Quotes About Comparison

He wore binoculars around his neck the way librarians wear their glasses.

After a day of watching the two-legs interact from within their midst, she was certain that they could talk as well as any wolf. Unlike wolves, however, they mostly used their mouths, a thing she found limiting. How could you tell someone to keep away from your food when your own mouth was full?

My parents had an experience of life that is as opposite to mine as you can imagine.

By the time I get home, I'm still stunned. When Matt won the mountain bike at the church raffle last year, I was happy for him. When his father's friend invited Matt to a Lakers playoff game, I thought that was great too. Why can't he be glad when something good happens to me?

Misfortune and Fortune are eerily similar, but Fortune is a better dresser and more fun at parties.

Peacocks have the bright feathers. Fish have the long tails. Women have the mall.

Phil Spector is probably a better date than Roman Polanski.

But you can't beat yourself up or compare yourself to others. Remember, the Bible says that the first will be last and the last will be first.

Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes-Benz,My friends all drive Porsches,I must make amends.

Being envious of other people's talents will make you bitter. Being envious of other people will steal your joy. Be yourself. Believe me, the sooner you are able to cheer yourself on, the better. Do what YOU do and BE who YOU are.

She looked like the kind of woman I could fall in love with. Trouble is, she was standing next to the kind of woman I'd like to make love to.

What does it mean to be the best? It means you have to be better than the number two guy. But what gratification is there in that? He's a loser—that's why he's number two.

Blood may be thicker than water, but it's certainly not as thick as ketchup. Nor does it go as well with French fries.

I like my relationships like I like my eggs. Over easy.

A girl is supposed to be able to admire her dad and compare all other guys to him. This helps to weed out troublesome guys because the daughter will know how she ought to be treated.

Mark Twain nailed it: "Comparison is the death of joy.

Mark Twain nailed it: "Comparison is the death of joy." We're with Mark.

The fear of missing out. It's the affliction that drives obsessive checking of Twitter feeds, Facebook updates, Instagram stories, WhatsApp groups, and news apps.

Do we look at Harvard or Oxford and say, "If they'd only expand and branch out and hire thousands more professors and go global and open other campuses all over the world … then they'd be great schools." Of course not. That's not how we measure the value of these institutions. So why is it the way we measure businesses?

Other people's failures are just that: other people's failures. If

In the end, it's not worth paying much attention to the competition anyway. Why not? Because worrying about the competition quickly turns into an obsession.

Other people's failures are just that: other people's failures.

With so much failure in the air, you can't help but breathe it in. Don't inhale. Don't get fooled by the stats. Other people's failures are just that: other people's failures

The Joneses, nine times out of ten, are financially stupid. That's why they have all that stuff, on borrowed money. Why try to copy them? Worse, why try to impress them?