Difference Quotes

Just because you're of the same sex, what difference does it make? Get married to whomever you want.

When we ask for love, we don't ask others to be fair to us-but rather to care for us, to be considerate of us. There is a world of difference here between demanding justice... and begging or pleading for love.

To know that once you decide to look at life outside of the narrow limits of just your world and start to understand that you can make a difference in very simple ways - in volunteering and all the way up to bigger world problems.

There is a great advantage in training under unfavorable conditions. It is better to train under bad conditions, for the difference is then a tremendous relief in a race.

Researchers have found very little difference between men and women in terms of the amount of time spent gossiping.

In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same.

There wouldn't be half as much fun in the world if it weren't for children and men, and there ain't a mite of difference between them under the skins.

There is a vast difference - a constitutional difference-between restrictions imposed by the state which prohibit the intellectual commingling of students, and the refusal of individuals to commingle where the state presents no such bar.

I can't frankly see much difference in the film industry at all. The only difference might be that they don't take as much time as they used to. For example, they'll do in one day what we used to take a week to do.

There's one major difference between James Bond and me! He is able to sort out problems!

But at the same time you can't assume that making a difference 20 years ago is going to allow you to sort of live on the laurels of those victories for the rest of your life.

People don't change their behavior unless it makes a difference for them to do so.

From my very first day in the Mayor's office, I have worked closely with the Council members who share our vision of a city hall that really protects taxpayers and cares... yes... about the little things that make a big difference in people's lives.

But we should also not forget the difference between what first motivated me and the work that is the result.

I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may just be little things, but usually they make the difference between winning and losing.

Negative feedback is better that none. I would rather have a man hate me than overlook me. As long as he hates me I make a difference.

That is to say, nature's laws are causal; they reveal themselves by comparison and difference, and they operate at every multivariate space/time point.

The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometimes as great as a month.

The church of St. Peter at Berlin, notwithstanding the total difference between them in the style of building, appears in some respects to have a great resemblance to St. Paul's in London.

It is better to decide a difference between enemies than friends, for one of our friends will certainly become an enemy and one of our enemies a friend.

There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in the dinner, the sweets come last.

If the boat started shaking, we stayed on course and didn't lose focus. That made the difference.

The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.

Once in a while you start having second thoughts, then you read a letter from someone that lifts your spirits so much - it really makes a huge difference. I love reading them.

The difference between a top-flight creative man and the hack is his ability to express powerful meanings indirectly.

Ideas must be put to the test. That's why we make things, otherwise they would be no more than ideas. There is often a huge difference between an idea and its realisation. I've had what I thought were great ideas that just didn't work.

The difference between utility and utility plus beauty is the difference between telephone wires and the spider web.

I've had some of the best craft services on independent movies, actually, because they get more creative, generally, with a smaller budget. The work is still the same. I didn't really notice the difference other than I was getting dressed behind a curtain, basically.

But what's interesting is now - and not only in horror, but across the board - the studios basically only make B pictures with A budgets. That's the biggest difference.

The deepest personal defeat suffered by human beings is constituted by the difference between what one was capable of becoming and what one has in fact become.