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Differs Quotes

Differs is the word these quotes return to again and again when describing how experience varies from person to person. One reflection ties meaning itself to the individual moment, another notes how a particular conflict broke from prior patterns of war, and a further voice applies the idea directly to artistic practice.

Differs quotes highlight how meaning and experience shift depending on context and person. For a related philosophical theme, see Life quotes.

Besides the actual reading in class of many poems, I would suggest you do two things: first, while teaching everything you can and keeping free of it, teach that poetry is a mode of discourse that differs from logical exposition.

Quotes by A. R. Ammons

This war differs from other wars, in this particular. We are not fighting armies but a hostile people, and must make old and young, rich and poor, feel the hard hand of war.

Quotes by William Tecumseh Sherman

For the meaning of life differs from man to man, from day to day and from hour to hour. What matters, therefore, is not the meaning of life in general but rather the specific meaning of a person's life at...

Quotes by Viktor E. Frankl

Failure to take note of the fact that the character of twentieth-century humanity differs from that of humanity in the fifteenth century, let alone before and at the time of the Mystery of Golgotha, is to sleep through the process...

Quotes by Rudolf Steiner

Alone Quotes

He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.

Quotes by Quintilian

The gifts of nature are infinite in their variety, and mind differs from mind almost as much as body from body.

Quotes by Quintilian

The way life manages information involves a logical structure that differs fundamentally from mere complex chemistry. Therefore chemistry alone will not explain life's origin, any more than a study of silicon, copper and plastic will explain how a computer can...

Quotes by Paul Davies

The role of art in society differs for every artist.

Quotes by Maya Lin

In chemical terms, radium differs little from barium; the salts of these two elements are isomorphic, while those of radium are usually less soluble than the barium salts.

Quotes by Marie Curie

Life Quotes

The poet is a specialist in something which everyone practises. Herein, poetry differs from the other arts. Everyone does not practise music or painting or even dancing, but everyone without exception puts together words poetically every day of his life.

Quotes by Louis MacNeice

My hope is that people begin to understand what the fiscal realities are - how economic virtue differs from political virtue - and develop a realization of their individual economic philosophy in comparison to their perceived political ideology.

Quotes by Kurt Bills

Man differs more from Man, than Man from Beast.

Quotes by John Wilmot

The Allegator is the same, as the Crocodile, and differs only in Name.

Quotes by John Lawson

Money differs from an automobile or mistress in being equally important to those who have it and those who do not.

Quotes by John Kenneth Galbraith

Love Quotes

Many self-help books give you these neat, tidy formulas that are really illusions. They dupe people into thinking, 'Well if I can just do that, then everything's going to be okay.' My work differs in that I don't offer quick...

Quotes by John Bradshaw

Originality exists in every individual because each of us differs from the others. We are all primary numbers divisible only by ourselves.

Quotes by Jean Guitton

I realize that, to many readers, Hard Fantasy may seem to be a contradiction in terms. Fantasy, according to most generally recognized definitions, differs from both 'real world' fiction and 'science fiction' in that magic or magical creatures are active...

Quotes by Jane Lindskold

Indeed, this epistemological theory of the relation between theory and experiment differs sharply from the epistemological theory of naive falsificationism.

Quotes by Imre Lakatos

The thing that differs me from a lot of other people running for the President of the United States is that I focus on the problem first. Then I focus on what the solution is.

Quotes by Herman Cain

Man Quotes

Many years ago, I concluded that a few hair shirts were part of the mental wardrobe of every man. The president differs from other men in that he has a more extensive wardrobe.

Quotes by Herbert Hoover

Frequently Asked Questions

What's the shared idea across differs quotes?
That meaning and experience shift depending on the individual or moment, a point made about life's meaning specifically in one reflection.
Does this topic apply to historical conflict?
Yes, one voice notes how a particular war broke from earlier patterns by targeting civilians rather than only opposing armies.
Is art discussed as something that differs by person?
Yes, one reflection states plainly that art's role in society changes with every individual artist.
Is there a quote comparing people to animals?
One older line argues that people differ more from each other than humans differ from animals, a sharper philosophical claim.
What topic pairs well with Differs quotes?
Our Life quotes explore the broader meaning questions this topic touches on more specifically.

The word also appears in historical reflection, showing how even large-scale events resist easy comparison. Explore Man quotes or Love quotes next.