Differences Quotes - Page 25

• When I am battered and oppressed by the world that humanity has made - which is difference from the world that is was given - my primary defense, my consolation, is the absurdity of that world

  Dean Koontz

  Humanity, Defense, World

  Dean Koontz (2008). “Odd Hours: An Odd Thomas Novel”, p.150, Bantam

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• Forget us, forget us all, it makes no difference now, but don't forget we loved it when we were alive.

  Gregory Maguire

  Alive, Forget

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• It seemed that everyone else could mate, could fit their parts together in pleasant and productive ways, but that some almost indistinguishable difference in my anatomy and psyche set me slightly, yet irrevocably, apart.

  Peter Cameron

  Together, Way, Fit

  Peter Cameron (2009). “Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You: A Novel”, p.70, Macmillan

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• You're beginning to dislike me, aren't you? Well, dislike me. It doesn't make any difference to me now.

  W. Somerset Maugham

  Dislike Me, Wells, Dislike

  W. Somerset Maugham (2009). “The Painted Veil”, p.75, Random House

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• every choice has its obverse, that is to say a renunciation, and so there is no difference between the act of choosing and the act of renouncing

  Italo Calvino

  Choices, Renunciation

  Italo Calvino (2010). “The Castle Of Crossed Destinies”, p.56, Random House

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• Whether we're a preschooler or a young teen, a graduating college senior or a retired person, we human beings all want to know that we're acceptable, that our being alive somehow makes a difference in the lives of others.

  Fred Rogers

  Senior, College, Making A Difference

  Fred Rogers (2006). “Wisdom from the World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember”, p.81, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

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• Civilization is the encouragement of differences.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Encouragement, Civilization

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• That's the difference between girls and women: Girls find men fascinating. Women know better.

  Candace Bushnell

  Love, Girl, Men

  Twitter post from Dec 02, 2013

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• She was a fool and he knew it and because he loved her it had made no difference.

  W. Somerset Maugham

  Fool, Made

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• Progo,' Meg asked. 'You memorized the names of all the stars - how many are there?' How many? Great heavens, earthling. I haven't the faintest idea.' But you said your last assignment was to memorize the names of all of them.' I did. All the stars in all the galaxies. And that's a great many.' But how many?' What difference does it make? I know their names. I don't know how many there are. It's their names that matter.

  Madeleine L'Engle

  Stars, Names, Ideas

  Madeleine L'Engle (2010). “A Wind in the Door”, p.206, Macmillan

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• ...It isn't the problems along the way that make us or break us. It's how we learn to stand and face them that makes the difference.

  Joan Bauer

  Way, Faces, Problem

  Joan Bauer (1999). “Rules of the road”

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• Mr. Langdon, I did not ask if you believe what man says about God. I asked if you believed in God. There is a difference. Holy scripture is stories...legends and history of man's quest to understand his own need for meaning. I am not asking you to pass judgment on literature. I am asking if you believe in God. When you lie out under the stars, do you sense the divine? Do you feel in your gut that you are staring up at the work of God's hands?

  Dan Brown

  Stars, Lying, Believe

  Dan Brown (2006). “Angels & Demons Special Illustrated Edition: A Novel”, p.97, Simon and Schuster

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• Sweeney: I can just see all you tough young soldiers cuddling together. Richard: Not cuddling, huddling. There's a difference.

  Linda Howard

  Cuddling, Soldier, Together

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• You know the difference between news and gossip, don't you? News tells you what people did. Gossip tells you how much they enjoyed it.

  Gregory David Roberts

  Gossip, People, News

  Gregory David Roberts (2004). “Shantaram: A Novel”, p.321, Macmillan

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• If your eyes weren't open, you wouldn't know the difference between dreaming and waking.

  Richelle Mead

  Dream, Eye, Rose

  Richelle Mead (2012). “The Golden Lily: A Bloodlines Novel”, p.189, Penguin

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• How can one explain the attraction terror holds for some minds — and why for intellectuals? . . .In a totalitarian and terrorist regime, man is no longer a unique being with infinite possibilities and limitless choices but a number, a puppet, with just this difference — numbers and puppets are not susceptible to fear.

  Elie Wiesel

  Men, Unique, Numbers

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• What you need to learn, children, is the difference between right and wrong in every area of life. And once you learn the difference, you must always choose the right.

  Jeanne DuPrau

  Children, Needs, Areas

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• While it is true that most people never see or understand the difference they make, or sometimes only imagine their actions having a tiny effect, every single action a person takes has far-reaching consequences.

  Andy Andrews

  Life, People, Tiny

  Andy Andrews (2009). “The Noticer: Sometimes, All a Person Needs is a Little Perspective”, p.86, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• If one makes a mistake, then an apology is usually sufficient to get things back on an even keel. However-and this is a big ‘however’- most people do not ever know why their apology did not seem to have any effect. It is simply that they did not make a mistake; they made a choice…and never understood the difference between the two.

  Andy Andrews

  Life, Mistake, Apology

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• Find the person who will love you because of your differences and not in spite of them and you have found a lover for life.

  Leo Buscaglia

  Love, Heartbreak, Wisdom

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• There was [really] little difference between someone acting throwing french fries in your face and someone throwing french fries in your face.

  Russell Brand

  Acting, Littles, Faces

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• There is this difference between the growth of some human beings and that of others: in the one case it is a continuous dying, in the other a continuous resurrection.

  George MacDonald

  Growth, Dying, Resurrection

  George MacDonald, Rolland Hein (2004). “The Heart of George MacDonald: A One-Volume Collection of His Most Important Fiction, Essays, Sermons, Drama, and Biographical Information”, p.31, Regent College Publishing

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• When you're on your own, you look for signs. Sometimes you make them up, sometimes they're actually there, but most of the time you can't tell the difference from the two.

  Cecelia Ahern

  Two, Looks, Sometimes

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• I suppose the most important thing, the heaviest single factor in one's life, is whether one's born male or female. In most societies it determines one's expectations, activities, outlook, ethics, manners - almost everything. Vocabulary. Semiotic usages. Clothing. Even food. Women... women tend to eat less... It's extremely hard to separate the innate differences from the learned ones. Even where women participate equally with men in the society, they still after all do all the childbearing, and so most of the child-rearing.

  Ursula K. Le Guin

  Children, Men, Vocabulary

  Ursula K. Le Guin (2012). “The Left Hand Of Darkness”, p.149, Hachette UK

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• It is very useful, when one is young, to learn the difference between "literally" and "figuratively." If something happens literally, it actually happens; if something happens figuratively, it feels like it is happening. If you are literally jumping for joy, for instance, it means you are leaping in the air because you are very happy. If you are figuratively jumping for joy, it means you are so happy that you could jump for joy, but are saving your energy for other matters.

  Daniel Handler

  Mean, Jumping, Air

  "The Bad Beginning". Book by Daniel Handler, September 30, 1999.

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