Francois Jean-Baptiste Dalphonse Quotes

It's interesting to see how we are all uniquely different.

Nothing seems at first sight less important than the outward form of human actions, yet there is nothing upon which men set more store: they grow used to everything except to living in a society which has not their own manners.

We are all human beings with our own little knick-knacks and ways of doing things.

The best subjects are always people, who never fail to amaze me by their unpredictability.

We're not all supposed to think alike.

Clearly, I reject the view that there is one way that is right for everyone and for every problem.

Eleven persons take eleven paths.

Different strokes for different folks.

There is endless variety in the details of the customs and laws which prevail of the world at large.

Following World War II, the world mostly shared values about human rights, democracy and so forth. Many believed then that Western liberal ideas would be universal. But today it is not the case that we share the same values. If you look at Russia, China, Turkey—and even inside our societies—people have different concepts about how to organize big societies. Typically in Western society, the individual is protected against the collective. But increasingly, the collective is protected against the individual. And even inside our own society, the question arises more and more about how much should you defend the collective against the individual? What is the right balance?

I love people. And what I love about people is that everyone is unique.

The right of property holds good in all society; but in the West, ethics invade the personal life in a manner unknown to the East, so much so that the Oriental stands agape at our folly, knowing well that every man brings different instincts and ideas into the world with him.

The NFL is made up of 1,800 players, guys from different religious backgrounds, different upbringings. I love Peyton Manning. But I don't want 1,800 Peyton Mannings in the NFL.

Every human being is different.

The world would be a boring place if we all looked the same.

Difference is of the essence of humanity.

Just another proof, of course, of what I often say - it takes all sorts to make a world.

Whoever regards human beings as a herd and flees them as swiftly as he can will no doubt be overtaken by them and impaled on theirhorns.

Is anyone human actually normal? I'm beginning to think being normal is actually abnormal.

There never were, in the world, two opinions alike, no more than two hairs, or two grains; the most universal quality is diversity.

It takes all sorts (to make a world

I think that as human beings, we quite naturally take for granted what is similar among human beings and, then, pay attention to what differentiates us. That makes perfect sense for us as human beings.

There is no greater stupidity or meanness than to take uniformity for an ideal.

I think it would be a boring game if everybody was the same, just like it would be boring if you guys asked the same dumb questions.

I think every case is different. Every situation is different. People come on the F.B.I.'s radar screen for a variety of reasons at a variety of times.