Contrary to current cynicism about past golden ages, the abstraction known as 'the intelligent layperson' does exist - in the form of… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
There are two consequences in history; an immediate one, which is instantly recognized, and one in the distance, which is not at… — François-René de Chateaubriand Copy Share Image
Contrary to popular belief, I'm not promiscuous. There does seem to be a mistaken belief out there that I am sexually available… — Scarlett Johansson Copy Share Image
Congress should not establish a religion, and enforce the legal observation of it by law, nor compel men to worship God in… — James Madison Copy Share Image
I believed in belief, for its own shining sake. To believe in the face of utter hopelessness, every article of evidence to… — Lance Armstrong Copy Share Image
The little may contrast with the great, in painting, but cannot be said to be contrary to it. Oppositions of colors contrast;… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Infidelity and faith look both through the perspective glass, but at contrary ends. Infidelity looks through the wrong end of the glass;… — Joseph Hall Copy Share Image
Advanced technology does not always promise a more intelligent civilization. On the contrary, the more the common people rely on technology to… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
May I say, finally, that I have no illusions of grandeur; quite to the contrary, I am very humble in my knowledge… — Ralph Thomas Walker Copy Share Image
Hollywood is not stupid, contrary to popular belief; it's really a lot of intelligent people trying to figure things out. — Peter Berg Copy Share Image
It would seem, after this, that even when living upon earth we must live as if in the heavenly kingdom, dwelling there… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
If an opinion contrary to your own makes you angry, that is a sign that you are subsciously aware of having no… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
It is a false principle that because we are entirely occupied with ourselves, we must equally occupy the thoughts of others. The… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
I am responsible for my fate, I am the bringer of good unto myself, I am the bringer of evil. I am… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Anyone who clings to the historically untrue-and thoroughly immoral-doctrine that, 'violence never settles anything' I would advise to conjure the ghosts of… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
I say to you with all the fervor of my soul that God intended men to be free. Rebellion against tyranny is… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
These examples of the lack of simplicity in English and French, all appearances to the contrary, could be multiplied almost without limit… — Edward Sapir Copy Share Image
I always disagree, however, when people end up saying that we can only combat Communism, Fascism or what not if we develop… — George Orwell 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
I am not a great theologian. I know there is a theological concept called invincible ignorance in which a strong enough faith… — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
Whatsoever is contrary to nature is contrary to reason, and whatsoever is contrary to reason is absurd. — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share Image
Faith is conviction without evidence, and sometimes even in the face of contrary evidence. In some quarters, this quality is perceived as… — Jack McDevitt Copy Share Image
Every science in a certain degree starts from faith, and, on the contrary, faith, which does not lead to science, is mistaken… — Abraham Kuyper Copy Share Image
Obasanjo has openly endorsed violence as a means of governance, embraced and empowered individuals whose avowed declarations, confessions and acts are cynically… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
Most observers of the French Revolution, especially the clever and noble ones, have explained it as a life-threatening and contagious illness. They… — Novalis Copy Share Image
