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Quotes About Difference

That's your problem. You try to be like everyone else. Everyone is unique here. They won't like you unless you be your own person.
~ Carlton Mellick III
Question: What's the difference between a cat and a comma? Answer: A cat has claws at the end of its paws, and a comma means a pause at the end of a clause.
~ Carol Weston
From Cherish Tomorrow ... "I want you," she said softly. His jaw became rigid with disapproval. "I'm too damned old for you." "You're perfect." She touched the hardness of one cheek with loving fingers. "You're too young for me!" She shrugged. "I'll get older."
~ Carole Mortimer
This, the only occasion in the Iliad when furious Achilles smiles serves as a bittersweet reminder of the difference real leadership could have made to the events of the Iliad. Agamemnon's panicked prize-grabbing in Book One and even Nestor's rambling authority pale beside Achilles' instinctive and absolute command of himself and the dangers of this occasion.
~ Caroline Alexander
Stephen was shaped like a tire iron, all his bones a little too long:
~ Caroline B. Cooney
Potato. Pa-taw-toe. Ain't much difference
~ Carolyn Brown
What is it about men? Just because they can settle something with three words, they can't understand that womenfolk need to figure out things." "They're from Mars, remember?" Paula told her in a flat tone. "I think they're from further out than that." Jody filled her plate and took it to the table.
~ Carolyn Brown
Our conduct has a direct influence on how people think about the gospel. The world doesn't judge us by our theology; the world judges us by our behavior. People don't necessarily want to know what we believe about the Bible. They want to see if what we believe makes a difference in our lives. Our actions either bring glory to God or misrepresent His truth.
~ Carolyn Mahaney
And what about Cat People?" Hey, that was what I'd have said. "That's different," Marty said petulantly. "That was, you know, made-up.
~ Carrie Vaughn
You think out everything in your brain. While us rather talk from something in our hearts that has been there for a long time. That's one of them differences.
~ Carson McCullers
Another time? Why another time? Will another time make a difference, Aryeh?
~ Chaim Potok
I never thought of myself as an odd one or different in any way…I just had a way, a way that was mine and mine alone. A way that was maybe a bit peculiar, but I liked that. I liked the fact that other people weren't odd in the same way… I felt that being odd suited me… My oddness had a certain something, I thought. A style. A style that belonged to me. Then it became a habit and I no longer thought about my odd style, that was how I was and that was that.
~ Chantal Akerman
Often those on the more able end of the spectrum may be considered too high functioning by the systems in place to require any type of support, yet access to someone who could coach them a few hours a week would make all the difference in their lives.
~ Chantal Sicile-Kira
You think that it's not magic that keeps you alive? Just 'cause you understand the mechanics of how something works, doesn't make it any less of a miracle. Which is just another word for magic. We're all kept alive by magic, Sookie. My magic's just a little different from yours, that's all.
~ Charlaine Harris
This Peter looked a lot like Eli, but with all the character sanded off.
~ Charlaine Harris
I don't come from Lake Wobegon, and that world is not mine. It's not that funny to me. It's funny to other people, and I'm not judging it, but the world that I come from is not considered funny by other people as well. There's so much pain in it.
~ James McBride
You really don't believe that winning at home or winning on the road makes a difference. The Lakers have that mind-set. They don't look at it as 'We're at home, we're on the road.'
~ Kenny Smith
I've come to learn that there is a real difference between men and women. It's genetic.
~ Sharon Gless
There is a fundamental difference between men and women - women need romance, men need intrigue.
~ Sherry Argov
My mentality is to get in and around the box as much as I possibly can and be more impactful in those areas where I think I can make a difference.
~ Lindsey Horan
The biggest difference between the two is how intimate the theatre is. Film is so different because, when youre on set, even if a joke lands, no one is going to laugh, because nobody wants to mess up a take.
~ Renee Rapp
I don't know all the inner workings of the Miami Dolphins locker room, but I do know the pain of being different, the sadness that accompanies not fitting in and the hopeless feeling of having no one to turn to, because it's part of my story as well.
~ Mark Schlereth
We can stay in Afghanistan and the Middle East forever, and it won't make a difference.
~ Virgil Goode
When people ask if Marquette University is in Michigan, and I tell them my alma mater is in Milwaukee, they sometimes say, 'What's the difference?'
~ Steve Rushin