Quote by Henry Rollins

The only difference between me and others is that they think they can change something with cute little poems, nice cards or embracing trees and being nice to little lapdogs.

The only difference between me and others is that they think

Summary

This quote suggests that the speaker believes they are distinct from others because they perceive certain individuals' efforts of bringing about change (through poetry, cards, environmentalism, or kindness towards animals) as ineffective. While others may adopt these methods, the speaker argues that they differ in their belief that such approaches are insufficient. Whether it implies a more assertive or alternative approach to driving change is left open to interpretation.

Topics

Change

By Henry Rollins

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Fortune is a great deceiver. She sells very dear the things

Fortune is a great deceiver. She sells very dear the things she seems to give us.

Vincent Voiture

Fortune

In all things it is better to hope than to despair.

In all things it is better to hope than to despair.

Johann von Goethe

Hope

Women are nothing but machines for producing children.

Women are nothing but machines for producing children.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Women

Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and the war on terrorism

Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and the war on terrorism have reduced the pace of military transformation and have revealed our lack of preparation for defensive and stability operations. This Administration has overextended our military.

War

People talk about books that write themselves, and it's a li

People talk about books that write themselves, and it's a lie. Books don't write themselves. It takes thought and research and backache and notes and more time and more work than you'd believe.

Books Writing Creative Process

I think people are sick and tired of all the abuse songs, an

I think people are sick and tired of all the abuse songs, and drug addiction, we want to bring to world a big fat smile.

Smile

Football is a game of mistakes. Whoever makes the fewest mis

Football is a game of mistakes. Whoever makes the fewest mistakes wins.

Football Mistakes Game Makes Wins

Husbands are awkward things to deal with; even keeping them

Husbands are awkward things to deal with; even keeping them in hot water will not make them tender.

Marriage

As a boy, I'd always had an interest in theater. But the ide

As a boy, I'd always had an interest in theater. But the idea at my school was that drama and music were to round out the man. It wasn't what one did for a living. I got over that.

Music

But the real secret to lifelong good health is actually the

But the real secret to lifelong good health is actually the opposite: Let your body take care of you.

Man

Crime is a fact of the human species, a fact of that species

Crime is a fact of the human species, a fact of that species alone, but it is above all the secret aspect, impenetrable and hidden. Crime hides, and by far the most terrifying things are those which elude us.

Georges Bataille

Crime

You know, I start with the assumption that -or with, with th

You know, I start with the assumption that -or with, with the belief that this president has to succeed. We all have an enormous amount of capital invested in his success. His success is the country's success.

Michael Bloomberg

Success