To the contrary, I believe the U.S. military has already done all that has been asked of them. Saddam Hussein is on… — Peter DeFazio Copy Share Image
We consider these settlements to be contrary to the Geneva Convention, that occupied territory should not be changed by establishment of permanent… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
One can experience an unconditional affirmation of life only when one has accepted death, not as contrary to life, but as an… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
Why would some all powerful being create creatures capable of reason and then demand that they act in a manner contrary to… — Josh Charles Copy Share Image
The lesson of the way of love is that evil can only be overcome by good. We don't need to reach out… — Peace Pilgrim Copy Share Image
Democracy is not a good that people can enjoy without trouble. It is, on the contrary, a treasure that must be daily… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Contrary to common assumption, many of the wealthiest Americans aren't worried about the weakening economy at all. They are actually excited about… — Jamie Johnson Copy Share Image
Intricate minglings of different uses in cities are not a form of chaos. On the contrary, they represent a complex and highly… — Jane Jacobs Copy Share Image
People generally will soon understand that writers should be judged, not according to rules and species, which are contrary to nature and… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Thus the labour of a manufacture adds, generally, to the value of the materials which he works upon, that of his own… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
Religion assures us that our afflictions shall have an end; she comforts us, she dries our tears, she promises us another life.… — François-René de Chateaubriand Copy Share Image
The chief evil with relation to the body is love for the body and pitying it. This takes away all the soul's… — Theophan the Recluse Copy Share Image
THIS law of nature, being co-eval with mankind and dictated by God himself, is of course superior in obligation to any other.… — William Blackstone Copy Share Image
Contrary to popular stereotypes, seeking simplicity doesn't require that you become a monk, a subsistence forager, or a wild-eyed revolutionary. Nor does… — Rolf Potts Copy Share Image
A strong currency means that American consumers and businesses can buy imported goods and services more cheaply and that inflation and interest… — Robert Rubin Copy Share Image
The maxim that men are not to be praised before their death was invented by envy and too lightly adopted by philosophers.… — Luc de Clapiers Copy Share Image
“I was told that even if I had years of sobriety, I would always be an addict, and I believed it. Since… — Michael J Heil Copy Share Image
I would like to suggest that our minds are swamped by too much study and by too much matter just as plants… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
I am not fully informed of the practices at Harvard, but there is one from which we shall certainly vary, although it… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Disregarding all evidence to the contrary, the student of Truth will maintain that he lives in a PERFECT Universe and among people… — Ernest Holmes Copy Share Image
I firmly believe that the moment our hearts are emptied of pride and selfishness and ambition and self-seeking and every thing that… — Dwight L. Moody Copy Share Image
No sin is committed merely because a thought enters the mind, provided it is not made welcome. Perhaps we may use the… — Norman Vincent Peale Copy Share Image
The development of mathematics toward greater precision has led, as is well known, to the formalization of large tracts of it, so… — Kurt Gödel Copy Share Image
"The myths," says Horace in his Ars Poetica, "have been invented by wise men to strengthen the laws and teach moral truths."… — H. P. Blavatsky Copy Share Image
Sin may then be defined ultimately as anything in the creature which does not express, or which is contrary to, the holy… — J. Oliver Buswell Copy Share Image
The experience of Somalia shows that famine in the late 20th century is not a consequence of a shortage of food. On… — Michel Chossudovsky Copy Share Image
Jesus was not denying the legitimacy of biblical law. On the contrary, He was affirming biblical law. We love God first; God… — Gary North Copy Share Image
If misery spelled revolt, we should have had nothing but revolt from the beginning of time. On the contrary, it is quite… — Christina Stead Copy Share Image
It is most absurdly said, in popular language, of any man, that he is disguised in liquor; for, on the contrary, most… — Thomas de Quincey Copy Share Image
Queen Victoria was loyal and true to the Pope; that is what I was told, and so is Edward the Seventh loyal… — Lady Gregory Copy Share Image
It's not that you aren't likable. On the contrary. You are. It's just that one wonders if you haven't made a career… — Jerzy Kosinski Copy Share Image
If you thought it was impossible for a film to contain less effective comedy than Date Movie, here's evidence to the contrary. — James Berardinelli Copy Share Image
Therefore it is most expedient for the wise, if Don Worm (his conscience) find no impediment to the contrary, to be the… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
The genius of the French language, descended from its single Latin stock, has triumphed most in the contrary direction - in simplicity,… — Lytton Strachey Copy Share Image
For the poet the credo or doctrine is not the point of arrival but is, on the contrary, the point of departure… — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
The separate atoms of a molecule are not connected all with all, or all with one, but, on the contrary, each one… — August Kekule Copy Share Image
Some mathematicians didn't even perceive of the possibility of a picture being helpful. To the contrary, I went into an orgy of… — Benoit Mandelbrot Copy Share Image
When I look up at the screen and see myself I always have to laugh. Not because I think I'm doing a… — Ben Affleck Copy Share Image
Far from being a bad thing to seek advice, you must, on the contrary, do so when the matter is of any… — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image
Intolerance, discourtesy and harshness… are taboo in all good society and are surely contrary to the spirit of democracy. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
