I want to get involved in things that makes a difference in peoples lives and lifts them up. I don’t want to be a part of anything that’s not inspiring or helpful to the community that I’m serving. – Russell Simmons
Some people wonder all their lives if they’ve made a difference. The Marines don’t have that problem. – Ronald Reagan
In Cuba we have one party, but in the U.S. there is very little difference. Both parties are an expression of the ruling class. – Raul Castro
There’s a difference between criminals and crooks. Crooks steal. Criminals blow some guy’s brains out. I’m a crook. – Ronald Biggs
Well, what there ought to be is an international labor organization, a confederation of the trade unions of all the countries speaking for the workers who are competing with one another, and talking about the difference in wage levels between, say, Europe and Indonesia. – Richard Rorty
Ohio chose the president in 2000 and 2004. The independent voters, the so-called swing voters, are the ones who make the difference. – Rob Portman
The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it is always the false ones that look the most real, the most brilliant. – Salvador Dali
Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded, or how much power you have. – Oprah Winfrey
When a system is considered in two different states, the difference in volume or in any other property, between the two states, depends solely upon those states themselves and not upon the manner in which the system may pass from one state to the other. – Rudolf Arnheim
I’m comfortable reading science and dissecting it and discerning the difference between junk science and real science. – Robert Kennedy, Jr.
I suppose you could sum up the religious aspects of my boyhood by saying it was a time of life when I was taught the difference between right and wrong as it specifically applied to Catholicism. – Robert Vaughn
The only difference between a dead skunk lying in the road and a dead lawyer lying in the road is that there are skid marks around the skunk. – Patrick Murray
The only difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is that the Democrats allow the poor to be corrupt, too. – Oscar Levant
Human beings have a need, generally, to destroy things. The Freudian principle of civilisation is correct. There’s always, always a difference between the family image and the reality. – Rachel Cusk
I love this country, I love these people, though I can’t say I love their politicians. People are always nicer than politicians, but here, you can mark that difference up a hundredfold. – Paddy Ashdown
No, moral conscience is one thing, the law is another. We have to hold onto this difference. – Rocco Buttiglione
There’s a difference between a failure and a fiasco… a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions. – Orlando Bloom
Only truthful hands write true poems. I cannot see any basic difference between a handshake and a poem. – Paul Celan
The only difference between the Republican and Democratic parties is the velocities with which their knees hit the floor when corporations knock on their door. That’s the only difference. – Ralph Nader
There’s a difference between actresses of color and actresses not of color. If you look at how big my movies are. – Regina King
There’s one major difference between James Bond and me. He is able to sort out problems! – Sean Connery
It would be easier to say, what was the difference in style from many years ago. Many years ago, the old violinists, they also had a good technique, they were not tonally as good. – Ruggiero Ricci
The thing I would most like to see invented is a way of teaching children and grown-ups the difference between right and wrong. – Robert Maxwell
Don’t make art for other artists or for ‘intellectuals’, make art for people – and if you can touch just one person in a lifetime and make a difference – you have succeeded. – Ray Conniff
The difference between memoir and autobiography, as far as I see it, is that a memoir is there primarily to tell one particular story, whereas an autobiography tries to be a full account of a life. – Salman Rushdie
