Quotes About Comparison

Saturdays and Sundays, America in the year 2009 does not in some ways differ significantly from the country that existed almost 50 years ago. This is truly sad.

Western definition of adolescence, as we'll soon see, does align remarkably well with the biblical definition of childhood.

men and women are not interchangeable. There are things men can and should do that women cannot, and there are things that women can and should do that men cannot. So comparing men and women is something like comparing apples and oranges, except apples and oranges are actually far more like each other than are men and women. Apples and oranges can exist without each other, but men and women cannot.

The lesson in all this is that to pit women against men is a form of denigration of women, as though their measure must be determined by masculine standards. The

religion to other religions. Then he came to his main point: the essence of Christianity is not about religion at all, but about the person of Christ.

Wilberforce's time at Cambridge over two hundred years ago sounds extraordinarily like the experience of many college students today.

Hollywood actors and actress are not better than you -- They just act like they are.

The United States now has more prison inmates than full-time farmers.

It's like a blueberry White Russian,' John said, now on his third spoonful. 'It tastes exactly the same,' Mike said, his teeth already bright blue. 'No, no, it tastes better,' John said. 'I feel like it's making me stronger.

Men have always detested women's gossip because they suspect the truth: Their measurements are being taken and compared.

Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.

Rip off your shirt. Do it. No one will mind. You're a Greek god. All any other guy can do is compare himself to you, and weep at his own inadequacies. Yeah, strut your stuff. Strut it down the self-help aisle. Strut it through the cookbooks section. Show them a body for life.

When I asked my shrink if I was a control freak, he finished saying "Absolutely" before I finished saying "freak." I told him that I once worked with a woman who carried a remote control in her purse. Whenever she got worried or angry, she took it out and stroked it like a gerbil. My shrink said that if I keep comparing myself to severe neurotics, I'll think that anything is permissible.

Fireheart—do you know how much you sound like Bluestar?

slower than WindClan, duller than RiverClan, scrawnier than ShadowClan.

Just remember you're not a bird

tabby warrior looked like a baby crow with a black frill

They were black, white, and gray, with black around their eyes and white around their muzzles," Leafstar replied. "They walk on four legs like we do, but they can stand on their hind paws like a Twoleg. And they can grip things like a Twoleg, with their front and back paws. Their ears are like ours, but they have short, pointed muzzles like a fox.

Maybe Breezepaw wouldn't be such an annoying furball if he had Brambleclaw for a father instead of Crowfeather.

You didn't want me to feel different, so you let me feel like a failure. I've always thought I was just a ... a terrible leopard. I can't jump, can't hunt, not like the others. I've been struggling to keep up my whole life. Different would have been better.

You're twice the cat Tigerpaw will ever be. I could never be disappointed in you.

Rootspring was younger than her, but he sounded a lifetime older.

That's the weirdest name I've ever heard! Daisy thought. It's hardly a name at all. It's like if my name were She-cat-She-cat!

Pride glowed in Stormfur's eyes. "I wish I could believe it. But I'll never be half the warrior my father was.