“For, medicine being a compendium of the successive and contradictory mistakes of medical practitioners, when we summon the wisest of them to… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
The difference between ignorant and educated people is that the latter know more facts. But that has nothing to do with whether… — Michael Moore Copy Share Image
We talk about equality, about happiness, about freedom - and about the spiritual values of religion, and about God - and in… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
“Poststructuralism. . . . is a form of literary criticism that uses elaborate wordplay to prove its central premise, that all language… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
How could two teams of scientists come to such obviously contradictory conclusions on seemingly every point that matters in the debate over… — Joseph L. Bast Copy Share Image
If we consider the actual basis of this information [i.e., intelligence], how unreliable and transient it is, we soon realize that war… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don't compromise,… — Andrew Carnegie Copy Share Image
A book which the Mohammedans foolishly believe to have been written by divine inspiration, but which Christians know to be a wicked… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Only the # gospel can do two seemingly contradictory things: destroy pride and increase courage. — John Piper Copy Share Image
Prayer and action...can never be seen as contradictory or mutually exclusive. Prayer without action grows into powerless pietism, and action without prayer… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
If only all the contradictory voices shouting in my head would calm down and sing a song in unison, whatever it was… — Ralph Ellison Copy Share Image
I'm always kind of contradictory to what people want and what's selling. But maybe I should care now because I have two… — Manolo Blahnik Copy Share Image
The more readings a novel has, even contradictory, the better. In journalism, you talk about what you know; you have provided yourself… — Rosa Montero Copy Share Image
I know that sounds contradictory - you're going on a journey, but once you know who your characters are, you become more… — Kim Longinotto Copy Share Image
Power is not a matter of one dominant individual or institutions, but instead manifests in interconnected, contradictory sites where regimes of knowledge… — Dean Spade Copy Share Image
I began dividing life in absolutes... Things and people were either perfectly bad, or perfectly good, and when life didn't obey this… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Life is so urgent and necessitates living slow. It's only the amateurs-and that I've been, and it's been ugly-who thinks slow and… — Ann Voskamp Copy Share Image
It is a fascinating fact that father and son have given the most striking evidence for the apparently contradictory properties of the… — Max Born Copy Share Image
Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge. They are chaotic, sometimes painful, sometimes contradictory, but they come from deep within… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
It is impossible! It has never happened - it cannot happen in the very nature of things. Marriage is something against nature.… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
I need to find avenues to express all of my creativity. There's always polarizing forces. Sometimes I feel like my work is… — Becky Stark Copy Share Image
“Fire like fear, like panic, like one more minute of this and I'll die if he doesn't knock at my door, but… — André Aciman Copy Share Image
The myths and legends about Faerie are many and diverse, and often contradictory. Only one thing is certain - that nothing is… — Brian Froud Copy Share Image
