How long is this posthumous life of mine to last?

The time that one gains cannot be accumulated in a storehouse; it is contradictory to want to save up existence, which, the fact is,…

— Simone de Beauvoir

A language possesses utility only insofar as it can construct conventional boundaries. A language of no boundaries is no language at all, and thus…

— Ken Wilber

Wise people are able to give themselves gracefully to seemingly contradictory experiences, because they know that they belong to different seasons of life, all…

— Sam Keen

We've got a great team sport, but we harp on about individuals. It's a bit contradictory.

— Alun Wyn Jones

In years to come, he would be a giver of bread, not a stealer - proof again of the contradictory human being. So much…

— Markus Zusak

Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised.

— Andrew Carnegie

Ruth and I don't have a perfect marriage, but we have a great one. How can I say two things that seem so contradictory?…

— Billy Graham

“Away from Lev, she craves his need for her. When with him, it enervates. Why is that? She cannot help it. Nothing to be…

— Emma Richler

“Throughout my life, I have always felt torn between my dual contradictory natures. I'm the obedient daughter and devoted friend, but also a self-destructive…

— Elyse Schein

When faced with a loss, it is no use trying to recover what has gone. On the other hand, a great space has been…

— Paulo Coelho

The typical white intellectual considers himself superior to ordinary white people for two contradictory reasons: a] he constantly proclaims belief in human equality, but…

— Steve Sailer

It is only through literature that one can put oneself in someone else’s shoes and understand the other’s different and contradictory sides and refrain…

— Azar Nafisi

The form most contradictory to human life that can appear among the human species is the "self-sat-isfied man.

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

A girl asks her doctor, "Doctor, I've forgotten to take my contradictory pill!" The doctor says: "Are you ignorant?" The girl says: "Yes, three…

— Frank Carson

“Is this a Kurdish thing?’ ‘What?’ ‘Being deliberately contradictory?”

— Ian McDonald