Quotes about opposites
opposites humanity adequate
The adequate study of culture, our own and those on the opposite side of the globe, can press on to fulfillment only as we learn today from the humanities as well as from the scientists. Ruth Benedict
opposites disorder equilibrium
Now equilibrium is the very opposite of disorder. Rudolf Arnheim
opposites want poverty
Everybody in politics claims to want to get everybody out of poverty. What's the opposite? Wealth. And what is often criticized by the left? Wealth. Rush Limbaugh
opposites scales feathers
A feather will weigh down a scale when there is nothing in the opposite one. Thomas Malthus
opposites want waste
Why do we have to spend our lives striving to be something that we would never want to be, if we only knew what we wanted? Why do we waste our time doing things which... are just the opposite of what we were made for? Thomas Merton
opposites people boundaries
After 1945 what happened was rather the opposite: with one major exception boundaries stayed broadly intact and people were moved instead. Tony Judt
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 next brutality
The anger and the brutality against everything can readily from one hour to the next be transformed into its opposite. Thomas Bernhard
opposites long
Manuel Corpas is long and lean-the opposite of Olmedo Saenz. Vin Scully
opposites views perfect
We all know those who draw their boundaries carefully and say, "I'm only human. Nobody's perfect. I accept my limitations." And we know others who take an opposite view and say, "I can do anything I choose to do. It is in my power to change the world." And those are the ones who most often change the world. Richard Bach
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 way chance
Ignore the conventional wisdom. If everybody else is doing it one way, there’s a good chance you can find your niche by going in exactly the opposite direction. Sam Walton
opposites funny-things envy
The funny thing about insane people is that it is kind of the opposite of being a celebrity. Nobody envies you. Robert M. Pirsig
opposites done information
The purpose of scientific method is to select a single truth from among many hypothetical truths. That, more than anything else, is what science is all about. But historically science has done exactly the opposite. Through multiplication upon multiplication of facts, information, theories and hypotheses, it is science itself that is leading mankind from single absolute truths to multiple indeterminate, relative ones.
opposites balance weight
Songwriting is the other weight on the opposite side of the scale from touring. They balance me out creatively. Tommy Shaw
opposites fascination looks
Viscosity and velocity are opposites, yet they can look the same. Viscosity causes the stillness of disinclination, velocity causes the stillness of fascination. An observer can't tell if a person is silent and still because inner life has stalled or because inner life is transfixingly busy. Susanna Kaysen
opposites bird safe
This is what birds see. Only they're free and safe. The very opposite of me. Suzanne Collins
opposites fine
How are you managing? And don't say you're fine." It's true. Whatever the opposite of fine is, that's what I am.
opposites fine
Whatever the opposite of fine is, that's what I am.
opposites actresses
That's why I'm an actress, to do something completely opposite from myself Taryn Manning
opposites theatre bob
I combined theatre and films with live TV, such as The Royal Variety Show, performing sketches opposite Bob Hope and Maurice Chevalier. Shirley Eaton
opposites two goal
Mind and intuition are at opposite ends of the same continuum and our goal is to strike a healthy balance between the two. Shakti Gawain
opposites intuition mind
Your intuition is not the same thing as your mind. In fact, intuition is really the opposite of your mind - and you need to use BOTH in living your day-to-day life.
opposites balance want
Freedom and relationship are polar opposites - they both exist on the same continuum. You DO want a relationship - and you DO want freedom - what you really want is BALANCE, you want wholeness.
opposites said
The opposite of fear," Dienekes said, "is love. Steven Pressfield
opposites people changed
She thought of how much people changed you. It was the opposite of what you always heard, that no one could change a person. It wasn't true. It was only through other people that one ever did change. Susan Minot
opposites trying scared
I was walking around trying to act cool, like I had no fear at all. But I was afraid, afraid that somebody would find out just how scared I was. Now I'm finally realizing that fear is the opposite of love. Stevie Ray Vaughan
opposites feelings perception
The comic is the perception of the opposite; humor is the feeling of it. Umberto Eco
opposites firsts opposites-attract
At first opposites attract. Then opposites attack. Rick Warren
opposites feet four
My sister and I are opposites in many ways. She is six feet tall, while I'm five feet four. Tracy Austin