An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men

In 1838, Connecticut paid $14.50 a month to male teachers and $5.75 a month to women.

I think I happened to work with sort of a bunch of slightly difficult male directors when I was a kid. I’ve since worked with lots of male directors that I love, so I no longer see the distinction gender-wise.

There needn’t be a distinction between your life and your music.

It is important that we should never lose sight of this distinction. We must not confuse the peoples with their governments..

Society is produced by our wants, and government by wickedness; the former promotes our happiness positively by uniting our affections, the latter negatively by restraining our vices. The one encourages intercourse, the other creates distinctions. The first is a patron, the last a punisher

He lived in terror of, well, becoming ordinary.

Our citizenship in the United States is our national character. Our citizenship in any particular state is only our local distinction. By the latter we are known at home, by the former to the world. Our great title is AMERICANS…

Men of broader intellect know that there is no sharp distinction betwixt the real and the unreal.

Reality is infinitely diverse, compared with even the subtlest conclusions of abstract thought, and does not allow of clear-cut and sweeping distinctions. Reality resists classification.

Demosthenes overcame and rendered more distinct his inarticulate and stammering pronunciation by speaking with pebbles in his mouth.

It is a high distinction for a homely woman to be loved for her character rather than for beauty.

The traveler sees what he sees. The tourist sees what he has come to see.

I think we’re at the stage where we’re not musicians but not idols either. In a way, we also feel bad for being called idols.

Until we can re-establish a condition under which the earnings of the people can be kept by the people, we are bound to suffer a very severe and distinct curtailment of our liberty

Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations.

I make this chief distinction between religion and superstition, that the latter is founded on ignorance, the former on knowledge.

I think one of the great things about the United States has been our ability to maintain a distinction between our military and domestic law enforcement.