Quotes About Comparison

She made it plain that she liked Scotland much better than England. No comment.*

Gates should have exceeded Washington as a military leader. He had long experience in a professional army and was more loved by his men. But Washington's character was superior to that of his rival, and it made him a great man, whereas Gates was merely a good soldier.

Halt shook his head. Frankly, he'd seen sacks of potatoes that could sit a horse better than Erak

Remember, this thing is small. It's not like the wolfships. It'll ride over the waves, not crash through them. So we're safe as houses." He wasn't sure about the last two statements, but they seemed logical to him.

You think our mam likes you better than me?" challenged whichever one was the other. (Don't blame me. I've lost track too.)

Remember, nobody expects you to be Halt. He's a legend, after all. Haven't you heard? He's eight feet tall and kills bears with his bare hands . . .

Here we go again . . . There's nothing wrong with the way I smell,' he said. 'I've got a mature smell, I have.' 'So has cheese,' Stig told him.

Jij bent beter dan Crowley.' Hij zou nog verbaasder geweest zijn als hij had geweten wat Halt daar achteraan dacht. Waarschijnlijk ben je zelfs beter dan ik.

Struikrovers zijn ook niet meer wat ze geweest zijn,' zei Will met gespeelde spijt terwijl hij Donald duimboeien ombond en hem aan hun kleine stoet toevoegde. 'Waren ze vroeger dan slimmer?' vroeg Maddie. Will haalde zijn schouders op. 'Dat kan toch haast niet anders?

bacon is a little like chewing shards of pottery. And the eggs deserved a better fate.

Let me put it this way. . . . It's not the best. Eating the bacon is a little like chewing shards of pottery. And the eggs deserved a better fate.

Remember no one expects you to be Halt. He's a legend, after all. Haven't you heard? He's eight feet tall and kills bears with his bare hands...

Even though James Burton was my idol, I didn't think I could carry his shoes back then.

In Book II, Section-104, of his celebrated History, Herodotus states :—"For my part I believe the Colchi to be a colony of Egyptians, because like them they have black skins and frizzled hair." (See any English translation of THE HISTORY of HERODOTUS.

Henry Fosdick says, "Until the New Theology can produce the sinless character of the old theology, it stands challenged.

Scotland, say, and in Montana?" I did not. "Well," he proceeded, "over in Scotland when a feller sees a sheepman coming down the road with his sheep, he says: 'Behold the gentle shepherd with his fleecy flock!' That's poetry. Now in Montana, that same feller says, when he sees the same feller coming over a ridge with the same sheep: 'Look at that crazy blankety-blank with his woolies!' That's fact. You mind what I say, or you'll get spurred.

When Israel is treated as exactly analogous with the body of Christ, then Moses must be not only equated with Christ as an equal lawgiver, Moses actually must be made the greater lawgiver and Christ merely the greatest interpreter of Moses, because Moses came first.

Fools may our scorn, not envy, raise. For envy is a kind of praise.

Ah, but the Moon my Love is jealous, and can you blame him? You outshine him with your virtues...

you ask me why I compare you to stars - it's simple - that's where your goddess has fled...

a bard's down-to-earth love: My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red and when she walks, treads on the ground...

how many writers still dare compare a woman to Nature, like Campion? - there is a garden in her face - how lovely...

If people were like rain, I was like drizzle and she was a hurricane.

It seemed like forever ago, like we've had this brief but still infinite forever. Some infinities are bigger than other infinities.