Quotes About Comparison

Writing about music is like dancing about architecture - it's really a stupid thing to want to do.

There's a girl here and She's almost you...

When The Attractions and I first played the Palais in January 1979, one reviewer unfavorably compared us to Freddie and the Dreamers.

To judge a man by his weakest link or deed is like judging the power of the ocean by one wave.

The obvious difference between Paul and us is that Paul bragged about his weakness, and we try to hide it.

The population forecast for the United States in 1970 is 170 million. The population forecast for Russia alone in 1970 is 251 million. The implications are clear.

Be grateful to God (Almighty) for everything you have presently, no matter how small or unpleasant it seems to you. For, someone right here or out there is longing to possess everything that you have presently. In fact, your dislikes are someone else's likes. -Emeasoba George

Hatred is the polar opposite (the complete opposite) of love just like sadness is the polar opposite of happiness, as well forgiveness is the polar opposite of unforgivingness. Besides that, comparing love to hatred is like comparing light to darkness, just like comparing happiness to sadness is like comparing heaven to hell. Thus, choose love over hatred, choose forgiveness over unforgivingness and choose happiness over sadness (come what may). ~Emeasoba George

Never compare your life with someone else's life. For, you have no idea what he or she does secretly i.e. behind your back.

There is hope for everyone who is living, no matter his or her current condition. Oh! yes, a living dog is better off than a dead lion (mark you). -emeasoba george

I just hate feeling like there's some timeline trying to tell me when I have to get to each new step. It feels like everyone's taking the elevator up to some secret penthouse party, and I'm not even allowed to take a peek. And if everyone goes up before I do, will they lock the door?

What would be left of our tragedies if an insect were to present us his?

We cannot consent to be judged by someone who has suffered less than ourselves. And since each of us regards himself as an unrecognized Job...

We would not be interested in human beings if we did not have the hope of someday meeting someone worse off than ourselves.

Nu sunt anticreÅŸtin, eu reproÅŸez creÅŸtinismului c? nu e indeajuns de profund ca budismul. Am ales între Cer ÅŸi Nirvana.

Better to be an animal than a man, an insect than an animal, a plant than an insect, and so on.

We cannot consent to be judged by someone who has suffered less than ourselves.

What would be left of our tragedies if an insect were to present us theirs?

Reality seems valueless by comparison with the dreams of fevered imaginations; reality is therefore abandoned.

The Brain—is wider than the Sky— For—put them side by side— The one the other will contain With ease—and You—beside.... The Brain is just the weight of God— For—Heft them—Pound for Pound— And they will differ—if they do— As Syllable from Sound.

If he loved with all the powers of his puny being, he couldn't love as much in eighty years as I could in a day.

If he loved with all the powers of his puny being, he couldn't love as much in eighty years as I could in a day.

Love is like the wild-rose briar; Friendship is like the holly-tree. The holly is dark when the rose briar blooms, But which will bloom most constantly?

God gave a Loaf to every Bird—But just a Crumb—to Me—