Famous Quotes & Sayings

Natalie Massenet

Contrary to popular belief, I'm not always trying to stand out.

Leo Nikolaevich

There are people who when they meet a rival, no matter in what, at once shut their eyes to everything good in him and see only the bad. There are others who on the contrary try to discern in a lucky rival the qualities that have enabled him to succe

Robert Harris

There are some statements to the contrary as to who was actually shooting.

John Stuart Mill

If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.

Leonardo da Vinci

Just as eating contrary to the inclination is injurious to the health, so study without desire sports the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.

Jacques Chirac

(It) is contrary to the wishes of the (U.N.) Security Council and the international community,

Alan Dooley

I would not characterize the conversation as a verbal deal. It was more an exchange of thoughts and ideas, and looking for information. We didn't make any arrangements contrary to what's in writing in the letter.

William Shakespeare

Our wills and fates do so contrary runThat our devices still are overthrown;Our thoughts are ours, their ends none of our own.

Elliot Perlman

I know that at literary festivals I'm speaking mostly to middle-class women, who frequently vote in a way that is contrary to how I'd like them to vote.

Mary Parsons

There are a lot of conflicting statements from the proponent.

Miley Cyrus

I don’t respect your statement because of the anger that came with it

John Esposito

Frankly, I find (such accusations) humorous. A lot of these statements are ideologically or politically motivated.

Yuuki Sakurai

I'm speechless. What can you say when you can't trust a company's statements or the exchange's trading system.

Andrew Fastow

I think many of the statements in there are false.

Sergei Bubka

His statements are really crazy, we are really shocked.

Eric Maskin

I don't want to make public statements about issues that I have not studied in detail.

David F. Houston

We are investigating the circumstances under which the statements were made.

Davey Havok

I don't really like to infuse music with politics - but I wouldn't say as a general statement that it shouldn't be.