Contrary to the cliche', genuinely nice guys most often finish first or very near it. — Steve Forbes Copy Share Image
The grace of God is love freely shown toward guilty sinners, contrary to their merit and indeed in defiance of their demerit. — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
To know whether photography is or is not an art matters little. What is important is to distinguish between good and bad… — Tina Modotti Copy Share Image
Catholicism is contrary to human liberty. Catholicism bases salvation upon belief. Catholicism teaches man to trample his reason under foot. And for… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Evil borders upon good, and vices are confounded with virtues; as the report of good qualities is delightful to a well-disposed mind,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My mission is to see things as they are. Exactly contrary of a mission. — Emile M. Cioran Copy Share Image
But having considered everything which has been said, one could by this believe that the earth and not the heavens is so… — Nicole Oresme Copy Share Image
It's the notion that there is no perfection - that there is a broken world and we live with broken hearts and… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
I did not imitate the skeptics who doubt only for doubting's sake, and pretend to be always undecided; on the contrary, my… — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
The next time someone asks for your opinion, and you know it’s contrary to that person’s viewpoint, take the risk of putting… — Lois P Frankel Copy Share Image
Acting in different languages doesn't stop you from growing; on the contrary, for an artiste, it helps a lot. — Abhimanyu Singh Copy Share Image
Contrary to popular belief, we (millennials) can't be won back with hipper worship bands, fancy coffee shops, or pastors who wear skinny… — Rachel Held Evans 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
Contrary to popular belief. It's much wiser to take money from the poor than the rich. — Mike Royko Copy Share Image
I continue to believe, contrary to the given wisdom, that it's more interesting to have an album - or, indeed, an individual… — Peter Hammill Copy Share Image
A Lincolnesque leader is confident enough to be humble - to not feel the need to bluster or dominate, but to be… — Evan Thomas Copy Share Image
It is contrary to reasoning to say that there is a vacuum or space in which there is absolutely nothing. — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
Let us not look east and west for materials of conversation, but rest in presence and unity. A just feeling will fast… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
But if one Subject giveth Counsell to another, to do anything contrary to the Lawes, whether that Counsell proceed from evil intention,… — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
Liftoff is very, very gentle, contrary to what most people think. Because you remember, the weight of the booster - the amount… — John Glenn Copy Share Image
The Obama administration already claims the power to wage endless and boundless war, in virtually total secrecy, and without a single meaningful… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
We have lived our lives by the assumption that what was good for us would be good for the world. We have… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
It grants you the power to judge others and feel superior to them. You believe you are living to a higher standard… — William P. Young Copy Share Image
Contrary to any claim of a systematically “neutral” effect of taxation on production, the consequence of any such shortening of roundabout methods… — Hans-Hermann Hoppe Copy Share Image
Treat with utmost respect your power of forming opinions, for this power alone guards you against making assumptions that are contrary to… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
