“What you want, my lad, and what you're going to get are two very
different things.”
P.G. Wodehouse book Right Ho, Jeeves
Source: Right Ho, Jeeves
Source: Succubus Dreams
“What you want, my lad, and what you're going to get are two very
different things.”
P.G. Wodehouse book Right Ho, Jeeves
Source: Right Ho, Jeeves
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
Aphorism (1937), p. 38
Attributed in posthumous publications, Albert Einstein: The Human Side (1979)
Context: Body and soul are not two different things, but only two different ways of perceiving the same thing. Similarly, physics and psychology are only different attempts to link our experiences together by way of systematic thought.
“Tough toenails, tiger. What you want and what you get are usually two entirely different things.”
Nicholas Sparks (1965) American writer and novelist
Source: Three Weeks With My Brother
“Knowing it and seeing it are two different things.”
Suzanne Collins book Mockingjay
Source: Mockingjay
Brian W. Aldiss (1925–2017) British science fiction author
Let's Be Frank (1957)
Context: It was extraordinary to be in two places at once, doing two different things — extraordinary, but not confusing. He merely had two bodies which were as integrated as his two hands had been.
“What is right and what is practicable are two different things.”
James Buchanan (1791–1868) American politician, 15th President of the United States (in office from 1857 to 1861)
As quoted in Presidential Leadership : Rating the Best and the Worst in the White House (2004) edited by James Taranto and Leonard Leo.
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist
“If you want things to be different, perhaps the answer is to become different yourself.”
Norman Vincent Peale (1898–1993) American writer
“Knowing and feeling are two different things, and feeling is what counts.”
François Lelord book Hector and the Search for Happiness
Source: Hector and the Search for Happiness