Differences Quotes - Page 12

• Nobody does just one thing. But the real difference between being an entrepreneur and everyone else in the world is the ability to monetize. I am an entrepreneur in the classic mold.

  Gene Simmons

  Real, Entrepreneur, Mold

  "Kiss and Tell: Gene Simmons talks business". Interview with Stacy Perman, www.nbcnews.com. September 11, 2008.

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• Being a working mom, you want to make a difference in our schools, which is making a difference in our children and ultimately it's making a difference in our community.

  Kimora Lee Simmons

  Mom, Children, School

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• Truthfully, everyone knows how to eat right. They know the difference between oatmeal and a jelly cream doughnut. They know how to walk. Everyone has this in their brain. When I started, we didn't have all this knowledge.

  Richard Simmons

  Oatmeal, Brain, Jelly

  "Pharaohs of fitness". Interview with Julie Deardorff, www.chicagotribune.com. April 18, 2012.

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• The difference between blues, jazz, rock n' roll and rap is that rap stayed poor. Even the white rappers are poor. It's scarier to look at poor people; it makes everyone uncomfortable. Their pain is something that people would like to see swept under the rug.

  Russell Simmons

  Pain, Rap, Rocks

  "More Questions with Russell Simmons". content.time.com. May 3, 2007.

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• I have 2 million Twitter followers. Some of those people are also yogis and activists and people who really go out and make a difference. I do as much as I can with my voice. It's effortless in some cases. I try to remind everybody that they have that kind of voice.

  Russell Simmons

  Voice, People, Making A Difference

  "Russell Simmons Interview With ORIGIN Magazine: How To Make Positive Changes". Interview with Ocean Plesant, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 03, 2013.

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• I think there's a difference between ditzy and dumb. Dumb is just not knowing. Ditzy is having the courage to ask!

  Jessica Simpson

  Courage, Stupid, Thinking

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• There is a difference between listening and waiting for your turn to speak.

  Simon Sinek

  Waiting, Listening, Speak

  Twitter post from Jun 24, 2009

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• There is a difference between giving directions and giving direction.

  Simon Sinek

  Giving, Giving Directions

  "There Is a Difference Between Direction and Directions" by Simon Sinek, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.

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• To spend more money, you have to have more money, but time is fixed and we all have the same amount to spare. How we choose to spend it can make a significant difference on the impact we have in our careers or in the world.

  Simon Sinek

  Impact, Careers, World

  "How To Spend Your Time: Simon Sinek". www.askmen.com.

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• You can't state difference and also state equality. We have to state sameness to understand equality.

  Zadie Smith

  States, Sameness

  "Q&A: In Zadie Smith’s ‘NW,’ Some Harsh Truths About Friendship". Interview with Beth Garbitelli, www.pbs.org. October 31, 2012.

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• One difference between poetry and lyrics is that lyrics sort of fade into the background. They fade on the page and live on the stage when set to music.

  Stephen Sondheim

  Pages, Stage, Backgrounds

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• Whether born from experience or inherent physiological or cultural differences...our gender and national origins may and will make a difference in our judging.

  Sonia Sotomayor

  Judging, Making A Difference, Experience

  "A Latina Judge’s Voice". Sonia Sotomayor’s Speech at the Berkeley La Raza Law Journal’s Symposium, www.law.berkeley.edu. October 26, 2001.

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• Being a justice. If you love law the way I do... you're given the job of a lifetime... you're permitted to address the most important legal questions of the country, and sometimes the world. And in doing so, you make a difference in people's lives.

  Sonia Sotomayor

  Country, Jobs, Law

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• I can and do aspire to be greater than the sum total of my experiences, but I accept my limitations. I willingly accept that we who judge must not deny the differences resulting from experience and heritage but attempt, as the Supreme Court suggests, continuously to judge when those opinions, sympathies and prejudices are appropriate.

  Sonia Sotomayor

  Judging, Prejudice, Heritage

  "A Latina Judge's Voice". Address to the 'Raising the Bar' symposium at the UC Berkeley School of Law, www.berkeley.edu. 2001.

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• My hope is that I will take the good from my experiences and extrapolate them further into areas with which I am unfamiliar. I simply do not know exactly what that difference will be in my judging. But I accept there will be some based on my gender and my Latina heritage.

  Sonia Sotomayor

  Judging, Heritage, Latina

  "White House: Sotomayor Says She Chose Words Poorly in 2001 Remarks". www.foxnews.com. May 29, 2009.

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• If people in the media cannot decide whether they are in the business of reporting news or manufacturing propaganda, it is all the more important that the public understand that difference, and choose their news sources accordingly.

  Thomas Sowell

  Media, People, Important

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• Wit lies in recognizing the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things which are alike.

  Madame de Stael

  Lying, Resemblance Is, Diversity

  "Germany". Book by Madame de Stael, 1813.

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• We started this band as kids, and as time has gone on, we've grown and are learning to accommodate each others' differences.

  Layne Staley

  Kids, Gone, Band

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• When you become an instrument in God's hands as He transfers someone from the realm of darkness into the kingdom of His Son, you make a difference in the person's eternal destiny. Not only that, but Satan also receives a devastating blow.

  Charles Stanley

  Son, Blow, Destiny

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• You can't tell a woman who is called by God to teach that she cannot teach the Word of God... So I think the distinction is that there's a difference between the authority of a pastor and a Bible teacher.

  Charles Stanley

  Teacher, Thinking, Authority

  Interview with Michael Foust, www.bpnews.net. October 24, 2003.

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• Moral authority has been laid to rest, world opinion is no more than a game show and the difference between good and evil is about as relevant as changing channels.

  Ralph Steadman

  Games, Evil, World

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• The difference between saints, forget-me-nots, and mountains, have to, have to, have to at a time.

  Gertrude Stein

  Mountain, Saint, Forget

  Gertrude Stein (2012). “Selected Writings of Gertrude Stein”, p.583, Vintage

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• There is a difference between twenty-nine and thirty. When you are twenty-nine it can be the beginning of everything. When you are thirty it can be the end of everything.

  Gertrude Stein

  Twenties, Literature, Nine

  Gertrude Stein (1952). “The Yale Edition of the Unpublished Writings of Gertrude Stein: Mrs. Reynolds, and five earlier novelettes”

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• The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesn't make enough difference to the people of that generation so that they can accept it or reject it.

  Gertrude Stein

  Art, People, Generations

  Gertrude Stein (2012). “Ida: A Novel”, p.326, Yale University Press

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• The difference between stupid and intelligent people - and this is true whether or not they are well-educated - is that intelligent people can handle subtlety.

  Neal Stephenson

  Stupid, Intelligent, People

  Neal Stephenson (2003). “The Diamond Age”, p.283, Spectra

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