Source: The Battle of the Labyrinth
“Setting the agenda and getting one's way, however, are two very different things.”
John W. Kingdon (1940) American political scientist
Source: Agendas, Alternatives, and Public Policies - (Second Edition), Chapter 2, Participants on the Inside of Government, p. 23
Mao Zedong (1893–1976) Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People
Anne Louise Germaine de Staël (1766–1817) Swiss author
L'esprit consiste à connaître la ressemblance des choses diverses et la différence des choses semblables.
Pt. 3, ch. 8
De l’Allemagne [Germany] (1813)
“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
Kenneth Noland (1924–2010) American artist
Source: Color, Format and Abstract Art' (1977), pp. 99 – 105
David Cameron (1966) Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
"The Scarlet Z, for Zombie (Reaganite)" https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-scarlet-z-etc/ (15 August 2018), by Jay Nordlinger, National Review Online <br class="br">2010s, 2014
