Quotes about opposite
opposites existence concepts
Without the existence of the opposite, the concept has no meaning. Stephenie Meyer
opposites way action
The worst thing about affirmative action is that it encourages reverse discrimination, so-called because it goes in the opposite way of how we naturally discriminate. Stephen Colbert
opposites perfect unions
The union of opposites, in so far as they are really complementary, always results in the most perfect harmony; and the seemingly incongruous is often the most natural. Stefan Zweig
opposites simplicity latter
Grandeur and beauty are so very opposite, that you often diminish the one as you increase the other. Variety is most akin to the latter, simplicity to the former. William Shenstone
opposites campaigns competence
Our campaign is the opposite of 'competence.' William J. Clinton
opposites choices despair
The opposite of hope is despair, and when we despair, it is because we feel there are no choices. Warren G. Bennis
opposites race earth
It is impossible that there should be inhabitants on the opposite side of the Earth, since no such race is recorded by Scripture among the descendants of Adam. Saint Augustine
opposites walks setting
Let us understand Darwinism so we can walk in the opposite direction when it comes to setting up society. Richard Dawkins
opposites choices speak
Death is always less painful and easier than life! You speak true. And yet we do not, day to day, choose death. Because ultimately, death is not the opposite of life, but the opposite of choice. Death is what you get when there are no choices left to make. Robin Hobb
opposites trying painting
I started with straight, basic, symbolic structures. My problem now is the opposite; as I get older, I try to make my paintings more contrapuntal, richer. Robert Motherwell
opposites facts experts
For every expert there is an equal and opposite expert, but for every fact there is not necessarily an equal and opposite fact. Thomas Sowell
opposites people liberty
Capitalism is not an 'ism.' It is closer to being the opposite of an 'ism,' because it is simply the freedom of ordinary people to make whatever economic transactions they can mutually agree to.
opposites method source
Without precisely defined sources, methods, and concepts, it is possible to see absolutely everything and its opposite. Thomas Piketty
opposites democracy want
We want capitalism and market forces to be the slave of democracy rather than the opposite.
opposites directors remember
It was actually the opposite of what a director once said to me. He said, 'Remember, everyone is here to serve you.' And as he walked away, I thought to myself, 'It's exactly the opposite: I'm here to serve everyone. Rob Marshall
opposites people balance
There are a lot of things that I love, but if you're just completely invested in those things, their opposite can kick you over... So the trick is finding out how to maintain your balance when you're in situations with the people who make you happy and when you're not. Rebecca De Mornay
opposites ordinary behavior
I'm intrigued by how ordinary behavior exists so close beside its opposite. Richard Ford
opposites decision mouths
There's no wobble in Bush. If anything, the opposite. Right after hello, the next words out of his mouth are: I've never been more convinced that the decisions I made are the right decisions. Rich Lowry
opposites addiction alternatives
Contemplation is an alternative consciousness that refuses to identify with or feed what are only passing shows. It is the absolute opposite of addiction, consumerism or any egoic consciousness. Richard Rohr
opposites waiting wish
Maybe my sister and I shared more than we thought. We were both waiting and wishing for something we couldn't completely control: I wanted to be alone, and she the total opposite. It was weird, really, to have something so contrary in common. But at least it was something. Sarah Dessen
opposites giving actors
Anyone who has been given the gift of being opposite an actor who gives and gives, it just makes you better. Sandra Bullock
opposites want moments
I don't want to not enjoy where I am at this very moment. So, every time I plan something the exact opposite happens. I hope that I'm always satisfied and content like I am right at this very moment.
opposites people way
It is a weird thing, because most people tend to get more conservative as they get older, but I find myself going the opposite way. I am sure that by the end I will be selling Marxist pamphlets on the Holloway Road. Rory Bremner
opposites unity wavering
The wavering multitude is divided into opposite factions. Virgil
opposites feel-good feelings
Feeling good and feeling bad are not necessarily opposites. Both at least involve feelings. Any feeling is a reminder of life. The worst 'feeling' evidently is non-feeling. Willard Gaylin
opposites expression wave
"We must learn that the electric Universe of motion is divided into wave cycles which are equally divided into opposite expressions" Walter Russell
opposites balance becoming
Action and reaction are equal and opposite, and are expressed simultaneously. Sequentially they are repeated in reverse, the reaction becoming the action and the action the reaction.
opposites faithful luck
There is one curious fact noticeable in regard to this thing called "luck," which is, that while it is made responsible for any turn of affairs that we feel to be discreditable to us, it rarely has credit for an opposite state of things; but, like most other faithful allies in victory, comes poorly off. William Matthews
opposites sides fanatics
A fanatic is always the fellow that is on the opposite side. Will Rogers
opposites differences judging
The comparison between Coleridge and Johnson is obvious in so far as each held sway chiefly by the power of his tongue. The difference between their methods is so marked that it is tempting, but also unnecessary, to judge one to be inferior to the other. Johnson was robust, combative, and concrete; Coleridge was the opposite. The contrast was perhaps in his mind when he said of Johnson: "his bow-wow manner must have had a good deal to do with the effect produced. Virginia Woolf
opposites two people
Never were two people more opposite in sentiment than my companions.
opposites body chess
In this respect, I suppose I'm the total opposite of Garry [Kasparov]. With his very emotive body language at the [chess]board he shows and displays all his emotions. I don't. Vladimir Kramnik
opposites imagination normal
The imagination is the power that enables us to perceive the normal in the abnormal, the opposite of chaos in chaos. Wallace Stevens