Quotes about Compared to what

It's often said that life is strange. But compared to what? Votes: 4

What I have experienced is nothing compared to what political prisoners in prisons suffer. Votes: 4

Ballroom dancing is like being on Mars compared to what I've done throughout my life. Votes: 4

What's in the movie compared to what we shot is the tip of the iceberg. Votes: 4

What happened on September 11th is at least, theoretically, small stuff compared to what can happen. Votes: 4

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us. Votes: 4

It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have done. Votes: 4

Of course, mankind has made giant steps forward. However, what we know is really very, very little compared to what we still have to know. Votes: 4

Man, I was tame compared to what they do now. Votes: 3

True success is what you have done compared to what you could have done. Votes: 3

Whats in the movie compared to what we shot is the tip of the iceberg. Votes: 3

Do not believe the truth. The truth is tiny compared to what you have to do. Votes: 3

Maybe all the schemes of the devil were nothing compared to what man could think up. Votes: 3

The spirit is larger than the body. The body is pathetic compared to what we have inside us Votes: 3

What lies before us and what lies behind us are small matters compared to what lies within us. Votes: 3

All our knowledge - past, present, and future - is nothing compared to what we will never know. Votes: 3

The globally constituted accident can be compared to what people who work at the stock exchange call 'systemic risk'. Votes: 3

What lies behind us & what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. -Ralph Waldo Emerson Votes: 3

I try to learn as much as I can because I know nothing compared to what I need to know. Votes: 3

Man, I was tame compared to what they do now. Are you kidding? I didn't do anything but just jiggle. Votes: 3

Whatever God is urging you to clear away cannot begin to be compared to what He ultimately wants to bring you. Votes: 3

What we humans think we know is nothing compared to what we need to believe to numb the fear and pain. Votes: 3

Pain is nothing compared to what it feels like to quit. Give everything you got today for tomorrow may never come. Votes: 3

Success isn't what you've done compared to others. Success is what you've done compared to what you were made to do. Votes: 3

The degree to which fear now becomes an organizing principle of society is enormous compared to what it was like in the past. Votes: 3

If you read with empathy what Lincoln went through, then you realize what you're going through is nothing compared to what he went through. Votes: 3

if she thought she'd seen his eyes burn before, it was nothing compared to what they were doing now. Frost had never been so hot. Votes: 3

Success is not measured by what you do compared to what others do, it is measured by what you do with the ability God gave you. Votes: 3

Success is not what you have done compared to what others have done. Success is what you have done compared to what you were supposed to do. Votes: 3

Even if you are a pianist, your concerto repertoire is very limited compared to what your chamber repertoire would be if you were a chamber music pianist. Votes: 3

I cannot go on.... All that I have written seems to me like so much straw compared to what I have seen and what has been revealed to me. Votes: 3

In a comic strip, you can suggest motion and time, but it's very crude compared to what an animator can do. I have a real awe for good animation. Votes: 3

Success is not measured by what you do compared to what somebody else does. Success is measured by what you do compared to what you are capable of doing. Votes: 3

At an expense trifling indeed, compared to what she frequently spends upon unprofitable contests, she might place the moral world on a new foundation, and to rise the pinnacle of moral glory. Votes: 3

But it makes an immigrant laugh to hear the fears of the nationalist, scared of infection, penetration, miscegenation, when this is small fry, peanuts, compared to what the immigrant fears - dissolution, disappearance. Votes: 3

Smallpox in a blanket, which the U.S. Army gave to the Cherokee Indians on their long march to the West, was nothing compared to what I'd like to see done to these people Votes: 3

What is he? He's a puppeteer and he's got a lot of inspiration all around him, and the fact that they can manipulate the expressions now with ease compared to what it used to be. Votes: 3

Greed has increasingly become a virtue among Wall Street bankers and corporate CEOs in the U.S. Nowhere else in the world do CEOs insist on receiving compensation as high compared to what their employees earn. Votes: 3

I think the basic thing that home cooks can learn how to do is just season properly... If the home cook realized how little salt they use compared to what's needed, it would make their food taste better. Votes: 3

Money is an unavoidable consequence, but it isn't the reason I write; if it was, I wouldn't have written any of the YA books, because advances in that field are small compared to what I'd got now for an 'adult' DW. Votes: 3

When I first started coming to New York in the early Nineties and seeing the vitality of the programme compared to what was going on back in London or Paris, it was just in a different league. It's like a 16th-century court. Votes: 3

I'm still a hacker. I get paid for it now. I never received any monetary gain from the hacking I did before. The main difference in what I do now compared to what I did then is that I now do it with authorization. Votes: 3

I think at a certain level compared - as was pointed out earlier, compared to what is happening in Europe, the United States still gets the safe-haven money. But underlying that, the United States is not the safe haven but perhaps the most dangerous place of all. Votes: 3

Making your unknown known is the important thing - and keeping the unknown always beyond you - catching - crystalizing your simpler clearer vision of life - only to see it turn stale compared to what you vaguely feel ahead - that you must always keep working to grasp... Votes: 3

I guess the reasons against having more children always seem uninspiring and superficial. What exactly am I missing out on? Money? A few more hours of sleep? A more peaceful meal? More hair? These are nothing compared to what I get from these five monsters who rule my life. Votes: 3

Violent video games played in public places are a tiny fraction of the media violence to which modern American children are exposed. Tiny - and judging from the record of this case not very violent compared to what is available to children on television and in movie theaters today. Votes: 3

Compared to what we ought to be, we are half awake. Votes: 2

Compared to what they were, rock concerts now are like business meetings. Votes: 2

What is the robbing of a bank compared to the founding of a bank? Votes: 2

Compared to what some of the young comics use for material today, I'm a priest. Votes: 2

When I hear somebody say 'Life is hard', I am always tempted to ask 'Compared to what?' Votes: 2

We are bred to compare ourselves to the next person, to what they have and what they have accomplished. Votes: 2

When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?' Votes: 2

If you're asking me to compare myself to other people, I don't really know what other people are like. Votes: 2

Someone's energy and aura and soul are so much more important - they don't compare to what you have on. Votes: 2

When you stop comparing what is right here and now with what you wish were, you can begin to enjoy what is. Votes: 2

I always want to be the best at what I do. That doesn't mean compared to other people, but just in what you do. Votes: 2

I'm being compared to the impossible. I never saw Mays, Aaron or Clemente play. What about the people I face every day? Tim Raines is the best? Mattingly is the best? Why not compare me to my peers? Votes: 2

Life is cruel? Compared to what? Votes: 0

But what are wishes, compared with longings? Votes: 0

What does the brain matter compared with the heart? Votes: 0

What's breaking into a bank compared with founding a bank? Votes: 0

What is Love compared with holing out before your opponent? Votes: 0

What you go through is nothing compared to who you are. Votes: 0

Your true value depends entirely on what you are compared with. Votes: 0

What small potatoes we all are, compared with what we might be! Votes: 0

What is that one crucifixion compared to the daily kind any insomniac endures? Votes: 0

Wise is what you want to be. Smart is easy compared to wise. Votes: 0

What are eight million dollars compared to the love of eight million Cubans? Votes: 0

What happens to us are tiny matters compared to us response to any situation. Votes: 0

What gnats are compared with humans, so is the whole creation compared with God. Votes: 0

What is literature compared with cooking? The one is shadow, the other is substance. Votes: 0

No matter what I accomplish, it doesn't seem like much compared to surviving Auschwitz. Votes: 0

Frequently, when I'm compared to someone, I'm like, "Is that really what people think I sound like?" Votes: 0

Gordon Way's astonishment at being suddenly shot dead was nothing compared to his astonishment at what happened next. Votes: 0

What were several fewer species of animals compared with a hundred-mile advance and another medal on another general? Votes: 0

What are the most brilliant of our chymical discoveries compared with the invention of fire and the metals? Votes: 0

My wisdom is as spurned as chaos. What is my nothingness, compared to the amazement that awaits you? Votes: 0

What's the earth With all its art, verse, music, worth "” Compared with love, found, gained, and kept? Votes: 0

What is the singing of birds, or any natural sound, compared with the voice of one we love. Votes: 0

What's amazing about doing movies, compared to television, there's an ending you can see. There's an enthusiasm to it. Votes: 0

What are all the orgies of Bacchus when compared to the intoxication of someone who completely surrenders to continence! Votes: 0

The good particular men may do separately, in relieving the sick, is small, compared with what they may do collectively. Votes: 0

But what are pity, conscience, or fear To the brazen pair, compared With the living sorcery Of their hot embraces? Votes: 0

It does not matter what film you're making. If you're young and there's romance in the movie, it's compared to 'Twilight'. Votes: 0

People compared Garden State to the Graduate, but when was the last time you saw Dustin Hoffman doing what I do? Votes: 0

I did not lose this election, or had a bad result compared with what we might have got because of Islam. Votes: 0

It is more interesting to be compared to someone famous, because it lets you gauge what perceptions people have about your appearance. Votes: 0

It's an honor to be compared with Terry Bradshaw. If I could do half of what he did, I'd be very happy. Votes: 0

What happened to the Jews cannot be compared with all the other crimes. Every Jew had a death sentence without a date. Votes: 0

I never compare myself to anybody. I don't look at my accomplishments compared to anyone. I'm happy with what I've accomplished in boxing. Votes: 0

So much harm comes into this world when the wrong thing is said. But that's nothing compared to the pain from what goes unsaid. Votes: 0

...What happens is of little significance compared with the stories we tell ourselves about what happens. Events matter little, only stories of events affect us. Votes: 0

What happens is of little significance compared with the stories we tell ourselves about what happens. Events matter little, only stories of events affect us. Votes: 0

Creativity, which is the expression of our originality, helps us stay mindful that what we bring to the world is completely original and cannot be compared. Votes: 0

What we did and who we were are just dregs compared to who we are now and how we act when the sword is coming down. Votes: 0

You've got a lot to look forward to in Heaven. Compared to what's in store for you in Heaven, your current pain and problems are petty. Votes: 0

Dying well is easy,it only takes a moment of courage. It’s living well that I couldn’t do. What’s death compared to that. Votes: 0

I think a lot of singer-songwriters get compared to each other, but I'd like to think that what I'm doing is special and specific to me. Votes: 0

All of the good stuff is going to be done in the future. The stuff we are doing now is crummy compared with what will finally mature. Votes: 0

The facts of life are that a child who has seen war cannot be compared with a child who doesn't know what war is except from television. Votes: 0

If one could be friendly with women, what a pleasure - the relationship so secret and private compared with relations with men. Why not write about it truthfully? Votes: 0

A split second is nothing compared to twenty-four hours. On God's clock you're in the middle of your millisecond. Compared to eternity, what is seventy, eighty, ninety years? Votes: 0

When compared side by side, my days can barely be distinguished from one another. The only difference is what I do after work and with whom I do it. Votes: 0

Much of the self-righteous nonsense that abounds on so many subjects cannot stand up to three questions: (1) Compared to what? (2) At what cost? and (3) What are the hard facts?. Votes: 0

War is being declared tomorrow here so perhaps you can understand that I have been working under difficulties, but difficulties negligible compared with what others have to go through. Votes: 0