Quotes About Comparison

the new thing is rarely as good as the old thing was. If you need the alternative to be better than the status quo from the very start, you'll never begin.

Plenty of people are good at what you do. Very good at it. Perhaps as good at it as you are.

Excessively criticize the work of your peers, thus unrealistically raising the bar for your work.

If all online products at all online stores are the same, then of course I'll use a price-shopping Web site to find the cheapest product

In many interactions, people seek to change their relative status—either to adjust themselves up in comparison to their peers, or to seek safety by giving up and moving down.

Kiasu is the Hokkien word for "the fear of being left behind" or not getting enough.

He loosened the breeches then tugged them down over his hips. Her eyes widened slightly, and she let out a shaky breath. "Should I put them back on?" "No." She sat. "I suppose I'm not used to seeing a man. You're larger than I expected." "Since I'm being compared to a five-year-old, I won't let your observations go to my head.

Jack Good's contract at Virginia Tech stipulated that he would always be paid $1 more than the football coach.

I am still jealous that Phoebe's mother came back and mine did not. I miss my mother.

He could not change his nature, could not help being cautious, deliberate, introspective, not traits to be scorned by any means, but traits that seemed dull, bland—even to him—when compared with Davydd's hell-for-leather dazzle.

One of the amazing attributes of samsara is that no matter what we have or what is available to us, we know that somewhere out there, there is always more. The potential for dissatisfaction is infinite, because in this world of change, there is no end to arising and passing away, and the possibilities for comparing and wanting are endless.

History, in any case, cannot be reduced to some sort of game of comparing misdeeds in different eras; each period must be judged in itself and for its own successes and transgressions. The

The ISI may well be Pakistan's answer to the Holy Roman Empire, which was neither holy, Roman nor an empire: it

History, in any case, cannot be reduced to some sort of game of comparing misdeeds in different eras; each period must be judged in itself and for its own successes and transgressions.

He's just my brother now and not my hero. I will not try to be like him. So, then who am I supposed to be like?

I'd rather have rabies than be in love. Why? Because at least you can get over rabies with some shots.

Why can't we resist the urge to second-guess and evaluate each other?...Sometimes I wonder if the final judgment will be a breeze compared with what we've put each other through here on earth. p 225

Star calls to star: "Here I am, who is like me?" Tree calls to tree: "I am I, who knows me?

But I'm also addicted to books. And I know there has never been a human being or a television show, no matter how great, that could measure up to a great book.

Adam and Eve covered their privates with fig leaves; the first Indians covered their privates with their tiny hands.

I know there has never been a human being or a television show, no matter how great, that could measure up to a great book.

And I know there has never been a human being or a television show, no matter how great, that could measure up to a great book.

I'm old enough to make you look like an embryo. [Thorn]

Yeah, it's me, but I like to think I looked better when we met. 'Cause right now, I'm pretty much hogging all the ugly. (Nick)