Quotes About Comparison

beg them to compare the Oostvaardersplassen not with their dreamtime Europe of the classical age, but with a long-vanished continent where large mammals, rather than agricultural practices, shaped landscapes.

Either you were the best of the best or you were nothing, and somehow that didn't seem right.

I'm proud of 'Miracle at St. Anna' and I loved it; there's no question in my mind it's as good as any movie that came out in 2007.

There's no question in my mind that I think I would have been a better president than Barack Obama has been.

In America people get depressed for no reason. They say, 'I'm sad my boyfriend didn't call me.' I tell them, 'How would you like to spend 12 hours on a line to get bread or a chicken?' That is depressing.

There is no reason that a cell phone should cost double in Israel what it does abroad.

There is no reason to compare Bollywood and Marathi films. Both have their own charm.

It's no secret that anybody who knows the music business knows that the numbers are substantially different in Christian music than they are in country music.

Mammootty has everything from talent to looks. It's no secret that many are envious of him. And I know that if he is envious of anyone, it's me.

I was just having fun because everybody was so much shorter than me. Honestly, my stats in high school were ridiculous. They made no sense.

Compared to TV, 'Palookaville' was restriction-free, except we had no money and no time.

The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the antagonist so much as the rival of the author.

I'm not Josh Brolin or Ryan Gosling. They're more noir than I.

We live in a culture where we're bombarded with so much noise and so much insecurity.

What's the funniest play ever written? I used to think it was 'Noises Off,' but now that I've seen 'The Liar,' I'm not so sure.

We're like, 'Woah, are we even in that league where we get nominated for a VMA?' And yet our name is right down there among the other nominees. It's very, very strange coming from a country of five and a half million people.

None of the European girls, including Anita Ekberg, has anything not found on American girls as well.

I knew Secrets and Lies was a great film, but I didn't expect it to get the attention it did because none of his other films had and I thought they were just as good.

You can find flaws in Agassi and Sampras, but Federer has none.

I'll put my record of service up against anyone, bar none.

If I am duly compared to Marlon Brando at all, well, I can only think of The Teahouse of the 'Shanghai Noon,' that they're comparing me to that!

It is with rivers as it is with people: the greatest are not always the most agreeable nor the best to live with.

I don't get jealous about 'normal' stuff.

I am a normal guy from the Black Forest, and I do not compare myself with the geniuses.