Quotes About Distinction

I like the way that the history of the tree shapes the tree. There's no distinction between the tree and its history. You can lose yourself in that thought.

Democracy implies government by the people. Aristocracy implies a government of the rich … and in those words are contained the sum of party distinction.

Hva vet et menneske om virkeligheten? Kan vi noengang skjelne mellom det som er vår egen private stemning, det som stiger opp av vårt eget indre altså, og det som når frem til oss som bølgeslag utenfra?

On the surface, there is no distinction between our experiences—some are vivid, others opaque; some are pleasant, others cause agony upon recollection—but there is no way of knowing which are dreams and which are reality.

To be loved is to be fortunate, but to be hated is to achieve distinction.

The love of fame is almost another name for the love of excellence; or it is the ambition to attain the highest excellence, sanctioned by the highest authority, that of time.

She was hardly more affable than a cameo.

The highest distinction is service to others.

The highest of distinctions is service to others.

It seems natural to suppose that self-consciousness is one of the things that distinguish men from animals: animals, we may suppose, though they have acquaintance with sense-data, never become aware of this acquaintance.

Thus, in so far as time is constituted by duration, there is the same necessity for distinguishing a public and a private time as there was in the case of space. But in so far as time consists in an order of before and after, there is no need to make such a distinction; the time-order which events seem to have is, so far as we can see, the same as the time-order which they do have.

There's something I want to clarify here before we get any further: making it matter doesn't mean making it worth it. Embracing the distinction can be no small relief.

God created male and female with an intricate balance of sameness and distinction, an impressive concoction of common part and counterpart. Each image bearers. Each of equal worth. Each necessary for a future. Each necessary for survival.

Newt Gingrich's job to capture the Congress was to give Republican candidates an edge and a distinction from their Democratic opponent. That required a very high profile, some very strong language.

When you get a little bit older, you're always trying to do something different from your siblings.

It's nice to have a signature role.

It annoys me when people can't differentiate between the character and the actor, which is a little bit silly.

As much as I love and respect my brother, I'm doing my best to distance myself from him and kind of show people that, even though we do look similar and have similar mannerisms, we are completely different.

The ways in which things are superficially similar but also distinct is interesting to me.

High reputation beats high similarity.

As it is, we could not call mine a beautiful puss, but it does the job well enough, distinguishing the front of my head from the back.

cada vez es menos factible reflexionar sobre nuestra experiencia siguiendo la distinción entre imágenes y cosas, entre copias y originales

He knew that there was a world of difference between these two notions: one was sane and the other was not, but he could not for the life of him remember which was which.

there are clear distinctions between what it takes to be decent, what it takes to be good, what it takes to be great, and what it takes to be among the best. If your goal is to be mediocre, then you have a considerable margin for error. You can get depressed when fired and mope around waiting for someone to call with a new job offer. If you hurt your toe, you can take six weeks watching television and eating potato chips.