I am continually fascinated at the difficulty intelligent people have in distinguishing what is controversial from what is merely offensive.
Being famous is not something that would make me feel successful - unless one was striving for mediocrity.
One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent.
Editing is agonizing, fretting over facts; it’s not virtue-signaling or confusing the ephemeral with the eternal. Unless we can tell the difference between the meaningful and the meaningless, the material and the immaterial, we will be lost in illogic.
Class never tries to build itself up by tearing others down. Class is already up and need not strive to look better by making others look worse.
Knowing is not understanding. There is a great difference between knowing and understanding: you can know a lot about something and not really understand it.
I believe the Islamic ideology is a retarded, dangerous one, but I make a distinction. I don't hate people. I don't hate Muslims.
Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.
I like that I'm an engineer - it sets me apart from a lot of other artists.
The honor I feel today being inducted into the Hall of Fame is beyond what words can describe. My thanks to the Hall of Fame committee, who saw fit to bestow this great honor upon me today.
Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity.
Information is not knowledge.
Why do you want to fit in when you were born to stand out?
I'm not a politician; I'm a journalist.
In the past, people were born royal. Nowadays, royalty comes from what you do.
Great and good are seldom the same man.
You laugh at me because I'm different, I laugh at you because you're all the same.
Equal doesn't mean identical.
Praying in Jesus' name makes the distinction that all glory and honor belong to Christ, who is one with God the Father.
Most commonly, I've been recognized from people who aren't actually from England.
I kind of look like every other girl, walking around.
You would be amazed at the number of doors a Nobel Prize opens.
To generalize is to be an idiot. To particularize is the alone distinction of merit. General knowledge are those knowledge that idiots possess.
We view things not only from different sides, but with different eyes; we have no wish to find them alike.
What is good work? You just know it when you see it. You just can't explain it.
