The intellect is not the means of creation, and creation does not take place through the functioning of the intellect; on the… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
To say that an idea is necessary is simply to affirm that we cannot conceive the contrary; and the fact that we… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
He that rectifies a crooked stick bends it the contrary way, so must he that would reform a vice learn to affect… — Roger Chamberlain Copy Share Image
The statements of certain western officials show that contrary to their absurd claims, westerners are disqualified, and impetuous, lacking any cultural background. — Hamid-Reza Assefi Copy Share Image
From the very beginning I've said to women not to follow the fashion rules blindly, and to adapt clothes to suit who… — Sonia Rykiel Copy Share Image
It is time to recognize a simple fact of life. Contrary to what some of my colleagues seem to believe, tax cuts… — George Voinovich Copy Share Image
We have no reason to expect the quality of intuition to improve with the importance of the problem. Perhaps the contrary: high-stake… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
The adventurous life is not one exempt from fear, but on the contrary, one that is lived in full knowledge of fears… — Paul Tournier Copy Share Image
We are not responsible for the behavior of anyone that goes contrary to what we teach, any more than the Pope of… — Louis Farrakhan Copy Share Image
Contrary to popular assumptions, the Bible is not a record of the blessed good, but rather the blessed bad. That's not a… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
It's totally mistaken to suppose that an armed escort is going to give a journalist any protection - on the contrary, journalists… — Kate Adie Copy Share Image
Contrary to what we've been taught, genes do not determine physical and character traits on their own. Rather, they interact with the… — David Shenk Copy Share Image
The truest definition of evil is that which represents it as something contrary to nature; evil is evil because it is unnatural;… — Frederick William Robertson Copy Share Image
Jefferson refused to pin his hopes on the occasional success of honest and unambitious men; on the contrary, the great danger was… — Daniel J. Boorstin Copy Share Image
And if such malignity is hidden for a time, it proceeds from the unknown reason that would not be known because the… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
Now is not the time to shrink from the challenge of saving our only home in the universe. Now is not the… — Van Jones 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
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
Man is the creature that cannot emerge from himself, that knows his fellows only in himself; when he asserts the contrary, he… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
A potent poison becomes the best drug on proper administration. On the contrary, even the best drug becomes a potent poison if… — Charaka Copy Share Image
The author of the Mahabharata has not established the necessity of physical warfare; on the contrary he has proved its futility. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
That is the mystery: Reading Henry James can yield prose that is contrary to James, yet inspired by him. Who can understand… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
If a man wants to set up as an innkeeper and he does not succeed, it is not comic. If, on the… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
I never suffered from the absence of a father. On the contrary, as a child I was more inclined to see men… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
The submission of her body without love or desire is degrading to the woman's finer sensibility, all the marriage certificates on earth… — Margaret Sanger Copy Share Image
I'm in favor of any form of sexual relationship that gives pleasure to those involved. And I have never heard a convincing… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
You will find it easier to accept contrary views, knowing that you are not defined by anything or anyone external to yourself. — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
Contrary to all those times you've heard a writer confess at a reading that he writes fiction because he is a pathological… — Paul Harding Copy Share Image
It is contrary to our principles to multiply organizations, since, in all conscience, there are enough of them. And when organizations are… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
But on the contrary Wikileaks is under heavy attack by the government and corporations are participating in that by closing down their… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
It is not a gain that guilt should be wholly forgotten. On the contrary, it is loss and perdition. But it is… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
The only thing that might have annoyed some mathematicians was the presumption of assuming that maybe the axiom of choice could fail,… — Alonzo Church Copy Share Image
Belief is reassuring. People who live in the world of belief feel safe. On the contrary, faith is forever placing us on… — Jacques Ellul Copy Share Image
Anyone can achieve something important. Contrary to popular belief, the key is not hard work, but finding the right thing to achieve. — Ernie J Zelinski Copy Share Image
What is contrary to women's nature to do, they never will be made to do by simply giving their nature free play. — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
There is, in fact, nothing about religious opinions that entitles them to any more respect than other opinions get. On the contrary,… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Writing a book is like an unknown abyss, every time. Every book is different. Contrary to what unpublished writers think, it's horrible… — Ethan Canin Copy Share Image
Fame, if not double fac'd, is double mouth'd, And with contrary blast proclaims most deeds; On both his wings, one black, the… — John Milton Copy Share Image
There are (or is) indeed no contradiction between science and religion, the fields of which are different, and which, far from mutually… — African Spir Copy Share Image
I must say that, beyond occasionally exposing me to laughter, my constitutional shyness has been no dis-advantage whatever. In fact I can… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
