T Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with T. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“The difference between the child and the man lies chiefly in the unlimited confidence and buoyancy of youth.”
Source: Farmington
“The difference between the deeds of this world and the Hereafter is only substantial. The essence is the mirror to reflect actions, whether good or bad.”
“The difference between the denominational system and the public school system is all the difference between bolstering them up on the one hand and letting them alone of the other.”
“The difference between the dinosaurs and us is that we have a space program and we can vote...”
“The difference between the earnings of a common labourer and those of a well employed lawyer or physician, is
evidently much greater than that between the ordinary profits in any two different branches of trade. The
apparent difference, besides, in the profits of different trades, is generally a deception arising from our not
always distinguishing what ought to be considered as wages, from what ought to be considered as profit.”
Source: An Inquiry into the Nature and Cause of the Wealth of Nation vol II VIIth edition 1793 [Leather Bound]
“The difference between the employee and the employer is conversion”
Source: No One Is Better Than You
“The difference between the extras here and in France is the French extras read books. Actually, they hide the book and pretend that they're acting. Here (in Hollywood), you can see everybody wants his break.”
“The difference between the first and second-best things in art absolutely seems to escape verbal definition -- it is a matter of a hair, a shade, an inward quiver of some kind -- yet what miles away in the point of preciousness!”
Source: The Letters of William James
“The difference between the first time I read something and the tenth time I read something is generally pretty profound. Even if the script is the same, just the way that I read it is different.”
“The difference between the forgettable and the enduring is artistry.”
“The difference between the girls today and models of the past is that we are not only interested in fashion: we are going in so many different directions at once. We work harder -- at night and on weekends. On the modeling profession”
“The difference between the ground and the heights you achieve.”
“The difference between the Haves and Have-nots? The will to sacrifice and to do what others won't.... Very simple.”
Source: Economic Warfare: Secrets of Wealth Creation in the Age of Welfare Politics
“The difference between the having and being modes can be easily observed in two examples of conversations. Let us take a typical conversational
debate between two men in which A has opinion X and B has opinion Y.Each identifies with his own opinion. What matters to each is to find
better, i.e., more reasonable, arguments to defend his opinion. Neither expects to change his own opinion, or that his opponent's opinion will
change. Each is afraid of changing his own opinion, precisely because it is one of his possessions, and hence its loss would mean an impoverishment.”
Source: To Have or to Be? The Nature of the Psyche
“The difference between the hero and the coward is that the hero sticks in there five minutes longer”
“The difference between the Huntress and the Girl with Game is distinct. A Girl with Game knows she provides something unique, while a Huntress doesn’t. Any girl can entice a man. But it takes true game to make him stay. A Girl with Game stands out from the Huntress who only attracts men with her sexuality.”
Source: This Girl's Got Game: A Smart Girls Guide to Having the Upper Hand over Men in This Game Called Love
“The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination.”
“The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person's determination.”
“The difference between the Japanese and the American is summed up in their opposite reactions to the proverb (popular in both nations), "A rolling stone gathers no moss." Epidemiologist S. Leonard Syme observes that to the Japanese, moss is exquisite and valued; a stone is enhanced by moss; hence a person who keeps moving and changing never acquires the beauty and benefits of stability. To Americans, the proverb is an admonition to keep rolling, to keep from being covered with clinging attachments.”
“The difference between the love of a man and the love of a woman is that a man will always give reasons for loving, but a woman gives no reasons for loving.”
“The difference between the man of print and the man of scribal culture is nearly as great as that between the non-literate and the literate.”
Source: The Gutenbery Galaxy
“The difference between the men and the boys in politics is, and always has been , that the boys want to be something, while the men want to do something.”
“The difference between the mile and the marathon is the difference between burning your fingers with a match and being slowly roasted over hot coals.”
“The difference between the more traditional sports clubs and Congress is that Congress doesn't really compete against another team.”
“The difference between the most dissimilar characters, between a philosopher and a common street porter, for example, seems to arise not so much from nature, as from habit, custom, and education.”
Source: An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations With a Life of the Author: Also a View of the Doctrine of Smith, Compared with that of the French Economists, with a Method of Facilitating the Study of His Works, from the French of M. Jariner
“The difference between the novice and the master is simply that the novice has not learnt, yet, how to do things in such a way that he can afford to make small mistakes. The master knows that the sequence of his actions will always allow him to cover his mistakes a little further down the line. It is this simple but essential knowledge which gives the work of a master carpenter its wonderful, smooth, relaxed, and almost unconcerned simplicity.”
“The difference between the Old and the New Testament is the difference between a man who said "There is nothing new under the sun" and a God who says "Behold, I make all things new.”
“The difference between the old ballplayer and the new ballplayer is the jersey. The old ballplayer cared about the name on the front. The new ballplayer cares about the name on the back.”
“The difference between the old Testament and the new testament is that God doesn’t want sacrifices anymore”
“The difference between the oldest and the most stupid job you do is that one is selling herself and the other is selling you.”
“The difference between the ordinary and extraordinary is the extra. Go the extra mile and enter your extraordinary success”
Source: Repositioning Yourself for Greater Success: Creating Prosperity out of Adversity
“The difference between the past and the present is that individual freedom and security no longer fall to be protected solely through the D vehicle of common-law maxims and presumptions which may be altered or repealed by statute, but are now protected by entrenched constitutional provisions which neither the Legislature nor the Executive may abridge. It would accordingly be improper for us to hold constitutional a system which, as Sachs J has noted, confers on creditors the power to consign the person of an impecunious debtor to prison at will and without the interposition at the crucial time of a judicial officer.”
“The difference between the poet and the mathematician is that the poet tries to get his head into the heavens while the mathematician tries to get the heavens into his head.”
“The difference between the price we pay for a stock and its liquidation value gives us a margin of safety. This kind of investing is one of the most effective ways of achieving good long term results.”
“The difference between the Pyramids in Egypt and the ones in Mexico is there is nothing inside the Mexican Pyramids. In the African Pyramids, the whole inside is a burial chamber. So they were really gravesites to nobility.”
“The difference between the quest for the Holy Grail and someone saying ‘bring me a cup’ is the flavor text and the number of stops involved.”
Source: Life With a Fire-Breathing Girlfriend
“The difference between the real winners is how long they take to feel sorry for themselves. My winners feel it... but they come back up and say 'hit me again.'”
“The difference between the reason of man and the instinct of the beast is this, that the beast does but know, but the man knows that he knows.”
Source: John Donne: Selections from Divine Poems, Sermons, Devotions, and Prayers
“The difference between the rich and the poor, is finding true love.”
“The difference between the rich and the poor is that the rich have learned to recognize the value of their thoughts.”
“The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.”
Source: Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist
“The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between the lightening bug and the lightening
~Mark Twain”
Source: Tula's Path: A Cherokee Trail of Tears Story
“The difference between the smartest dog and the stupidest man - say a Tennessee Holy Roller - is really very small.”
Source: Minority Report
“The difference between the statesman and the politician, after all, is largely the difference between the man who goes to the pub and sees a lot of his fellow national intelligences and the man who does the same thing and sees a lot of common persons easily to be converted into a crowd. Britain has had a vast experience of the two in her time and has learnt to recognise the great by their ability to assess their superiority over the rest of us accurately and not to get some fantastic idea that they are a different species altogether. A giant is only half as tall again as his fellow men, past that he becomes a monster.”
“The difference between the student and the born composer is he really hears the thing, and they have to stage it and manipulate it by technical equipment.”
“The difference between the successful and the troubled is not error-free living; it is that by discovering and implementing a life calling, the successful stand on their pile of trash while the troubled sit under theirs.”
Source: 48 Days to the Work You Love: Preparing for the New Normal
“The difference between the TAG Heuer watch and the Apple Watch is very important. That one is called Apple and this one is called TAG Heuer.”
“The difference between the three Abrahamic religions: Christianity - mumbling to the ceiling, Judaism - mumbling to the wall, Islam - mumbling to the floor.”
“The difference between the top performers and the average or mediocre performers is not a great, massive difference. It is just a tiny difference because the top performers do things just a tiny bit.”
“The difference between the truth and a lie is that both of them can hurt, but only one will take the time to heal you afterward.”