It has been rightly said that nothing is unimportant, nothing powerless in the universe; a single atom can dissolve everything, and save everything! What terror! There lies the eternal distinction between good and evil. Gerard De Nerval
It has pleased no less than surprised me that of the many studies whereby I have sought to extend the field of general chemistry, the highest scientific distinction that there is today has been awarded for those on catalysis. Wilhelm Ostwald
It is clear enough that you are making some distinction in what you said, that there is some nicety of terminology in your words. I can't quite follow you. Flann O'Brien
It was always said that the big distinction between the French and the English is that the English are intelligent and the French are intellectual.
Kenneth Baker
It was always said that the big distinction between the French and the English is that the English are intelligent and the French are intellectual. Kenneth Baker
Learning, while at school, that the charge for the education of girls was the same as that for boys, and that, when they became teachers, women received only half as much as men for their services, the injustice of this distinction was so apparent. Lucretia Mott
Let a man find himself, in distinction from others, on top of two wheels with a chain - at least in a poor country like Russia - and his vanity begins to swell out like his tires. In America it takes an automobile to produce this effect. Leon Trotsky
Newt Gingrich's job to capture the Congress was to give Republican candidates an edge and a distinction from their Democratic opponent. That required a very high profile, some very strong language. Pete du Pont
One of the chief tasks of any dialogue with the Gentile world is to prove that the distinction between anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism is not a distinction at all. Abba Eban
Political conflicts distort and disturb a people's sense of distinction between matters of importance and matters of urgency. What is vital is disguised by what is merely a matter of well being. John Grierson
Some people make sharp distinctions sort of between their recreational musings and their professional work. I don't make that distinction very much. Whitfield Diffie
Texas has long been known as the nation's largest energy producer, but we are equally proud of our distinction as the nation's leading energy innovator. Rick Perry
That attitude does not exist so much today, but in those days there was a very sharp distinction between basic physics and applied physics. Columbia did not deal with applied physics. Gordon Gould
That means that every human being - without distinction of sex, age, race, skin color, language, religion, political view, or national or social origin - possesses an inalienable and untouchable dignity. Hans Kung
