Quotes about Similarities

Similarities in the vampire genre are so rampant that there's really no such thing as an original idea - only an original take on an idea that's been done before. Votes: 3

Share our similarities, celebrate our differences. Votes: 2

Strength lies in differences, not in similarities. Votes: 2

I tend to see the similarities in people and not the differences. Votes: 2

I try to find some similarities between myself and the characters, even if it's the tiniest thing. Votes: 2

Research shows that couples who have a lot of similarities, including intellectual compatibility, end up staying together. Votes: 2

In the range of music that we play - roughly 300 years' worth-there really are more similarities than differences. Votes: 2

People are pretty much alike. It's only that our differences are more susceptible to definition than our similarities. Votes: 2

One can state, without exaggeration, that the observation of and the search for similarities and differences are the basis of all human knowledge. Votes: 2

One of the things people don't really recognise about the similarities between country and hip-hop is that they're celebrations of pride in a lifestyle. Votes: 2

While women across the globe have many differences - language, culture, environment - our similarities are undeniable, and the impact of abuse and oppression affects us all. Votes: 2

I don't think you can bring the races together by joking about the differences between them. I'd rather talk about the similarities, about what's universal in their experiences. Votes: 2

I find that there are a lot of similarities between French and Japanese food. I think they're two countries that have really systemized their cuisine and codified it. Votes: 2

Researchers have discovered that chocolate produces some of the same reactions in the brain as marijuana. The researchers also discovered other similarities between the two but can't remember what they are. Votes: 2

In Halloween, I viewed the characters as simply normal teenagers. Laurie, Jamie Lee's character, was shy and somewhat repressed. And Michael Myers, the killer, is definitely repressed. They have certain similarities. Votes: 2

Women apparently are quite drawn to men who have differences rather than similarities in their histocompatibility system. They pick it up by smell, and they can pick it up from kissing. Votes: 2

But the key to our marriage is the capacity to give each other a break. And to realize that it's not how our similarities work together; it's how our differences work together. Votes: 2

I liked the energy of cooking, the action, the camaraderie. I often compare the kitchen to sports and compare the chef to a coach. There are a lot of similarities to it. Votes: 2

We go on and on about our differences. But, you know, our differences are less important than our similarities. People have a lot in common with one another, whether they see that or not. Votes: 2

The toughest thing about the power of trust is that it's very difficult to build and very easy to destroy. The essence of trust building is to emphasize the similarities between you and the customer. Votes: 2

There are a lot of similarities between dancing and wrestling. The costumes are the same, the spandex and all that, but you have to be light on your feet to do both, and you have to remember choreography. Votes: 2

I'm not dead and I don't have blue hair but some people say there are similarities. It is usually intolerable to watch myself onscreen but this time it's fine. I think it's beautiful and a real work of art. Votes: 2

Open your refrigerator, your freezer, your kitchen cupboards, and look at the labels on your food. You'll find 'natural flavor' or 'artificial flavor' in just about every list of ingredients. The similarities between these two broad categories are far more significant than the differences. Votes: 2

The music I want to hear in my head sounds somewhere between Jimi Hendrix and Massive Attack. It's not really like my dad, but there will always be similarities because we have the same vocal cords, and I learnt the guitar the way he taught me. Votes: 2

I was raised Jewish, my wife was raised Catholic. Though we respect each other's heritage, and while many of our friends are deeply religious, we have chosen to focus on our similarities, not our differences. We teach our children compassion, charity, honesty and the benefits of hard work. Votes: 2

I do believe that the original sources of all religions should be taught, because with that we will find our similarities, not just our differences. I believe that if Mohammed, Buddha, Jesus, and Moses all got together they would be best of friends because the spiritual basis of all religions is something that builds unity. Votes: 2

I see similarities in the sports I played growing up in the sense of how I tackle a role when I get a job. A lot of effort goes in on an individual basis. There is a lot of time spent by yourself working on your craft and what you have to do. But, at the end of the day, you're there to serve the movie just like you would the rugby team. Votes: 2

War and marketing have many similarities. Votes: 0

Strength lies in differences, not in similarities Votes: 0

Strength lies in differences, not in similarities Votes: 0

The similarities between me and my father are different. Votes: 0

You can't compare me to my father. Our similarities are different. Votes: 0

Plato's dialogues bear at least some similarities to the classical plays. Votes: 0

I often compare singing to lovemaking because there's so many similarities. Votes: 0

The similarities among different kinds of audiences far outweigh the differences. Votes: 0

I'm fascinated by the similarities and differences between comedians and magicians. Votes: 0

I see a lot of similarities and coincidences in life, in general. Votes: 0

I try not to steal from myself, but the modalities create similarities. Votes: 0

If you lined up everyone I've ever dated, you wouldn't see any similarities. Votes: 0

There are some similarities, of course (between Iraq and Vietnam). Death is terrible. Votes: 0

When we look for differences instead of similarities, we create barriers for trust. Votes: 0

I'm drawn to characters who bear similarities to the protagonists in myths and legends. (...) Votes: 0

Resemblances are the shadows of differences. Different people see different similarities and similar differences. Votes: 0

It's easy to focus on the differences, harder to find the similarities in people. Votes: 0

All things are the same except for the differences, and different except for the similarities. Votes: 0

The admiration of another writer’s work is almost in inverse proportion to similarities in style. Votes: 0

The only thing my father and I have in common is that our similarities are different. Votes: 0

We get together on the basis of our similarities; we grow on the basis of our differences. Votes: 0

There are similarities between business and sport, in the pressures involved and in the fitness aspect too. Votes: 0

Our similarities bring us to a common ground; Our differences allow us to be fascinated by each other. Votes: 0

There is no single way of grieving. But research suggests that there are some broad similarities among grievers. Votes: 0

The way to go from discord to harmony is to go from concentrating on differences to concentrating on similarities. Votes: 0

They're each on separate coasts but I think that the deep Maine woods shares some similarities to the Pacific Northwest. Votes: 0

Superficial similarities exist between Christianity and some ancient pagan religions. But careful study reveals that there are far more dissimilarities. Votes: 0

Superficial similarities exist between Christianity and some ancient pagan religions. But careful study reveals that there are far more dissimilarities. Votes: 0

how can the world in all its chaos come up with so many coincidences, so many similarities and exact opposites? Votes: 0

When I get asked, 'what are the differences between Twilight and THG' I'm like, 'Erm, what are the similarities?' Votes: 0

Omigod,' I said on a sudden flash of sleep-deprived insight. 'You're the big bad wolf.' There are some similarities. Votes: 0

As we form our individual opinions of our fellow man, let us base them on our similarities and not our differences. Votes: 0

There are so many similarities between a startup venture and a political campaign - the rhythm, the tempo, the hours, the intensity. Votes: 0

Developing relationships is a very important part of doing business, and I see more similarities than differences when I travel the world. Votes: 0

When we forget our essential similarities, we forget how to get along, and that cannot but lead to prejudice, discrimination, and eventually, conflict. Votes: 0

There are a lot of similarities with film and TV, but also a lot of differences, especially in the way they film stuff. Votes: 0

You've got to remember that men are men and women are women. And although a lot of similarities, there are some real differences. Votes: 0

Eventually I realized that Cry Baby was a character that was based off of me, and that we had a lot of similarities. Votes: 0

And some sad news ... the first lesbian couple to legally get married in the state of Massachusetts has split up. They cited irreconcilable similarities. Votes: 0

I'd say the differences are more interesting than the similarities at this point. Certainly no one would ever mistake my music for Steve's [ Reich]. Votes: 0

note the similarities with buddhism a buddhist who has achieved nirvana is not sad primarily because it does not know the concept of sad [...] Votes: 0

America must listen. It must listen to the interests of others. But the US government has no interest in similarities, no matter how obvious. Votes: 0

I like New York. There are similarities with London that make it feel rather like home, but at the same time it's slightly fictional. Votes: 0

Nothing remains static in war or military weapons, and it is consequently often dangerous to rely on courses suggested by apparent similarities in the past. Votes: 0

There is extraordinary similarities between the Midwest in America and Europe in that there is this sense of vast, open sky and loneliness and cold. Votes: 0

I do believe that the original sources of all religions should be taught, because with that we will find our similarities, not just our differences... Votes: 0

We are given two of most of our body parts, either opposites or similarities, but not the tongue; except for my wife's which is forked. Votes: 0

If you are going to tell a story about a child going missing, it's going to have similarities with a real life child going missing. Votes: 0

I don't want to say [the teams] are mirror images of each other, ... but there's a lot of similarities on both sides of the ball. Votes: 0

I don't mean this to sound hyperbolic but there are increasingly, albeit really minor, similarities between now and how Germany was lulled into what happened pre-WW2. Votes: 0

Abroad, they have covered pretty much all subjects, explored every possibility, every twist. So similarities between ideas you have and those filmed abroad are quite possible. Votes: 0

Love is the ability to discover similarities in the dis-similar. The audience has a right not to be fooled - even if it insists on being fooled. Votes: 0

I enjoy reading about the lives of musicians, and find many similarities in their ideas of preparation and their utter devotion to this great, eternal language: music. Votes: 0

What if it were true that nature speaks in signs and that the secret to understanding its language consists in noticing similarities in shape or in form? Votes: 0

I can feel my father's spirit within me. I can feel similarities within us from the artistic perspective from being a musician. We have a lot of similarities. Votes: 0

There might be many similarities between Erdogan and Putin. We can see that in the current developments, unfortunately. But Viktor Orban seriously does not fit in that list. Votes: 0

When I came to Washington, I was troubled to observe so many similarities between the behaviors of drug-addicted patients and my political colleagues. In Washington power is like morphine. Votes: 0

Culture is this thing that we can exchange among ourselves as human beings to knock aside our differences and build upon our similarities. Cultural exchange is the ultimate exchange. Votes: 0

Sometimes I think that creativity is a matter of seeing, or stumbling over, unobvious similarities between things - like composing a fresh metaphor, but on a more complex scale. Votes: 0

This being Black History Month, I would like to ask people to celebrate the similarities and not focus on the differences between people of color and not of color. Votes: 0

Hunter S. Thompson and I are old friends, but what we do is so different. There are surface similarities that really have to do with us being frustrated poets. Votes: 0

You're always going to sound like yourself, but you can make really strong attempts to keep some similarities, but move away from what you did before for popularity's sake. Votes: 0

Lincoln was a man who created himself from nothing without any help from outside or other people. I followed his struggles. I see certain similarities between him and me. Votes: 0

No one ever really 'learns' from history, because choices never present themselves in exactly the same way, and because you can always choose similarities and differences to fit current needs. Votes: 0

If you stare long enough at anything, you will start to find similarities. The word “coincidence” exists in order to stop people from seeing meaning where none exists. Votes: 0

I think Ray Charles did as much as anybody when he did his country music album. Ray Charles broke down borders and showed the similarities between country music and R&B. Votes: 0

If you depart from moral absolutes, you go into a bottomless pit. Communism and Nazism were catastrophic evils which both derived from moral relativism. Their differences were minor compared to their similarities. Votes: 0

We have not looked at any particular movies [in creating War Horse], but again, it's hard not to see the similarities between those movies [because of those filmmakers' influence on the industry]. Votes: 0

I have no formal training as a writer at all, not even a single English class in college. However, my adult books are all science fiction, which has some similarities to YA. Votes: 0

It's so funny, all the similarities that we have [with David Copperfield] of being obsessed young people and finding a way to be around the people doing what we want to do. Votes: 0

I loved Jen Garner in Alias. I think there are similarities, but we're definitely a very different show [Nikita]. I think it's cool to have women who are strong, kicking some ass. Votes: 0

The shapes and markings of Felix and Mickey, perhaps more than Oswald, have similarities, but when you are using such simple basic construction (i.e. circles) there is bound to be such duplication. Votes: 0

Understanding languages and other cultures builds bridges. It is the fastest way to bring the world closer together and to Truth. Through understanding, people will be able to see their similarities before differences. Votes: 0

I was thinking about sort of the similarities between "art movies" and lowbrow movies like kitschy sexploitation films. I think they share certain qualities, whether they're hyper-stylized or overly emotive or just very visual. Votes: 0

And as journalists we look for differences - differences between countries, cultures, classes, and communities. We're very sensitized to difference, but it's much harder to write about similarities across countries, cultures, classes, and communities. Votes: 0

There are a lot of similarities between music and surfing. There's a rhythm to both of them and with sound waves and ocean waves, you see patterns, plus the breathing is all part of it. Votes: 0

Ethnic music the world 'round is quite fascinating," "There are an enormous number of similarities there, and it's the similarities that are so appealing. ... I haven't even scratched the surface of that kind of thing. Votes: 0

World trade depends on differences among countries, not similarities. Different countries are in different stages of development. It is appropriate for them to have different patterns, different policies for ecology, labor standards, and so forth. Votes: 0