Quotes About Comparison

That the female of the species is deadlier than the male. —Rudyard Kipling

His driving is unbelievable. I don't go that far on my holidays.

India and China offer intriguing mirror images. Modern India has long been open politically and, until recently, closed economically. Modern China has opened economically, but remains politically closed. The comparison reveals that, while politics and economics can never fully be separated, political openness is a better guarantor of long-term stability than economic openness.

The great thing about the U.S. economy right now is that we are the smart kids in the stupid-kid class. America has fiscal problems and gridlock issues and polarity and partisanship in Congress -- and yet, compared to Japan and Europe, the U.S. looks great.

In her prime, she bore a slight resemblance to Liberace, but in a more masculine way

they were triplets and as mutually indistinguishable as peas in a pod or days in a prison.

It's just as well that bicycles don't suffer from inferiority complexes!' cracked Audrey.

If you believe that I'm a cop killer, you believe David Bowie is an astronaut.

We were similar cats—alike in so many ways—

A Better Beard that Yours. 'All true devotees wear a beard,' said the Imam to his audience. 'Show me a thick and lustrous beard and I'll show you a true believer!' 'My goat has a beard far bushier and longer than yours,' replied Nasrudin. 'Does that mean he is a better Muslim than you?

Una barba mejor que la tuya. "Todos los verdaderos devotos llevan barba," dijo el Imán a su audiencia. "Muéstrenme una barba espesa y brillante, y yo les mostraré a un verdadero creyente!" "Mi cabra tiene una barba mucho más tupida y larga que la tuya," contestó Nasrudín. "¿Eso significa que es mejor musulmán que tú?".

Rumi himself once said that counterfeit gold is only to be found because there is such a thing as real gold to be copied.

Scraps The scraps from the meal of the Emir are larger than the gifts of halwa from the merchant. Timur Fazil

Sobras Las sobras de la comida del emir son mayores que los presentes de halwa (dulces) del mercader. Timur Fazil

Igual llama a igual, verdad a verdad, y engaño a engaño.

Dicho del Profeta Envidia La envidia devora las buenas obras, como el fuego devora el combustible.

La mina siempre es más grande que la joya.

El tazón está más caliente que la sopa.

A yellow dog is brother to the jackal.

Un perro amarillo es hermano del chacal.

Ante Su puerta,¿cuál es la diferencia entre musulmán y cristiano, virtuoso y culpable?Ante su puerta todos son buscadores,y Él es el buscado

It does help to actually realize that however stunning the person who is, you know, fluttering eyelashes at you, she doesn't do anything to match up to your wife.

Tea, tea! What is it with tea? I have passed urine samples that are stronger than this. Gimme a coffee, now!

As a man, I instantly became aware of the gold in her hair, her height measured against mine, and how easily she'd fit in my arms. ~Ren