Quotes of: Distinction Keyword

With George Clooney, the distinctive quality is a unique kind of American phoniness - charming because it's aware of itself as phony. It's as old as old Huck Finn, but, in our age, it has migrated from the fringes to the center.

Rich Cohen

We recognize the distinctness of Asian art when we turn to its traditional forms, recognize it as Japanese, Chinese and Indian, even Balinese or Thai.

F. Sionil Jose

The dictionary says my identity should be all about being separate or distinct, and yet it feels like it is so wrapped up in others.

The Adoration of Jenna Fox

When it comes to world news, attitude is what marks the distinction between justice and vengeance. Justice is pure, but vengeance brings more ruin.

Killosophy

The beauty of being shattered is how the shards become our character and our marks of distinction.

Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

the happiest among us will be most altruistic, most distinct, most benevolent and most awkward to some of us in a way.

A Short Affair Called Life

All through life there were distinctions - toilets for men, toilets for women; clothes for men, clothes for women - then, at the end, the graves are identical.

Minaret

Distinctive facial features of a parent are poor people’s paternity test.

N for Nigger: Aphorisms for Grown Children and Childish Grown-ups

Sex is a matter of biology, while gender is a matter of grammar, and there is no earthly reason why sex should be involved in gender distinctions.

Language: The Basics

The inner self is as distinct from the outer self as heaven is from earth.

Secrets of Heaven (Swedenborg, Emanuel, Works.)

I think being condemned to death is the only real distinction," said Mathilde. "It is the only thing which cannot be bought.

The Red and the Black

The best opinion now is, that there are multitudinous forms which are not sufficiently differentiated to be distinctively either plant or animal, while, as respects ordinary plants and animals, the difficulty of laying down a definition has become fa...

Asa Gray

Most people regarded Psychology as a science. Some called it a soft science, but those making such a distinction grew fewer by the year.

False Memory

They were both from the real world, their own distinct ones, but I was somewhere in limbo. Set apart, I didn't know how to let either of them in.

At-Risk

The more we study the Indian's character the more we appreciate the marked distinction between the civilized being and the real savage.

Nelson A. Miles

The Queen and Electric Light Orchestra harmonies are so distinct and fit in our songs so well sometimes, but we don't know how to do them properly.

Nate Ruess

The old series of sittings with Mrs. Piper convinced me of survival for reasons which I should find it hard to formulate in any strict fashion, but that was their distinct effect.

Oliver Joseph Lodge

In particular, Australia, because of its ancient geography, soil profile and distinctive weather patterns, is more adversely affected by climate variability than some other continents.

Peter Garrett

Authenticity is not a metaphysically distinctive way of being human; it is just a way of taking responsibility for what one has already been given.

Peter E. Gordon

Conventional forms of narrative allow for different points of view, but for this book I wanted a structure whereby each of the main characters contributed a distinctive version of the story.

Penelope Lively

Newt Gingrich's job to capture the Congress was to give Republican candidates an edge and a distinction from their Democratic opponent. That required a very high profile, some very strong language.

Pete du Pont