Difference

Famous quotes containing the word difference:

“The gold-digger in the ravines of the mountains is as much a gambler as his fellow in the saloons of San Francisco. What difference does it make whether you shake dirt or shake dice? If you win, society is the loser.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“The difference between our decadence and the Russians’ is that while theirs is brutal, ours is apathetic.”
—James Thurber (1894–1961)

“A difference of tastes in jokes is a great strain on the affections.”
—George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)