Quote by Jodi Picoult

It's never the differences between people that surprise us. It's the things that, against all odds, we have in common.

It's never the differences between people that surprise us.

Summary

This quote highlights the idea that what truly astonishes us is not the ways in which people are different from each other, but rather the unexpected similarities they share. It suggests that amidst diversity, it is the commonalities that bring about surprise, emphasizing the power of connections and understanding that can arise from recognizing and appreciating shared experiences and qualities with others. Instead of focusing on what sets us apart, the quote encourages us to focus on what unites us and find value in our shared humanity.

Topics

People Differences Against All Odds Common House Rules

By Jodi Picoult

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

A country survives its legislation. That truth should not co

A country survives its legislation. That truth should not comfort the conservative nor depress the radical. For it means that public policy can enlarge its scope and increase its audacity, can try big experiments without trembling too much over the result. This nation could enter upon the most radical experiments and could afford to fail in them.

Walter Lippmann

Then I was working in a store in Newark, New Jersey, and I s

Then I was working in a store in Newark, New Jersey, and I saw an actor in person, and I got so excited. My whole day changed. That's when I decided to challenge myself to make my dreams become a reality.

Gods and men create one another, destroy one another, though

Gods and men create one another, destroy one another, though by different means.

Life Gods Inspirational

I have a thing for evil bald bad guys. The Kurgan is too sex

I have a thing for evil bald bad guys. The Kurgan is too sexy.

Beauty Humor Funny

Whether they give or refuse, it delights women just the same

Whether they give or refuse, it delights women just the same to have been asked.

But I believe this: by and large, the United States ought to

But I believe this: by and large, the United States ought to be able to choose for its President anybody that it wants, regardless of the number of terms he has served. That is what I believe. Now, some people have said You let him get enough power and this will lead toward a one-party government. That, I dont believe. I have got the utmost faith in the long-term common sense of the American people. Therefore, I dont think there should be any inhibitions other than those that were in the 35-year age limit and so on. I think that was enough, myself.

Dwight D Eisenhower

Failing to find in women exactly the same kind of sexual emo

Failing to find in women exactly the same kind of sexual emotions, as they find in themselves, men have concluded that there are none there at all.

At the gambling table, there are no fathers and sons.

At the gambling table, there are no fathers and sons.

Chinese Proverb

Gambling (gaming)

I am a great believer that what makes our show different is

I am a great believer that what makes our show different is the humor.

Responsibility educates.

Responsibility educates.

Wendell Phillips

You don't want to make a steady diet of just lettuce. You do

You don't want to make a steady diet of just lettuce. You don't want to make a steady diet of fried chicken.

we make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what

we make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.