Quotes About Comparison

If we are to assess the rationality of government expenditures to protect the lives of Americans through massive domestic surveillance, we need to compare this program to others aimed at saving American lives.

According to a Public Policy Polling survey, most Americans find lice and colonoscopies more appealing than Capitol Hill.

Ellen Galinsky's surveys at the Families and Work Institute pointed to a desirable norm for many parents for working not full-time, but part-time. And I get that. I mean, Norway has a 35-hour work week. That counts as part-time for us in the United States, you know. And Norway's doing well, by the way.

In superficial terms, to have an orchestral career is to be better than others, or at least to be chosen over others on that particular occasion; it is a form of survival.

Don't worry, America. We survived Jimmy Carter, and we will survive Barack Obama. Only one questions remains... who is the next Ronald Reagan?

The best life in the world. 'Survivor' was nothing compared to what I did, and it's just that way.

I don't like it to be compared to 'Survivor.' The idea of 'Survivor' is to kill each other off to win the prize. There's no killing in Gilligan's Island.

I have done a lot greater things than 'Survivor.' Going through SEAL training was much harder than 'Survivor.'

You know, I suffer kind of from survivor's guilt. It's like you suffer from success because you feel like - why me? Why am I so special? What makes me so different from the next man and why am I able to achieve these things that this person can't? Prayer is the only thing that helps me get through it.

I don't look like Susan Boyle!

Susan Rice has as much trouble with her memory as Hillary Clinton.

When I'm overseas, I suspect I look like Mr. Bean.

Manmohan Desai's films pack a lot of joy and have a child-like quality and you can see the director is having fun, but my movies don't suspend disbelief that much. But it's good to be compared to Manmohan Desai. He was run down by critics in his time.

Getting healthy means listening to my body - and no longer comparing myself with other people at the gym. Getting healthy means being satisfied with small, sustainable, incremental changes to my diet and lifestyle.

I always wanted Han Solo's confidence and swagger. My personality is way more C-3PO, but Han was always who I wanted to be.

I just have to accept that I won't ever be Al Green, which is a hard pill to swallow.

I wish I could swap closets with Diana Vreeland, but I think only my left thigh would fit into her clothing.

There are a lot of famous people who started out with us and became stars and I wouldn't swap my life with theirs for one second.

I love sketch; it's my favorite form. But if it's all improv, they're either very good, and it's annoying how good they are, and it makes you feel bad, or they're not too good; then you're sweating for them.

Remember one thing - that Sweden is performing better than the rest of Europe.

Sweden is a good country to raise a family in because there is an equality there I don't feel in the States.

The Swedish language combines the strong manhood of the German with the delicate beauty of the Italian.

I liked Pat Cash, and I loved Mats Wilander. I went to the Australian Open with my parents, and I used to watch Wilander being cheered on by the Swedish fans, and with his game style being like mine, I drew comparisons with him.

I got recognized more by little sweet Italian fans in six days than I've ever been recognized in L.A. in six years.