To arrive at a contradiction is to confess an error in one's thinking; to maintain a contradiction is to abdicate one's mind… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
There are several states where you can get married. But I think I can say without fear of contradiction, 'Paradise awaits.' We'll… — Neil Abercrombie Copy Share Image
Irony is the bringing together of two contradictory truths and to make out of the contradiction a new truth, with a laugh… — Anne Hathaway Copy Share Image
I say things that contradict each other, that are in real tension with each other, that compose me, that make me live,… — Jacques Derrida Copy Share Image
There were so few black men who were successful and who successfully conveyed black male fear - how America can make you… — Hilton Als Copy Share Image
I am interested in a political art, that is to say an art of ambiguity, contradiction, uncompleted gestures and uncertain ending -… — William Kentridge Copy Share Image
Speech is civilization itself. The word, even the most contradictions word, preserves contact - it is silence which isolates. — Thomas E. Mann Copy Share Image
Some dreams we have are nothing else but dreams, Unnatural and full of contradictions; Yet others of our most romantic schemes, Are… — Thomas Hood Copy Share Image
…You see, my dear friend, I am made up of contradictions, and I have reached a very mature age without resting upon… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Most people assume that a muse is a creature of perfect beauty, poise and grace. Like the creatures from Greek mythology. They're… — Kathleen Tessaro Copy Share Image
An opinion, right or wrong, can never constitute a moral offense, nor be in itself a moral obligation. It may be mistaken;… — Frances Wright Copy Share Image
Developing a character with genuine depth requires a focus on not just desire but how the character deals with frustration of her… — David Corbett Copy Share Image
America's the great conundrum and the great dream and the great fascination: the new land, the new world, the new temple, the… — Anne Waldman Copy Share Image
Christianity - An old metaphysical romance, filled with marvels, contradictions, and absurdity, born in the ardent imagination of Orientals, has spread into… — Frederick The Great Copy Share Image
It is dull enough to confuse the eye in following, pronounced enough to constantly irritate and provoke study, and when you follow… — Charlotte Perkins Gilman Copy Share Image
The happy ending of the fairy tale, the myth, and the divine comedy of the soul, is to be read, not as… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
In the theater there is often a tension, almost a contradiction, between the way real people would think and behave, and a… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
Since I am no longer affiliated with any organization nor receiving any funding, I can speak quite frankly…As a scientist I remain… — Joanne Simpson Copy Share Image
“If they were right, there was an absence of conflict not only over the specific case of cosmology but, in principle, over… — Gary B. Ferngren Copy Share Image
These little contradictions are in all of us. They're in me at least. And so I forgot that I had been awake… — John Green Copy Share Image
You can make an interesting character in a small portion of a movie, for a character that doesn't have that much on… — Joel Kinnaman Copy Share Image
You can always find contradictions and hope, in hopeless circumstances, and a sense of redemption in somebody who makes the same mistake,… — Chris Bauer Copy Share Image
Obviously, anyone in contradiction with authority must possess equivalent knowledge and additional fact in order to sustain his argument. — Samuel Homola Copy Share Image
The heavens, with their everlasting faithfulness, look down on no sadder contradiction than the sluggard and the slattern in their prayers. — James Martineau Copy Share Image
This contradiction lies here: they wish God, and they wish humanity. They persist in connecting two terms which, once separated, can come… — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
The contradictions the mind comes up against, these are the only realities, the criterion of the real. There is no contradiction in… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
We live on the brink of disaster because we do not know how to let life alone. We do not respect the… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“Reason quite properly rejects contradiction, but rationalism abhors mystery, which every heresy attempts in its own way to resolve.” — Michael S. Horton Copy Share Image
These eyes have seen no conviction. Just lies and more contradiction. So tell me what would you say I'd say it's time… — Sum 41 Copy Share Image
“Brainstorm and make impossible possible. Make contradictions realistic. As if a contradiction is the other name of impossibility? Or simply impossible when… — Priyavrat Thareja Copy Share Image
Optimism, then, is a fact within my own heart. But as I look out upon life, my heart meets no contradiction. The… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
Insight into the two selves within a man clears up many confusions and contradictions. It was our understanding that preceded our victory. — Vernon Howard Copy Share Image
“This man—this impeccable, mortal creature. A figurine on the stage of life, outwardly flawless yet perfectly destructible. What hidden forces animated this… — Z.K. Kostka Copy Share Image
Perfect life is a contradiction in terms. Therefore we must always expect to find things not up to our highest ideal. Knowing… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
When I first met you, I felt a kind of contradiction in you. You’re seeking something, but at the same time, you… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Look for the contradictions in every character, especially in your heroes and villains. No one should be what they first seem to… — Elia Kazan Copy Share Image
The Bible contains some of the most sublime passages in English literature, but is also full of contradictions, inconsistencies, and absurdities. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
No contradictions will arise as long as Finite Man does not mistake the infinite for something fixed, as long as he is… — Carl Friedrich Gauss Copy Share Image
I came to trust in Jesus as my Savior after a two-year personal study of the Bible that convinced me that Scripture… — Hugh Ross Copy Share Image
Contradictions make people feel off. They'll say, "Hey, you just said this and now this person is doing that, how is that… — Paul Beatty Copy Share Image
