Fact explains nothing. On the contrary, it is fact that requires explanation. — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
Muhammad professed to derive from Heaven, and he has inserted in the Koran, not only a body of religious doctrines, but political… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Someone who expresses a view that is contrary to the view of the overwhelming majority should be allowed to stand undisturbed as… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
For it is necessary in every practical science to proceed in a composite (i.e. deductive) manner. On the contrary in speculative science,… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
When a man has his heart in the right place and good taste, he can not only do well in politics but… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
You have to do every movie one at a time. Trilogy is contrary to this ideology. My nightmare is to wake up… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
I don't think the whole of Iraq would be under al-Sadr, but I think he would be the predominant force on the… — Patrick Cockburn Copy Share Image
It is not hateful to say that an immoral action is sinful. On the contrary, the most compassionate thing we can do… — Thomas J. Paprocki Copy Share Image
Making money and making the world a better place are not contrary to one another. — Robert Kiyosaki Copy Share Image
Contrary to what we conclude naturally, the gospel is not too good to be true. It is true! Its the truest truth… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
Do not, however, mistake me. It is not to my good friend's heresy that I impute his honesty. On the contrary, 'tis… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Despite its protests to the contrary, modern Christianity has become willy-nilly the religion of the state and the economic status quo. Because… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is thus quite simply false that whereof one cannot speak (in the sense of 'there is nothing to say about it… — Alain Badiou Copy Share Image
I believe that all women of working ages and physical capacity, regardless of income, should be expected to earn their livings either… — Mary Barnett Gilson Copy Share Image
Our credulity is a part of the imperfection of our natures. It is inherent in us to desire to generalize, when we… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Contrary to popular opinion, the Constitution was not - and is not - a grant of rights to the citizenry. Instead, the… — Jacob G. Hornberger Copy Share Image
I think my Wallander stories give a fairly good image of the world in the 1990s. I don't regret anything about that… — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
I don't think the world will destroy itself in a nuclear cataclysm. On the contrary, we have the capacity to save ourselves… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
It is clear that the main tenet of socialism, community of goods, must be utterly rejected, since it only injures those whom… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
The wrath of God is a way of saying that I have been living in a way that is contrary to the… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
There is nothing illegal in keeping up a tomb; on the contrary, it is a very laudable thing to do. — Ryan Lindley Copy Share Image
Don't flatter yourselves that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. On the contrary, the nearer you come into… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr Copy Share Image
