A Quote by Susan Sontag

Even more than comparing society to a family, comparing it to a body makes an authoritarian ordering of society seem inevitable, immutable.

Susan Sontag

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Susan Sontag
American - Author
January 16, 1933 - December 28, 2004

Even if one is interested only in one's own society, which is one's prerogative, one can understand that society much better by comparing it with others.

Peter L. Berger

More than comparing with somebody else, I'd prefer comparing my own work from film to film.

Keerthy Suresh

Comparing your family budget to the sovereign debt of the United States is a little like comparing two kindergartners tossing a paper airplane to the Apollo 11 mission.

Matt Taibbi

Dissonance between family and school, therefore, is not only inevitable in a changing society; it also helps to make children moremalleable and responsive to a changing world. By the same token, one could say that absolute homogeneity between family and school would reflect a static, authoritarian society and discourage creative, adaptive development in children.

Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot

Comparing the Brooklyn that I know with Manhattan is like comparing a comfortable and complacent duenna to her more brilliant and neurotic sister.

Carson McCullers

A crowded society is a restrictive society; an overcrowded society becomes an authoritarian, repressive and murderous society.

Edward Abbey

God is also fully aware that the people you think are perfect are not. And yet we spend so much time and energy comparing ourselves to others-usually comparing our weaknesses to their strengths. This drives us to create expectations for ourselves that are impossible to meet. As a result, we never celebrate our good efforts because they seem to be less than what someone else does

Dieter F. Uchtdorf

comparing what you see during an eclipse to the darkness at night is like comparing an ocean to a teardrop.

Wendy Mass

Comparing Bollywood and Hollywood is like comparing America's market, roads and economy to ours.

Richa Chadha

Comparing Madonna with Marilyn Monroe is like comparing Raquel Welch with the back of a bus.

Boy George

I feel like my biggest competition is myself. A lot of kids get caught up in the comparing game - comparing themselves with Michael Jackson, comparing themselves with Michael Jordan. You gotta be your best. You gotta overcome your own fears.

Romeo Miller

Our problem is that we make the mistake of comparing ourselves to other people. You are not inferior or superior to any human being...You do not determine your success by comparing yourself to others, rather you determine your success by comparing your accomplishments to your capabilities. You are 'number one' when you do the best you can with what you have.

Zig Ziglar

Comparing Jesus with history's greatest of human leaders is like comparing the sun to a flashlight with no batteries.

Ray Comfort

Most of the time, comparing printed song lyrics with poems is like comparing recipes with food: that's to say, patently unfair.

Jonathan Miles

Comparing science and religion isn't like comparing apples and oranges - it's more like apples and sewing machines.

Jack Horner

I might find that I have a habit of being jealous and comparing myself with other people and riveting my attention on how much somebody else is accomplishing or doing, or how much better they are at such and such. First, I might recognize the story - the mental images and internal dialogue - and say, "Okay, comparing mind." Then, rather than staying caught in the content, I'll bring my attention into my body and open to the immediate feelings that are there.

Tara Brach

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