1,454 Quotes About Difference

Conformity requires us to minimize our differences for the greater good. We fear that if we don't conform, we will be abandoned, but there is no loneliness like having people only see you after you've erased yourself.

Two brothers. Two different worlds. Different mothers, of course. Did that explain it? Women usually explained everything.

How do we teach a child--our own, or those in a classroom--to have compassion: to allow people to be different; to understand that like is not equal; to experiment; to laugh; to love; to accept the fact that the most important questions a human being can ask do not have--or need--answers.

It's the things you do that you don't have to do that always determine the difference when it is too late to do anything about it.

An inspirational woman has a good influence and makes a great difference in the world.

A woman of virtue is not a weakling. Yes, she knows her weaknesses, yet she won’t let them define her. She makes a difference in the world.

The difference between Action and Re-action is originality and timing.

Wild birds will kill exotic ones: the budgies and the lovebirds and the yellow canaries-- escaped from their cages and hoping to get a taste of the sky -- usually end up back on the ground, plucked raw by their more conformist cousins

If a writer has the desire to communicate by writing and be heard, then he necessarily cares about seeing it in print. I suppose it's the difference between masturbation and making love—the real writer wants to touch another person.