“Yes, the Gorgon has dried your tears,” he said. “Well, she opened my eyes too; it's a delusion to say that she… — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
We do not believe that if you cut back what government does you diminish its authority. On the contrary, a government that… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Mysteries do not lose their poetry when solved. Quite the contrary; the solution often turns out more beautiful than the puzzle and,… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Faith never goes contrary to reason -- faith simply ignores reason and rises above it. — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
It is certain that despotism ruins individuals by preventing them from producing wealth much more than by depriving them of what they… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Give me a dozen healthy infants, well-formed, and my own specified world to bring them up in and I'll guarantee to take… — John B. Watson Copy Share Image
Shall we have recourse to the art of printing? But this has not destroyed property or aristocracy or corporations or paper wealth… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Men are seldom born brave but they acquire courage through training and discipline - a handful of men inured to war proceed… — Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus Copy Share Image
You think Christianity is favorable to women? On the contrary. It is the Christian countries that have produced the prostitute and the… — Dorothy Richardson Copy Share Image
Morality, after all, has nothing to do with selflessness. On the contrary, self-interest is precisely the basis of the categorical imperative. — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
If all were equalized by death, as the medieval idea constantly emphasized, was it not possible that inequalities on earth were contrary… — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
We foresee no limit to scientific advancement in the future, and in scientific truth there is nothing dead; science is always a… — George Edward Woodberry Copy Share Image
If we simply follow the rules that a state imposes upon us when that state is acting contrary to the public interest,… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
As an actress, I think I really understand that stage where you think you are picking reality in order to feed the… — Ludivine Sagnier Copy Share Image
I shall suggest, on the contrary, that all communication relies, to a noticeable extent on evoking knowledge that we cannot tell, and… — Michael Polanyi Copy Share Image
Liberal capitalism is not at all the Good of humanity. Quite the contrary; it is the vehicle of savage, destructive nihilism. — Alain Badiou Copy Share Image
I devour nature ceaselessly. I exaggerate, sometimes I make changes in the subject; but still I don't invent the whole picture. On… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
“I have the choice of being constantly active and happy or introspectively passive and sad. Or I can go mad by ricocheting… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
Unless and until it can be proven that an unborn child is not a living human being, can we justify assuming without… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The rage for wanting to conclude is one of the most deadly and most fruitless manias to befall humanity. Each religion and… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
I have terrible periods of lack of confidence. I just don't believe I can do it and no evidence to the contrary… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
Not a single illegal immigrant should or need enter the United States, not one. Contrary to the common wisdom, the borders are… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to write a book relating my experiences growing up as a deaf child in Chicago. Contrary to what people… — Marlee Matlin Copy Share Image
Contrary to all the blather we here about the unique goodness of the American people or our religious heritage or anything else,… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
Remember, the first presidential candidate to reject public financing for both the primary and general election was... Barack Obama, in 2008. He… — Jeff Greenfield Copy Share Image
