Quotes About Comparison

Do you see a theme emerging? Women like flowers; men like food!

Not since Attila the Hun swept across Europe leaving 500 years of total blackness has there been a man like Lee Marvin.

He compared the trial to Edgar Allan Poe's story "The Pit and the Pendulum." "Human nerves," he wrote, "even the strongest, have a limited capacity to endure moral torture.

Upon comparing BBC News with CNN: Melodrama is something foreigners do.

Sólo hay algo en la naturaleza remotamente parecido a esa mirada, y son los ojos de los tiburones blancos. Miran sin ver, de una forma única y aterradora.

the average Neanderthal cranial capacity was greater than that of modern humans.

but Robert was so much better than any of the other men Dougless had dated that she forgave him his little quirks—most

Perhaps grown women are beings of a good deal more complexity than cats

Artists today are in the same situation as a chimpsnzee placed in front of a Steinway Grand Piano.

If you expect more from yourself than from others, you are saying that you are better than others and therefore must perform at a superior level.

I wanted to become a person who didn't envy others. After all, life wasn't a competition, it was a personal journey

To me, egotists seem bloated, flatulent. They watch out for number one, peer down their noses at you, and tend to be jealous or envious. (Still, egotists usually have varying capacities for empathy and love compared to narcissists, who're typically more incapacitated in these areas.)

There's a wonderful story of two people standing before God. God asks them about their goals in life. One person states, "I'd like to be a saint." God responds, "That's very nice." When the other person says, "I'm just trying to be a good human being," God replies, "You are very ambitious.

My arithmetic is fine, thank you," Nicole snapped. Her arithmetic from what she'd seen was a damn sight better than that of any local without a counting board in front of him. The Romans, naturally enough, used and thought in terms of Roman numerals, and Roman numerals were to arithmetic what cruel and unusual punishment was to jurisprudence.

Infatuation is when you think he's as sexy as Robert Redford, as smart as Henry Kissinger, as noble as Ralph Nader, as funny as Woody Allen, and as athletic as Jimmy Conners. Love is when you realize that he's as sexy as Woody Allen, as smart as Jimmy Connors, as funny as Ralph Nader, as athletic as Henry Kissinger and nothing like Robert Redford - but you'll take him anyway.

Infatuation is when you think he's as sexy as Robert Redford, as smart as Henry Kissinger, as noble as Ralph Nader, as funny as Woody Allen, and as athletic as Jimmy Conners. Love is when you realize that he's as sexy as Woody Allen, as smart as Jimmy Connors, as funny as Ralph Nader, as athletic as Henry Kissinger and nothing like Robert Redford - but you'll take him anyway.

Failure is not our only punishment for laziness: there is also the success of others.

Failure is not the only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others.

Il n'est pas nécessaire de mépriser les riches, il suffit de ne pas les envier.

Der Kern des Problems bestand darin, dass »man(n)« mit einer fremden Spezies konkurrieren musste. Man(n) konnte von Natur aus nicht größer, schneller, behaarter, muskulöser sein als ein Pferd. Jede Form von Wettkampf war chancenlos.

Just like becoming an expert in wine–you learn by drinking it, the best you can afford–you learn about great food by finding the best there is, whether simply or luxurious. The you savor it, analyze it, and discuss it with your companions, and you compare it with other experiences.

Insults are the sincerest form of jealousy," I said. "So Tess and I thank you both for your correct perception of the inevitable.

You've seen what your perfect self looks like in the MEEP, so when you look in the mirror now, all you see are your flaws.

So your ex was a biter?" I say, wondering if his ex-wife is attractive, athletic, fleet of foot and long of limb, wondering why dumpy dudes like Jeff feel entitled to such women.