Difference Quotes

The difference between our decadence and the Russians' is that while theirs is brutal, ours is apathetic.

The frontier between hell and heaven is only the difference between two ways of looking at things.

I happened to have the privilege of serving in Congress. It will be 16 years at the end of this term. And I think I made a difference here on important issues.

I don't know whether the number of any particular Latino group has made or will make any particular difference in the issues that I am concerned with.

In a city that is barely getting by with its small budget, something like illegal immigration can be the difference from being able to provide the level of public service that people expect.

I was naive enough to think that I could make the difference.

As a child, recognizing my difference from other kids, I went to the local public library to try to better understand my reality. Back then, many library card catalogues didn't even list 'homosexuality' as a topic.

I wasn't as fit as I would of liked to have been, going to the World Cup, but I'm not sure what difference that made.

I've also said you don't rule any options out, because if you are in public life because you want to make a difference... obviously, you have to be open to those kind of possibilities.

I'm confident that, were I mayor, I would do some things differently than he has. But I think there's a world of difference between him and his immediate predecessor.

About the only difference between the poor and the rich, is this, the poor suffer misery, while the rich have to enjoy it.

There's a big difference between the role of an academic and the role of someone in government. That's a cliche, but in academic life if you say things that are common sense and people nod their heads, it's not very useful. You're not adding anything.

The counterpart of the suicide is the seeker; but the difference between them is slight.

What difference is there between us, save a restless dream that follows my soul but fears to come near you?

My dad came out of the Roosevelt era and the Depression. One person and one party made a difference in his life. That's what everybody forgot when they called my father and other people political bosses.

The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don't have to waste your time voting.

I think the human body is beautiful, and I don't really have a huge problem in dealing with it, but it's the context, the environment and what I feel about it that that makes the difference for me.

I definitely feel a difference about my place in the industry. I feel like I have some longevity now.

All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I myself deny it.

I'm heavier, but with muscle rather than flab. It's a massive difference. It means I don't get as tired sometimes and it means that I'm hitting the ball a lot farther, about 15 yards more with my driver.

What's the difference between my wife and a terrorist? You can negotiate with a terrorist.

Obviously everyone wants to be successful, but I want to be looked back on as being very innovative, very trusted and ethical and ultimately making a big difference in the world.

Find out what's really out there. I never said to be like me, I say be like you and make a difference.

In our work and in our living, we must recognize that difference is a reason for celebration and growth, rather than a reason for destruction.

I'm not saying that more performance wouldn't be better - all these technologies are going to get better - that's the difference between first generation and second generation.

Here is the difference between Dante, Milton, and me. They wrote about hell and never saw the place. I wrote about Chicago after looking the town over for years and years.

As president of Iraq, I shall strive to represent the diversity of a country that has too often in the past denied difference.

A very subtle difference can make the picture or not.

The fault seems to me to have been that men have taken ancient country churches as their models and have failed to discover that between them and churches in towns there ought to be a most distinct and marked difference.

Colour does not make so much difference. Look at the Bach Chaconne: There is not one dynamic mark in the whole Bach Chaconne. Colours do not make so much difference.