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1 " My mother made me a scientist without ever intending to. Every other Jewish mother in Brooklyn would ask her child after school: So? Did you learn anything today? But not my mother. “Izzy,” she would say, “did you ask a good question today?” That difference — asking good questions — made me become a scientist. "
2 " When you’re very young and you’re different, you begin to believe that no one has ever been as different as you and that no one has ever felt that difference as keenly as you. "
3 " You are making a difference in Life. Whether or not you realize it, every action, every re-action, or every non-action impacts Life. The question to ask yourself is not whether you are making a difference, but whether that difference is positive or negative. "
― Donald L. Hicks , The Divinity Factor
4 " He knew there was only a slight difference between an armed guard and an escort, but sometimes that difference separated the honored and the condemned. "
― Raymond E. Feist , Exile's Return (Conclave of Shadows, #3)
5 " She had not come to the shopping centre to buy shoes; she had come to buy food, and there was a big difference between shopping for food and shopping for shoes, and that difference concentrated on one word: guilt. "
― Alexander McCall Smith
6 " Change is neither good nor bad. It creates different situations, and that difference is what we have to understand, embrace and explore as an opportunity. "
― Daniel Egger , Future Value Generation: Do you need to create new Business Logics?
7 " I've learned there's a big difference between a long-focused value investor and a good short-seller. That difference is psychological and I think it falls into the realm of behavioral finance. "
8 " There is a difference between civil partnerships and marriage. That difference does not mean one is better than another. "