Famous quotes containing the words central and/or difference:
“Friends serve central functions for children that parents do not, and they play a critical role in shaping children’s social skills and their sense of identity. . . . The difference between a child with close friendships and a child who wants to make friends but is unable to can be the difference between a child who is happy and a child who is distressed in one large area of life.”
—Zick Rubin (20th century)
“If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)