Quotes About Comparison

We exaggerate the glory of some men in order to detract from that of others.

Comparing man and woman on the whole, one may say: woman would not possess a genius for ornamentation if she did not also possessan instinct for the secondary role.

What? A great man? I only ever see the ape of his own ideal.

God gave me some weird, beautiful scent that makes men and women go crazy. People compare it to Carvel. It is a whale of a smell.

I see some parallels [with Barack Obama] but I don't see the leadership that this guy [John F.Kennedy] had of other men and women. It's more than being the smartest guy in room.

The consolation of reading biography: Most great men have led lives even more miserable than our own.

I looked for great men, but all I found were the apes of their ideals.

I did Shakespeare in college and the nerves I got doing Shakespeare are the same nerves I get doing 'Mad Men.'

Some men are more interesting than their books but my book is more interesting than its man.

Man is too near all kinds of beasts,--a fawning dog, a roaring lion, a thieving fox, a robbing wolf, a dissembling crocodile, a treacherous decoy, and a rapacious vulture.

It's something I've always kicked around, not doing the eBook but the Rich Man, Poor Man thing.

The unenvied man is not enviable.

A perfect woman's but a softer man.

Woman is the lesser man, and all thy passions, match'd with mine, Are as moonlight unto sunlight, and as water unto wine.

There is no country that has the best men.

Coolidge's stat was so low; he's ranked in the bottom half of presidents. What I found when I encountered this man was the leader I might like to see today.

You men find so many angels in your travels. You have been honester than some. You have generally been off with the old angel before you were with the new, as far at least as I knew.

A drunkard is one thing, and a temperate man is quite another.

The 880-yard heel and toe walk is the closest a man can come to experiencing the panges of childbirth.

I'm not the most loathsome man in the world. I've dropped to number nine.

No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.

There is absolutely no way the best team in the NCAA could even dream of beating the worst team in the NBA? You're talking about men vs. boys.

Men have discovered other philosophical and ethical systems, but they have not found another Jesus Christ. No one in history can match Him.

Why is the 'average man' so far below average?