Quotes About Comparison

this is all exactly like an episode of Starsky and Hutch.

the young swans as big as their parents now, but still grey and it looks peculiar, like two different species swimming in a line, alike in all their movements, and no doubt they think they are the same, while everyone can see that they are not.

Reason respects the differences, and Imagination the similitudes of things.

Man resembles no carnivorous animal.

One of the problems with technology is that no photograph, as superb and outstanding as it may be, will ever be as satisfying as the most middle-rate painting.

Realize the complicated specials of what we call the "inferiority complex." In other words, what, Miss Thing, is so damn special about you to make you feel so specially inferior to any other jerk?

Three great ways to lose a lover: Talk to him the way your mother talked to your father. Berate him in public because everybody loves an audience. Contrast him to your friends, and compare him with his predecessors.

By 2030, China will need the same amount of oil that is now being consumed in the United States. At this time, the U.S. uses over eighteen million barrels of oil a day, almost nine million of which is consumed by motor vehicles.2

Satan cannot compare to God, and he never will.

We are really competing against ourselves, we have no control over how other people perform.

Self-esteem cannot be reclaimed while perfectionism prevails. Self-esteem is in many ways the opposite of perfectionism.

My parents' twisted version of this boiled down to: "As f*cked up as we are, we're still way better than you".

But Washington's long and faithful service stands in marked distinction from Jefferson's mere election. Washington actually served with great fidelity. We do not want to read anything into this other than what the facts tell us, and the facts are that George Washington's service as a vestryman is commensurate with the highest commitment to the Christianity proposed by the Anglican Church.

Being rich, really rich, meant you could go completely crazy, and the only result would be everyone getting so jealous they couldn't stand it.

What's the big-deal about "Rock" music, anyway? What does it have over, say, Polka music? Polka music has integrity - it's music made by down-to-earth, regular human beings, whereas "Rock" music is made by morons for the benefit of idiots!

Good enough, never is.

Murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums.

The murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums.

The murals in restaurants are on par with the food in museums.

One is not entitled to contempt for something to which one is not equal.

A hundred years ago Hester Prynne of The Scarlet Letter was given a A for adultery. Today she would rate no better than a C-plus.

Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon. Classic, but not as good as Wish You Were Here.

You are so much smarter than me, aren't you?" "No. I just think things through quicker, that's all." "If that's not a definition of smart, I don't know what is.

There's one good thing about snow, it makes your lawn look as nice as your neighbor's. - Clyde Moore