way to negate power still. Sometimes, we have a difference in level between top 10 and then 10 through 20, but so far she's been playing excellent.

Ron Reagan

My father was a man-that's the difference between him and Bush.

Tomas Vokoun

Maybe there are going to be more shots because of power plays and stuff like that, ... It's a good thing. The more shots you get, the more difference you can make.

No one's upbeat; when you lose four games in a row, you shouldn't be upbeat. But there's a difference between what we felt and feeling sorry for yourself. There's still opportunities to play for.

No one's quite sure if he's a genius or a fool, the difference sometimes seems so close. But I think he knows exactly what he's doing.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The mark of solitude is silence, as speech is the mark of community. Silence and speech have the same inner correspondence and difference as do solitude and community. One does not exist without the other. Right speech comes out of silence, and right silence comes out of speech.

Edward Abbey

What's the difference between the Lone Ranger and God? There really is a Lone Ranger.

Atul Gawande

A failure often does not have to be a failure at all. However, you have to be ready for it-will you admit when things go wrong? Will you take steps to set them right?-because the difference between triumph and defeat, you'll find, isn't about willingness to take risks. It's about mastery of rescue.

Aristotle

We are the sum of our actions, and therefore our habits make all the difference.

Aristotle

Anything whose presence or absence makes no discernible difference is no essential part of the whole.

Aristotle

The structural unity of the parts is such that, if any one of them is displaced or removed, the whole will be disjointed and dis­turbed. For a thing whose presence or absence makes no visible difference is not an organic part of the whole.

Ben Horowitz

You know what the difference between a vision and a hallucination is? They call it a vision when other people can see it.

Elizabeth Dole

[On power:] Some people really have almost a disdain for that word. They feel it is alien to conscience. Power for power's sake, no. But the positive use of power for positive purposes is very important. You have to understand that. You've got to have a seat at the policy table if you want to make a difference.

Elizabeth Dole

When you're in your nineties and looking back, it's not going to be how much money you made or how many awards you've won. It's really what did you stand for. Did you make a positive difference for people?

Elizabeth Edwards

What happened after Katrina is that people were stirred to action; there were an enormous number of contributions by people trying to make a difference. But then we forget. We've forgotten Katrina victims, we've forgotten the face of poverty.

Deepak Chopra

The difference between destruction of the immune system and stimulation of the immune system is an interpretation.

Dave Prentis

What's the difference between the Lib-Dems and a supermarket trolley? A supermarket trolley has a mind of its own,