Quotes about contrary
contrary trying
Contrary to popular belief, I'm not always trying to stand out. Natalie Massenet
contrary discern eyes good lucky matter meet others people qualities rival shut
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
contrary statements
There are some statements to the contrary as to who was actually shooting. Robert Harris
contrary justified mankind minus
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. John Stuart Mill
contrary desire eating sports study takes
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. Leonardo da Vinci
contrary council security wishes
(It) is contrary to the wishes of the (U.N.) Security Council and the international community, Jacques Chirac
contrary conversation exchange looking thoughts verbal
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.
contrary devices ends fates none thoughts wills
Our wills and fates do so contrary runThat our devices still are overthrown;Our thoughts are ours, their ends none of our own. William Shakespeare
contrary frequently literary mostly speaking women
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. Elliot Perlman
contrary interests newspaper print
No American newspaper will print anything contrary to its own interests George Bernard Shaw
contrary decision dollars extremely facilitate highly missouri offensive spent state supreme taxpayer values
I am extremely disappointed in the Supreme Court's decision. The decision is highly offensive to traditional Missouri values and is contrary to state law, which prohibits taxpayer dollars from being spent to facilitate abortions, Matt Blunt
contrary knows portraying reveal simply specialist truths willing
Contrary to the popular misconception, the actor is not necessarily a specialist in imitating or portraying what he knows about other people. On the contrary, the actor may simply be a person who's more willing than others to reveal some truths about himself. Wallace Shawn
contrary examine inward men turn
When we see men of worth, we should think of equalling them; when we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inward and examine ourselves. Gustave Courbet
contrary economics economists ethical impossible physics prove science theories underlying
Contrary to what professional economists will typically tell you, economics is not a science. All economic theories have underlying political and ethical assumptions, which make it impossible to prove them right or wrong in the way we can with theories in physics or chemistry. Ha-Joon Chang
contrary creature death designed food fruit garden gave god life parents plan race trees wants
God gave our first parents the food He designed that the race should eat. It was contrary to His plan to have the life of any creature taken. There was to be no death in Eden. The fruit of the trees in the garden was the food man's wants required. Ellen G. White
contrary dreadful
Contrary to popular belief, I don't just play dreadful old villains. Tim Curry
contrary glass left people protect
I'm blind in my left eye. Contrary to what people say, it is not a glass eye, so I have to protect my eyes at all cost. Stuart Scott
contrary courage raises true wind
True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher.
contrary disclosure full illegal moved people seems torture wholly
We need full disclosure by our government. If, in fact, people are being moved from a jurisdiction where torture is illegal to a jurisdiction where torture is permissible, that seems to me to be wholly contrary to international law.
contrary good level people playing point proved saturday saying sure whoever
We wanted to make sure we proved a point to whoever we were going to be playing on Saturday night. And let them know that we know how to play and we're playing at a pretty good level right now, contrary to what people think or have been saying about us this year.
contrary party victims violence
We are not the party of violence. On the contrary we are victims of violence by others. Rene Preval
contrary core government individual kinds needs respect systems
Libertarianism is a way of measuring how the government and other kinds of systems respect the individual. At the core of libertarianism is the idea that the individual is sacrosanct and that anything that's done contrary to the well-being of the individual needs some pretty serious justification. P. J. O'Rourke
contrary feedback floor hour incredibly indicator ninth ongoing possible public spend street waking
It's possible to spend every waking hour here on the ninth floor and not get out of the office. And this isn't the real world in here. And contrary to public opinion, I'm not incredibly poll-driven. They are an ongoing indicator of how we are going, but I take the feedback I get on the street as being the most important. John Key
contrary extreme interests looking national policy region shows
This shows the extreme contradictions of the American policy in the region and indicates that it is only looking after its own national interests, which are completely contrary to the interests of other countries.
contrary faith turns usual
Faith is not contrary to the usual ideas, something that turns out to be right or wrong, like a gambler's bet. Joanna Russ
contrary fears playing run
You are playing on fears that run contrary to our interests,
contrary operating
We just feel that it is a kennel. Contrary to what she believes, she is operating a kennel.
contrary expanding government growing people twitter
Twitter is growing up, expanding into other countries, and recognizing that the Internet is contrary to what people hoped; the government does reach into the Internet. Rebecca MacKinnon
contrary express guidelines policy state system
To invalidate the Sentencing Guidelines system would also be contrary to the express sentencing policy of this state of maintaining uniformity, proportionality, and predictability in sentencing, Alan Page
contrary happened last night pure
What happened last night was just pure lawlessness. It was contrary to what I think should take place.
contrary elementary goes high level middle played public rivalry school seven six start student time
That rivalry goes through everything, even what student goes to what school. Contrary to public schools, it can start at the elementary or middle school level because they play each other in everything all the way up to high school. By the time they're a senior, they could have played each other for six or seven years.
contrary customer incident information procedures
It was a regrettable incident and is contrary to any of our established procedures at H&R Block. Confidentiality of customer information is our No. 1 priority.
contrary son
That I'm a contrary old son of a bitch, I guess, Merle Haggard