“Of course there are big differences in length and character and vocabulary, but each level has its particular pleasures when it comes to the words one can use and the way one uses them.” WayCharacterUseBigsCoursesDifferencesPleasureLevelsParticularLengthVocabulary Author:Margaret Mahy
“The difference between the best worker on computer hardware and the average may be 2 to 1, if you're lucky. With automobiles, maybe 2 to 1. But in software, it's at least 25 to 1. The difference between the average programmer and a great one is at least that. The secret of my success is that we have gone to exceptional lengths to hire the best people in the world. And when you're in a field where the dynamic range is 25 to 1, boy, does it pay off.” PeopleIfsWorldMayDoeDifferencesPaySecretBoysGoneFieldsLuckyComputerWorkersAverageRangeLengthSoftwareExceptionalAutomobileProgrammersGreat OnesHardwareSecret Of My Success Author:Steve Jobs
“I think there's some generational difference between some of the older members of the press and this younger president [Bill Clinton]. I think the older members are not quite on the same wave length, and in general. I think it's been very devastating to the president.” ThinkingPresidentDifferencesMembersBillsPressesClintonWaveLengthPresident Bill Clinton Author:David Gergen
“Ritualism is nothing more than a rut and the only difference between a rut and a grave is the length and the depth.” DifferencesDepthGravesLengthRuts Author:Chuck Smith
“The idea of childhood as a social invention, in retrospect, is hardly credible. In the Bible, in writings of the Greeks and Romans, and in the works of the first great educator of the modern era, Comenius, children were recognized as being both different from adults and different from one another with respect to their stages of development. To be sure, the scientific study of children and the increased length of life in modern times have enhanced our understanding of age differences, but they have always been acknowledged.” WritingFirstsChildrenIdeasDifferentAgeSocialUnderstandingDifferencesStudyModernChildhoodStageDevelopmentAdultsInventionErasGreekLengthEducatorCredibleRetrospectModern TimesAge DifferenceModern EraStages Of DevelopmentLength Of Life Author:David Elkind