The distinction between the past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion. Votes: 4
Albert EinsteinDistinction is an eminence that is attained but too frequently at the expense of a fireside. Votes: 3
William Gilmore SimmsRiches have never fascinated me, unless combined with the greatest charm or distinction. Votes: 2
F. Scott FitzgeraldDistinctions drawn by the mind are not necessarily equivalent to distinctions in reality. Votes: 2
Thomas AquinasI'm the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him. Votes: 2
Herbert HooverThere's a fundamental distinction between strategy and operational effectiveness. Votes: 0
Michael PorterReality and unreality have no clear distinction in our present circumstances. Votes: 0
Grant MorrisonVery few writers of distinction in fact were outstanding as undergraduates. Votes: 0
Joyce Carol OatesGood or evil-you cannot build your life apart from this distinction. Votes: 0
Aleksandr SolzhenitsynHumility leads to the highest distinction, because it leads to self-improvement. Votes: 0
Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1st Baronetthe distinction between 'prejudice' and 'principle' is itself a matter of prejudice. Votes: 0
Laura BohannanIf you dont love, youve lost your distinction, definition, uniqueness, and identity. Votes: 0
Judah SmithThe only distinction that democracies reward is a high degree of conformity. Votes: 0
Ambrose BierceThe concept of number is the obvious distinction between the beast and man. Votes: 0
Joseph de MaistreIt's important to make a distinction between becoming more precise and becoming better. Votes: 0
Adrian TomineThere is an important distinction between barriers to entry and barriers to imitation. Votes: 0
C. K. PrahaladSuccess seems to be that which forms the distinction between confidence and conceit. Votes: 0
Charles Caleb ColtonDon't make a big distinction between fiction and non-fiction. These are arbitrary distinctions... Votes: 0
Farley MowatBeauty can afford to laugh at distinctions: it is itself the greatest distinction. Votes: 0
Christian Nestell BoveeAmericans have two ardent passions; the love of liberty, and love of distinction. Votes: 0
Sarah Josepha HaleI would reject the distinction between a Keynesian moment and a behavioral moment. Votes: 0
Cass SunsteinThere are good books and there are bad books, period, that's the distinction. Votes: 0
Norton JusterOnly where there is pecuniary equality can the distinction of merit stand out. Votes: 0
George Bernard ShawI make no distinction between writing and storytelling; I've always wanted to tell stories. Votes: 0
Damon LindelofIn the affluent society, no useful distinction can be made between luxuries and necessities. Votes: 0
John Kenneth GalbraithLife is my university, and I hope to graduate from it with some distinction. Votes: 0
Louisa May AlcottAt present there is no distinction among the upper ten thousand of the city. Votes: 0
Nathaniel ParkerI've always made a clear distinction between making a life and making a living. Votes: 0
Robert FulghumChrist made no distinction, but opened the door wide to woman as to man. Votes: 0
Mary Abigail DodgeI take as my fundamental starting point the fundamental distinction between work and interaction Votes: 0
Jurgen HabermasAt present there is no distinction among the upper ten thousand of the city. Votes: 0
Nathaniel Parker WillisVery few men are fortunate enough to gain distinction during their first term in Congress. Votes: 0
John George NicolayWomen are not forgiven for aging. Robert Redford's lines of distinction are my old-age wrinkles. Votes: 0
Jane FondaTolerance obviously does not disturb the distinction between right and wrong, or good and evil. Votes: 0
Mahatma GandhiThe very nature of Joy makes nonsense of our common distinction between having and wanting. Votes: 0
C. S. LewisSuch seems to be the disposition of man, that whatever makes a distinction produces rivalry. Votes: 0
Samuel JohnsonA master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between work and play. Votes: 0
L. P. JacksI don't make a distinction between men and women. To me they are just people. Votes: 0
John BanvilleThere should be no distinction between what we write down, and what we really know. Votes: 0
Allen GinsbergWhat's interesting to me is the distinction between my old life and my present life. Votes: 0
Ira SachsWrinkles ? Why all the fuss ? Think of them as lines of distinction; marks of maturity. Votes: 0
Alex MorrittIt is part of the business of marketing to muddy the distinction between altruism and cynicism. Votes: 0
Don WatsonWe're not stupid! We're just poor! And we have a right to insist on this distinction Votes: 0
Orhan PamukA witty writer is like a porcupine; his quill makes no distinction between friend and foe. Votes: 0
Josh BillingsI feel like people are funny, and women are people, so I'm sick of the distinction. Votes: 0
Kate FlanneryThe world's largest debtor is a distinction of sorts, but not the one we like having... Votes: 0
Daniel Patrick MoynihanIn the early West, law and politics were parallel roads to usefulness as well as distinction. Votes: 0
John George NicolayI like the distinction. It enables me to have more easygoing encounters in my private life. Votes: 0
J. K. RowlingThere was a distinction between lying and telling half-truths, but it was a very narrow one. Votes: 0
Alexander McCall SmithThere is no moral distinction between the act of a pickpocket and the progressive income tax. Votes: 0
Leonard ReadThere is a sharp distinction between what is remembered, what is told and what is true. Votes: 0
Kevin PowersWar has become a mode of sovereignty and rule, eroding the distinction between war and peace. Votes: 0
Henry GirouxThe dance is the mother of the arts, The dance breaks down the distinction of body & soul. Votes: 0
Curt SachsI enjoy my wrinkles and regard them as badges of distinction - I've worked hard for them! Votes: 0
Maggie KuhnSometimes I have to pause to make the distinction between Ben the teenager and Ben the businessman. Votes: 0
Ben CasnochaMen of broader intellect know that there is no sharp distinction betwixt the real and the unreal Votes: 0
H. P. LovecraftExcuse my absolute freedom. I refuse to make a distinction between any of the moments of myself. Votes: 0
Antonin ArtaudI make little distinction betwee those who commit evil and those who stand by and do nothing. Votes: 0
David GemmellThe beauty of being shattered is how the shards become our character and our marks of distinction. Votes: 0
Bryant McGillThe cross of the Legion of Honor has been conferred on me. However, few escape that distinction. Votes: 0
John LennonIt is those who have the distinction of privilege who set the standards of disgust with failure. Votes: 0
Andy HargreavesIRS is very poorly equipped to make a distinction between what is a religion and what is not. Votes: 0
Lawrence WrightMore and more the distinction between prayer and the rest of life seemed to be vanishing for Betsie. Votes: 0
Corrie Ten BoomThere isn't any distinction between a reader and a writer - reading is so much a part of it. Votes: 0
Dermot HealyIt is a high distinction for a homely woman to be loved for her character rather than for beauty. Votes: 0
PlutarchWho is to say what is real and what is not?'Real' is a distinction of a naïve mind... Votes: 0
Terence McKennaNo distinction is 'tween man and man, But as his virtues add to him a glory Or vices cloud him. Votes: 0
William HabingtonIf it is a distinction to have written a good book, it is also a disgrace to have written a bad one. Votes: 0
Christian Nestell Bovee