Quotes About Comparison

The similarities between me and my father are different.

You can't compare me to my father. Our similarities are different.

Barry Kent's father looks like a big ape and has got more hair on the back of his hands than my father has got on his entire head.

No, well, my father's definitely not Christopher Walken.

Few sons are equal to their fathers; most fall short, all too few surpass them.

I knew I could never match my father as a violinist, and there were already four generations of outstanding cellists in the family.

It's natural that anyone is compared to their father.

I do not consider myself a guitar player. My father is a guitar player - I'm not.

I'm not trying to overcome my father or fill his shoes or reach any kind of level that he did. We're talking about a Mozart of rock music.

Have pity on those who are fearful of taking up a pen, or a paintbrush, or an instrument, or a tool because they are afraid that someone has already done so better than they could.

The fear of not having enough prevents many from seeing that they already are enough.

Shame is the most powerful, master emotion. It's the fear that we're not good enough.

I would be more familiar with Janet Jackson than I was with the Teardrop Explodes or Joy Division, because I didn't want to listen to my competitors for fear of nicking ideas off them.

Taking things not as they ought to be, but as they are, I fear it must be allowed that Macchiavelli will always have more disciples than Jesus.

We worried about competitors, but it was an unreasonable fear. As a friend once pointed out, most gunshot wounds are self-inflicted.

The thing that impresses me most about this country is its hopefulness. It is this which distinguishes it from Europe, where there is hopeless depression and fear.

Nothing makes us angrier than the fear that some pleasure is being enjoyed by others but forever denied to us.

I'm intimidated by the fear of being average.

Life is the most difficult exam. Many people fail because they try to copy others, not realizing that everyone's paper has different questions.

Life is the most difficult Exams. Many people fail because they try to copy others, Not realizing that everyone has a different question paper!

A sad fact in life is that you cannot have winners without losers, no matter what you do; it's up to you to make out which one you are.

Wouldn't life be easier if we just stopped comparing ourselves to others? We are all the same, no one is higher or lower than you. We continuously try to trip our brothers but we forget that we are chained ankle to ankle with them and when we hurt them, their pain reflects back to us.

People often see qualities in others that they don't see in themselves. Then they hold them accountable for their own short comings.

Remember... people only rain on your parade because they're jealous of your sun and tired of their shade.