Distinction Quotes

The Almighty has fixed the distinction of the races; the Almighty has made the black man inferior, and sir, by no legislation, by no partisan success, by no revolution, by no military power, can you wipe out this distinction.

When you read the psychedelic literature, there is a distinction between the so-called natural psychedelics and synthetic psychedelics that are artificially produced.

Classical philosophical theism maintained the ontological distinction between God and creative world that is necessary for any genuine theism by conceiving them to be of different substances, with particular attributes predicated of each.

I came not to your glorious shores to enjoy a happy rest - I came not to gather triumphs of personal distinction, but as a humble petitioner, in my country's name, as its freely chosen constitutional leader, to entreat your generous aid.

An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.

At present there is no distinction among the upper ten thousand of the city.

I think 'tradition' is in the past - and how can someone really 'fear' a color? A man may prefer navy to turquoise, but a self assured man could wear any color and he knows that. It's a distinction of confidence.

Where conscious subjectivity is concerned, there is no distinction between the observation and the thing observed.

They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it.

When the divine vision is attained, all appear equal; and there remains no distinction of good and bad, or of high and low.

Some people make sharp distinctions sort of between their recreational musings and their professional work. I don't make that distinction very much.

There is a distinction between fact and truth. Truth has an element of revelation about it. If something is true, it does more than strike one as merely being so.

It's very important to go back and keep in mind the distinction between handling these events as criminal acts, which was the way we did before 9/11, and then looking at 9/11 and saying, "This is not a criminal act," not when you destroy 16 acres of Manhattan, kill 3,000 Americans, blow a big hole in the Pentagon. That's an act of war.

A philosopher is, no doubt, entitled to examine even those distinctions that are to be found in the structure of all languages... in that case, such a distinction may be imputed to a vulgar error, which ought to be corrected in philosophy.

The inspired Scriptures make the clear distinction between false and true riches and make plain the reason why happiness is gained and fully enjoyed only by those who find true riches.

Criminals are never very amusing. It's because they're failures. Those who make real money aren't counted as criminals. This is a class distinction, not an ethical problem.

I think the British have the distinction above all other nations of being able to put new wine into old bottles without bursting them.

The more we study the Indian's character the more we appreciate the marked distinction between the civilized being and the real savage.

That attitude does not exist so much today, but in those days there was a very sharp distinction between basic physics and applied physics. Columbia did not deal with applied physics.

The cross of the Legion of Honor has been conferred on me. However, few escape that distinction.

I'm the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him.

I didn't finish college, which is really weird because they awarded me the Alumni of Distinction recently.

I have worked with a great many comedians as opposed to comics, although I have worked with comics as well, I make the distinction.

That is the great distinction between the sexes. Men see objects, women see the relationships between objects.

You need to be real enough to be believable, but you don't necessarily have to be real enough to be real. There is a distinction.

I separated from the Southern Baptists when they adopted the discriminatory attitude towards women, because I believe what Paul taught in Galatians that there is no distinction in God's eyes between men and women, slaves and masters, Jews and non-Jews - everybody is created equally in the eyes of God.

It has pleased no less than surprised me that of the many studies whereby I have sought to extend the field of general chemistry, the highest scientific distinction that there is today has been awarded for those on catalysis.

No student ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him: it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required, that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction.

The ability to speak is a short cut to distinction. It puts a man in the limelight, raises him head and shoulders above the crowd.

I want to make a clear distinction between people who take acting seriously and people who call themselves actors because they've been on reality TV or something.