Quotes About Variety

He has a lot of coats, said Philologos soberly.

The more things change, the more they stay different.

People are complex. Each person is unique, and each person's situation is different.

There was something to be said for diversity, though it sometimes did complicate matters.

Individuals who speak languages other than English, who speak patois as well as standard English, find it a necessary aspect of self-affirmation not to feel compelled to chose one voice over another, not to claim one as more authentic but rather to construct social realities that celebrate, acknowledge and affirm differences, variety.

I am fond of saying that if two people think and say the same thing about everything, then one of them is not necessary.

if two people think and say the same thing about everything, then one of them is not necessary.

I believe she imbued my body thus, finding every touch enhanced by ambiguity of intention, as if it too required translation, and so each touch branched out, became a variety of touches.

If most secondary issues tend normally to be undervalued, what reason has the investor to believe that he can profit from such a situation? For if it persists indefinitely, will he not always be in the same market position as when he bought the issue? The answer here is somewhat complicated. Substantial profits from the purchase of secondary companies at bargain prices arise in a variety of ways.

Orientalism is but one historical variety of larger epistemological issues, that of the West's encounter with other cultures and of its tendency to disparage and/or idealize them.

It was a strange thing about people-they could look the same but be different.

Machines deprive us of two things which are certainly important ingredients of human happiness, namely, spontaneity and variety.

To speak seriously: the standards of goodness which are generally recognized by public opinion are not those which are calculated to make the world a happier place. This is due to a variety of causes, of which the chief is tradition, and the next most powerful is the unjust power of dominant classes.

The fundamental character of our faith means an extensive diversity is required not only within local community, but between communities.

I have always donned different looks going with the requirement of the roles I played.

It's an extension of what I do also as part of making my living - I go into schools and work with kids on writing, and I do assembly programs often. Each one is different because each school has different requirements.

My characters in each of my films bear no resemblance to each other.

Every role I have in my kitty is different. None of them resemble the roles I have played in my earlier films.

I'm jamming 'Black Sabbath Vol. 4' all the time. Zappa's 'Cruising With Ruben & The Jets.' A lot of Gong lately. Some Hawkwind. The Residents' 'Duck Stab' is amazing. Some Fugs. Lots of stuff, man. I'm pretty schizophrenic with records.

I think most people like a bit of freedom and hearing things that they might not agree with, rather than just having everybody shutting their mouths.

All my siblings being all different ages meant I got exposed to music that was 20-30 years older than me. And that was a big influence.

Siblings are often very opposite.

Whatever your favorite food is, if you eat it every day for a month, you're going to get sick of it.

There are lines that I know are going to get a belly laugh, but after a few shows I get sick of hearing myself say them so I drop them.