Quotes about opposite
opposites tragedy investing
Is there a greater tragedy imaginable than that, in our endeavour consciously to shape our future in accordance with high ideals, we should in fact unwittingly produce the very opposite of what we have been striving for? Friedrich August von Hayek
opposites promise may
Perhaps even more than elsewhere current notions of what is desirable and practicable are here still of a kind which may well produce the opposite of what they promise.
opposites shooting faces
I am the neurological opposite of a psychopath, in that I feel anxious almost all the time. It must be great to not constantly feel like you’ve got someone living inside your face, shooting you with a mini Taser. Jon Ronson
opposites airports atoms
Do you know how hard it is to say nothing? When every atom of you strains to do the opposite? I had practiced not saying anything the whole way from the airport, and it was still nearly killing me. Jojo Moyes
opposites truth-is truth-and-falsehood
You can recognize a small truth because its opposite is a falsehood. The opposite of a great truth is another truth. Niels Bohr
opposites may ifs
If you have a correct statement, then the opposite of a correct statement is of course an incorrect statement, a wrong statement. But when you have a deep truth, then the opposite of a deep truth may again be a deep truth.
opposites ideas great-idea
The opposite of every great idea is another great idea.
opposites truth-is
A deep truth is a truth so deep that not only is it true but it's exact opposite is also true.
opposites rotation traveler
For a traveler going from any place toward the north, that pole of the daily rotation gradually climbs higher, while the opposite pole drops down an equal amount. Nicolaus Copernicus
opposites earth opinion
Among the authorities it is generally agreed that the Earth is at rest in the middle of the universe, and they regard it as inconceivable and even ridiculous to hold the opposite opinion. However, if we consider it more closely the question will be seen to be still unsettled, and so decidedly not to be despised. For every apparent change in respect of position is due to motion of the object observed, or of the observer, or indeed to an unequal change of both.
opposites wish ifs
Much success to you, even if you wish me the opposite. Nas
opposites gains robust
The opposite of fragile is something that gains from disorder. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
opposites journalist consultants
An erudite is someone who displays less than he knows; a journalist or consultant the opposite.
opposites society together
Though they seem at opposite poles, fanatics of all kinds are actually crowded together at one end. It is the fanatic and the moderate who are poles apart and never meet. Eric Hoffer
opposites people serious
People compare me to Angelina Jolie, and she's so serious and stoic. I'm the opposite. Megan Fox
opposites house church
Not far from our house, and opposite the old church with the golden cross, stood a large building, even larger than the church, and having many towers. Max Muller
opposites giving want
Public education was not founded to give society what it wants. Quite the opposite. May Sarton
opposites mind certain
The minute one utters a certainty, the opposite comes to mind.
opposites tension
Tension of opposites. Mitch Albom
opposites people doe
It should be clear that the death penalty does just the opposite of promoting decency and respect for life. It dehumanizes people and promotes murder. It can never be applied fairly. John Morrison
opposites india
Whatever you can rightly say about India, the opposite is also true. Joan Robinson
opposites democracy communism
Democracy is the opposite of totalitarianism, communism, fascism, or mobocracy. Frank Lloyd Wright
opposites lucky schwarzenegger
What's it like being opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger? For me? Are you kidding? Maybe if I'm lucky, come up to his navel! Linda Hunt
opposites sides ends
When we talk about the foreign, the question becomes one of us versus them. But in the end, is one just the opposite side of the other? Lewis H. Lapham
opposites misunderstood gentleman
As a general rule, do not kick the shins of the opposite gentleman under the table, if personally unaquainted with him; your pleasantry is liable to be misunderstood--a circumstance at all times unpleasant. Lewis Carroll
opposites class play
My first acting class was taught by a little known playwright, David Mamet, who then cast me in my first play, opposite John Malkovich. John Mahoney
opposites overwhelming-desire people
But what's true about comedians is that we've all got a huge hole in our personality. In a room of 3,000 people, we're the one person facing in the opposite direction - yet we have this overwhelming desire to be liked. Jimmy Carr
opposites following-the-crowd crowds
After following the crowd for a while, I'd then go 180 degrees in the exact opposite direction. It always worked for me. Elliott Erwitt
opposites heaven stripes
Scientists say every action initiates an equal and opposite reaction. I say that's just the start. I say every action initiates a most unequal and upredictable chain reaction, that every filament of living becomes part of a larger weave, while remaining identifiable. That every line of latitude requires several stripes of longitude to obtain meaning. That every universe is part of a bigger heaven, a heaven of rhythm and geometry, where a heartbeat is the apex of a triangle. Ellen Hopkins
opposites revolution needed
What is needed is not a revolution in the opposite direction, but the opposite of a revolution. Joseph de Maistre
opposites might way
There is a bit of me if I'm pushed in one way I might bounce back and go the opposite. Joseph Fiennes
opposites axes mind
It's a rule worth having in mind. Income almost always flows along the same axis as power but in the opposite direction. John Kenneth Galbraith
opposites flip sides
The truth and its opposite are flip sides of the same coin. Gayle Forman