#compare

When we contemplate the heroes of Christianity, and compare our feeble efforts with their astonishing performance and self devotion, we should fall into despair, were there not a few softening features, by which they are brought back to the ranks of humanity. ↗

— John Strachan

#back #brought #christianity #compare #contemplate

Life is often compared to a marathon, but I think it is more like being a sprinter; long stretches of hard work punctuated by brief moments in which we are given the opportunity to perform at our best. ↗

— Michael Johnson

#best #brief #compared #given #hard

Cinema is so slow and boring compared to television. ↗

— Steven Moffat

#cinema #compared #slow #television

I love to compare different time frames. Poetry can evoke the time of the subject. By a very careful choice of words you can evoke an era, completely throw the poem into a different time scale. ↗

— Robert Morgan

#choice #compare #completely #different #era

Mine was an easy ride compared to Jackie Robinson's. ↗

— Sidney Poitier

#easy #jackie #mine #ride #robinson

Our New England climate is mild and equable compared with that of the Platte. ↗

— Francis Parkman

#compared #england #equable #mild #new

The music business looks like, you know, innocent schoolboys compared to the TV business. They care about nothing but profit. ↗

— Tom Petty

#business #care #compared #innocent #know

Being compared to Ian Thorpe, that could be one of the greatest compliments you could ever get in swimming - being compared to him and Mark Spitz. ↗

— Michael Phelps

#compared #compliments #could #ever #get

And well historically it's never been a good thing to compare yourself to biblical characters. ↗

— Daniel Radcliffe

#been #characters #compare #good #good thing

I suggested that we might compare earthquakes in terms of the measured amplitudes recorded at these stations, with an appropriate correction for distance. ↗

— Charles Francis Richter

#compare #correction #distance #earthquakes #i