Quotes About Comparison

Suggesting I hate people with religion because I hate religion is like suggesting I hate people with cancer because I hate cancer.

Next time someone tells me they believe in God, I'll say 'Oh which one? Zeus? Hades? Jupiter? Mars? Odin? Thor? Krishna? Vishnu? Ra?…' If they say 'Just God. I only believe in the one God,' I'll point out that they are nearly as atheistic as me. I don't believe in 2,870 gods, and they don't believe in 2,869.

Unlike religious people, I look at all religions equally.

Naturally, people are curious about how my real mom feels about me having a TV mom.

So does that mean we get Eric, too?" Willa said. "Because Eric is definitely hot, and if I had my choice I'd take Eric over some white-haired king merman any day.

Mr. Fitzgerald is a novelist and Mrs. Fitzgerald is a novelty

America: It's like Britain, only with buttons.

Iedereen wil dat wonderkinderen mislukken. Dat maakt onze eigen middelmatigheid beter te verdragen.

Men forget everything; women remember everything. That's why men need instant replays in sports.

Most turkeys taste better the day after. My mother's tasted better the day before.

Everybody loves and desires success, but they dislike and are envious of successful people.

If there's one thing that really spoils [fill in blank with anything good], it's OTHER PEOPLE.

I'm sure the Sixties Beatles were great. But I bet not as great as the Nineties Beatles.

I was just one of those graves that pretty girls make.

Love dies in many different ways, and it's natural for the grass to seem greener on the other side. But it's not a competition; there's plenty of pain to go around.

And he had it all over Octavian, let me tell you. Hung like a Pegasus, he was.

Yet among the countries most comparable to the United States and where democratic institutions have long existed without breakdown, not one has adopted our American constitutional system. It would be fair to say that without a single exception they have all rejected it.

The importance of condition in a book is much the same as condition in a used automobile. A used Ford in fine running condition is worth far more than a smashed-up Cadillac beyond repair.

There's one of my new poems actually - is a good example of where my poetry has ended up. My earlier river poetry was more like a cross between Shelley and Dylan Thomas.

Those who deem this either weak of me or incredible are invited to find themselves in a like situation.

What this typographical distinction should make immediately apparent in the passage is the highly subsidiary role of narration in comparison to direct speech by the characters.

All things being equal, you root for your own sex, your own culture, your own locality…and what you want to prove is that you are better than the other person. Whomever you root for represents you; and when he wins, you win."88

We will use the actions of others to decide on proper behavior for ourselves, especially when we view those others as similar to ourselves.

The house I got them spotted for looks really great after they've first looked at a couple of dumps.