Quotes About Comparison

What's wonderful is to read the different translations - some done in 1600 and some in 1900 - of the same passage. It's fascinating to watch the same tale repeated in such a different way by two different centuries.

So writing stories is not easier in comparison to the playwriting or translation; the stories are easier in league with them.

People are usually so disappointed with book-to-movie translations.

The United States is paradise compared to China, Russia, Ecuador and Cuba, with regard to the press. And with regard to secrecy and transparency.

Pep is not the best coach in the world. I prefer Mourinho. He is the No.1, because Mourinho is more transparent and more direct than Guardiola.

I don't think that I'm as big as Lobo is, but if you could, like, transplant Mickey Rourke's body on my head, that would be just great.

It would almost seem that - dare I say this - private transportation is more efficient than mass public-transit!

Jealousy is a dangerous emotion. Jealous people are usually so intensely dissatisfied with themselves that they have a burning desire to destroy anyone who has something they want, but feel they can't have.

Remember that the mirror can show you a reflection of what you are wearing. It can show you an image of your body that you will only mistakenly compare to the image of someone else's body. The mirror cannot show you your soul.

The Queen of Crafts herself, Martha Stewart, and I have the same birthday. I prefer to think it's the glue-gun wielding, perfect-tart-producing Martha and not the copper pan-throwing, jail-going Martha. But I suppose if I am going to share a calendar square with some of Martha, I have to share it with all of Martha.

It's funny. People often compare me to other humor essayists. They're usually quite nice comparisons I will accept those gladly. But I am always sort of appalled at the idea of being lumped with other, more chick-y female writers. And the truth is probably that neither comparison is accurate.

Envy is the ulcer of the soul.

Y'all don't say jive anymore, do ya?" "No, that's some ol' Sanford and Son stuff." "You shut your mouth, boy. That Redd Foxx is a comedic genius. That skinny dude you kids think is so funny? Jerry Murphy? Freddie Murphy?" "Eddie Murphy, and he's the joint!" "Your little Eddie Murphy ain't got nothing on no Redd Foxx.

As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.

Suffice it to say, during the whole long day I came not to the conclusion, even once, that the southern slave, fed, clothed, whipped and protected by his master, is happier than the free colored citizen of the North. To that conclusion I have never since arrived.

The facts of life are that a child who has seen war cannot be compared with a child who doesn't know what war is except from television.

She was irritated, briefly, by the thought that she might be becoming more mature. Why should she become a better person when no one else did?

Simon would disapprove, in the way that people who lacked life experience always disapproved of others having adventures they had so far missed out on.

He was now firmly of the view that if you wanted to see clearly how one person's character diverged from that of another, the most efficient method was to place both in identical situations.

Like having a can of Coke after a long and thirsty game of tennis. Tastes better than any other can of Coke you've ever had. Marriage, by contrast, is like starting with a fizzy can of Coke and waiting around while it gets flatter and flatter.

Cassian's not a bad sort. He's not . . . quite like his father." Not quite. I pull back, certain my mother has been snatched by aliens. "Are you serious?

O generations of men, how I count you as equal with those who live not at all!

No life can be compared to another Life unless both refer to Death! Even if a Life is different from another Life, it exists, as Life, only by referring to Death, because all other Lives it would refer to finally lead to the last referent which is a Life having as reference: Death! This is why I said the all the shine of Life consists of Death, as the shine of Death consists of Life.

Compare your griefs with other men's and they will seem less