Quotes on the topic: Comparison


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It is very easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements in comparison with what we owe others.


I'm OCD beyond comparison.


A comparison between the triplets tentatively deduced by these methods with the changes in amino acid sequence produced by mutation shows a fair measure of agreement.


There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.


Comparison is a death knell to sibling harmony.


That is to say, nature's laws are causal; they reveal themselves by comparison and difference, and they operate at every multivariate space/time point.


Reality seems valueless by comparison with the dreams of fevered imaginations; reality is therefore abandoned.


I think the attempt to draw a comparison between Iran and Syria is false, misleading and dangerous.


If I were related to Monet, I don't know if I would be comfortable becoming an artist because it's too much, the comparison. If I wrote a book and put it out, the comparison to my great-grandfather, the comparison would be hilarious. Every critic, it would be their dream, they'd tear me apart.


In the absence of that, I am happy to play solo, but I don't think there is any comparison.


Let Indian history be set side by side with Europe history with what there is of the latter century by century and let us see whether India need blush at the comparison.


I'm a New Yorker now, and believe me, there's no comparison between the Big Apple and Kalamazoo, no similarity at all. New York City's hectic, always in fast-forward, and Kalamazoo's more laid-back, smaller, slower.


It's an unfair comparison because when things are developed in the UK, they're developed at script stage only.


Here we are, worrying about whether we're thin enough or whether our bottom looks too big in this pair of trousers or even whether or not I should wear a hat - does it really matter in comparison to the important things that are going on in the world?


Nature hasn't gone anywhere. It is all around us, all the planets, galaxies and so on. We are nothing in comparison.


I like the way that psychological extremity can illuminate more 'normal' characters by forcing a comparison.


I'm an electronic guy, I'm a freak for electronic music but real instruments, the dynamic range of it, and the emotions, there's no comparison.


VisiCalc and WordPerfect were the killer apps of their day, but Google and Facebook make them look small in comparison.


I don't want to be Marilyn Monroe. In many ways, that's a good comparison. Because Marilyn Monroe was a sexpot, all that stuff that I have no interest in. For me, it's much easier to just try to make people laugh than to try to be the hottest thing in the world.


But, in fact, there is nothing that can bring you closer to fearlessness about everything else in the world than being a parent - because everyday fears - like not being approved of - pale by comparison to the fears you have about your children.