It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of skunk. – Rebecca West
I grew up with white friends, Asian friends – Vietnamese, Chinese, Pacific Islanders. I had Hispanic friends, not just Mexican friends, but Guatemalan friends, Honduran friends, and we knew the difference, you know? – Ryan Coogler
It don’t make no difference where I go or what happens, so long as I can play the full nine. – Rogers Hornsby
The difference between a builder and an architect is that an architect also cares about desire, about dreams. – Renzo Piano
In the United States I have always believed that there was a big difference between Conservative and stupid. Boy is it getting harder to prove that one by the minute. – Rick Mercer
One difference between film noir and more straightforward crime pictures is that noir is more open to human flaws and likes to embed them in twisty plot lines. – Roger Ebert
I realize I am very privileged. But there’s a difference between being spoiled and privileged. – Petra Stunt
Love somebody. Just one person. And then spread that to two. And as many as you can. You’ll see the difference it makes. – Oprah Winfrey
But I would like to think that it’s the actor that makes the difference in these cases. Not the director, not the guy that wrote the book, not the guy that adapted it for the screen, but the actor. – Ray Walston
That’s the big difference between Christianity and other religions. The difference between Works and Grace or Do and Done. – Rick Warren
There’s no point in starting a business unless you’re going to make a dramatic difference to other people’s lives. So if you’ve got an idea that’s gonna make a big difference to other people’s lives, then just get on and do it. – Richard Branson
You don’t knock television, even if you don’t always like what they make of your work. It makes all the difference between being an also-ran writer and very famous. – Ruth Rendell
The difference between a healthy person and one who is mentally ill is the fact that the healthy one has all the mental illnesses, and the mentally ill person has only one. – Robert Musil
The difference between you and the funny person on TV is that they acted on their ideas. – Rob Manuel
The counterpart of the suicide is the seeker; but the difference between them is slight. – Paul Watzlawick
Cunning leads to knavery. It is but a step from one to the other, and that very slippery. Only lying makes the difference; add that to cunning, and it is knavery. – Ovid
The deepest difference between religions is not that between polytheism and monotheism. – Walter Kaufmann
The difference between Tinted Windows and Hanson shows is a lot of just repertoire. Hanson has been a band for years – we have a lot of songs to pull from and it’s a different dynamic – a common kind of thread. With Tinted Windows – it’s kind of a little like ‘hey, we’re this new band.’ – Taylor Hanson
The difference between a beautifully made failure and a beautifully made hit is who you’ve got playing the leads. – Steven Moffat
There’s a very big difference between negotiating to borrow billions of dollars on behalf of MCA and negotiating to borrow 28 cents in connection with making independent pictures. – Sidney Sheinberg
In Iraq and Afghanistan, our soldiers signed up intentionally. That’s a huge difference from the largely conscripted army of my era. – Tim O’Brien
I guess the difference between the Korean hip-hop scene and the American hip-hop scene is that in the American hip-hop scene, you know, they have their Jay-Zs. They can become conglomerates through hip-hop. In Korea, it doesn’t happen. – Tablo
You can really taste the difference between a shop-bought and a good homemade mayo. – Yotam Ottolenghi
With a definite, step-by-step plan – ah, what a difference it makes! You cannot fail, because each step carries you along to the next, like a track. – Scott Reed
Things are difficult for outsiders in the industry, and it is very evident, too. It does not mean that insiders have it easy or that it’s impossible for outsiders to break in. More often than not, the difference is about how successes and failures are viewed and magnified. – Sushant Singh Rajput
As a beneficiary of the carried interest loophole, I’ve seen firsthand the lack of any difference between the work involved in generating a carried interest and the work done by millions of other professionals who are taxed at the full 35 percent rate. – Steven Rattner
Great is the difference betwixt a man’s being frightened at, and humbled for his sins. – Thomas Fuller
Architects, sculptors painters, we all must return to the crafts! For art is not a ‘profession.’ There is no essential difference between the artist and the craftsman. The artist is an exalted craftsman. – Walter Gropius