“We are one people despite the ostensible rifts, cracks, and differences between the American and Soviet democracies. We are one people and it is not in our interests that the West should liberate the East, for in doing this and in liberating the enslaved nations, the West would inevitably deprive Jewry of the Eastern half of its world power.” PeopleWorldShouldNationsInterestDifferencesHalfDemocracyWestJewEastDespiteCracksSovietEasternLiberatingWorld DominationRiftWorld Power Author:Chaim Weizmann
“I mean, I enjoy my work as an actor. But to make a difference in people's lives through advocacy and through supporting research - that's the kind of privilege that few people will get, and it's certainly bigger than being on TV every Thursday for half an hour.” PeopleKindMeanActorsEnjoyHoursDifferencesHalfTvsResearchBiggerPrivilegeMaking A DifferenceAdvocacyThursday Author:Michael J. Fox
“Half full, half empty, what the hell difference does it make? If there's something in the damn glass, drink it.” IfsDoeDifferencesHalfHellDrinkEmptyGlassesDamnHalf FullHalf Empty Book:Angels Fall Source: Angels Fall
“Society cannot exist without inequality of fortunes and the inequality of fortunes could not subsist without religion. Whenever a half-starved person is near another who is glutted, it is impossible to reconcile the difference if there is not an authority who tells him to.” IfsPersonsDifferencesJusticeHalfImpossibleAuthorityFortuneInequalityReconcile Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“If you look across a host of measures at adoption studies, fraternal v. identical twin studies, twins-raised-apart studies, the history of early childhood intervention research, naturally-occurring experiments, differences between societies, changes over history, and so forth, you tend to come up with nature and nurture as being about equally important: maybe fifty-fifty. The glass is roughly half-full and half-empty.” IfsWorldImportantRealDifferencesHalfStudyChildhoodResearchEmptyRaisedGlassesCome UpExperimentsOutcomesFiftyReal WorldHostAdoptionTwinsNurtureInterventionIdenticalEarly ChildhoodHalf FullHalf EmptyFraternalIdentical Twin Author:Steve Sailer
“And yet there are many times when it does not make any difference what pattern one uses. One thing is certain. The more bedraggled the fly gets the better the trout like it. I think there is a reason for this. I think the bedraggled half worn out wet fly more closely imitates a nymph than a new one does. Most commercial flies are tied too bushy and full. A little trimming of wings and thinning out of hackles will often work wonders.” ThinkingLittlesDoeReasonUseCertainDifferencesHalfWonderOne ThingSeaRiversWingsPatternsFishesBoatLakesFishingTiedWetWornWorn OutTroutNymphsTrimming Author:Ray Bergman
“Of all the differences between the Old World and the New, this is perhaps the most salient. Half the wars of Europe, half the internal troubles that have vexed European States... have arisen from theological differences or from the rival claims of Church and State. This whole vast chapter of debate and strife has remained virtually unopened in the United States. There is no Established Church. All religious bodies are equal before the law, and unrecognized by the law, except as voluntary associations of private citizens.” WorldWarStatesWholeBodyLawDifferencesChurchReligiousUnitedHalfUnited StatesTroubleAtheismCitizensEqualEuropeClaimsPositive AtheismDebateInternalsAssociationChaptersStrifeRivalsChurch And StateTheologicalOld World Author:James Bryce
“Inasmuch as every family is a part of a state, and these relationships are the parts of a family, and the virtue of the part must have regard to the virtue of the whole, women and children must be trained by education with an eye to the constitution, if the virtues of either of them are supposed to make any difference in the virtues of the state. And they must make a difference: for the children grow up to be citizens, and half the free persons in a state are women.” IfsChildrenPersonsStatesWholeEyeGrowsDifferencesEducationHalfGrowing UpVirtueCitizensConstitutionRegardMaking A Difference Book:Delphi Complete Works of Aristotle (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Aristotle (Illustrated)
“What's the difference between Lindsay Lohan and Rick Perry? It only takes Lindsay four and a half hours to finish a sentence.” HoursDifferencesHalfFourSentencesHalf Hours Author:Jay Leno
“If we lose half the species, which could happen by the end of the century if we don't do anything, that's going to create a big difference down the line in the stability and even the economic potential in the living world. Irreversibly.” IfsWorldEndsBigsHappensLosesDifferencesLinesHalfEconomicCenturySpeciesStability Author:E. O. Wilson
“Technology has certainly reduced performance differences among drivers. Whereas a talented driver could get a half-second out of every lap in the past, nowadays talent makes up for only about one or two tenths of a second. But the driver is still the key factor.” StillsTwoPastDifferencesHalfTechnologyTalentKeysPerformancesFactorsDriversLap Author:Michael Schumacher