--- title: "9 Opposite Things Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Opposite Things quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Opposite Things sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/025/zoe-mckey-26329_identity_therefore-your-identity-is-the-opposite_1201489.jpg" --- > [“Therefore, your identity is the opposite of the things you’re trying to avoid.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoe-mckey/therefore-your-identity-is-the-opposite-of-the-things-you-re-trying/) [Zoe McKey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoe-mckey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/025/zoe-mckey-26329_identity_therefore-your-identity-is-the-opposite_1201489.jpg) > [No man is able to make progress when he is wavering between opposite things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/no-man-is-able-to-make-progress-when-he-is-wavering-between-opposite/) [Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epictetus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7dd/epictetus-413_able_no-man-is-able-to-make-progress-when-he_194550.jpg) > [Across planes of consciousness, we have to live with the paradox that opposite things can be simultaneously true.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ram-dass/across-planes-of-consciousness-we-have-to-live-with-the-paradox-that/) [Ram Dass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ram-dass/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fb/ram-dass-784_consciousness_across-planes-of-consciousness-we-have-t_517460.png) > [What White America and Black America wanted and expected from Obama were fundamentally different and opposite things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-reid/what-white-america-and-black-america-wanted-and-expected-from-obama/) [Joy Reid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-reid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eba/joy-reid-6005_america_what-white-america-and-black-america-wan_65566.jpg) > [“I THINK TENSION AND FAITH IN GOD ARE TWO OPPOSITE THINGS.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/usman-hyder/i-think-tension-and-faith-in-god-are-two-opposite-things/) [USMAN HYDER](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/usman-hyder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1dc/usman-hyder-39361_faith_i-think-tension-and-faith-in-god-are-two_280330.jpg) > [What typically happens in government is the exact opposite of how things should work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-hilton/what-typically-happens-in-government-is-the-exact-opposite-of-how/) [Steve Hilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-hilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/184/steve-hilton-5697_government_what-typically-happens-in-government-is_1893556.jpg) > [“Avery." "Cam?" "What are you up to?" "Nothing. Everything." "Those are two opposite things." "I know. Kiss me?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-l-armentrout/avery-cam-what-are-you-up-to-nothing-everything-those-are-two/) [Jennifer L. Armentrout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-l-armentrout/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e2/jennifer-l-armentrout-96_kiss_avery-cam-what-are-you-up-to-nothing-eve_352149.jpg) > [There's a part of you that you can get a hold of, and there's a part of you that you can never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wayne-dyer/there-s-a-part-of-you-that-you-can-get-a-hold-of-and-there-s-a-part/) [Wayne Dyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wayne-dyer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9a/wayne-dyer-158_opposite_there-s-a-part-of-you-that-you-can-get-a_1404632.png) > [Look. We both know life is short, Macy. Too short to waste a single second with anyone who doesn't appreciate and value…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/look-we-both-know-life-is-short-macy-too-short-to-waste-a-single/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7c/sarah-dessen-110_appreciate_look-we-both-know-life-is-short-macy-too_388038.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/opposite-things/#itemlist", "name": "Opposite Things Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Therefore, your identity is the opposite of the things you’re trying to avoid.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Zoe McKey" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoe-mckey/therefore-your-identity-is-the-opposite-of-the-things-you-re-trying/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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Everything.\" \"Those are two opposite things.\" \"I know. Kiss me?”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jennifer L. Armentrout" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-l-armentrout/avery-cam-what-are-you-up-to-nothing-everything-those-are-two/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e2/jennifer-l-armentrout-96_kiss_avery-cam-what-are-you-up-to-nothing-eve_352149.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e2/jennifer-l-armentrout-96_kiss_avery-cam-what-are-you-up-to-nothing-eve_352149.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e2/jennifer-l-armentrout-96_kiss_avery-cam-what-are-you-up-to-nothing-eve_352149.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Avery.\" \"Cam?\" \"What are you up to?\" \"Nothing. Everything.\" \"Those are two opposite things.\" \"I know. Kiss me?” — Jennifer L. 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We both know life is short, Macy. Too short to waste a single second with anyone who doesn't appreciate and value you.\" You said the other day life was long,\" I shot back. \"Which is it?\" It's both,\" she said, shrugging. \"It all depends on how you choose to live it. It's like forever, always changing.\" Nothing can be two opposite things at once,\" I said. \"It's impossible.\" No,\" she replied, squeezing my hand, \"what's impossible is that we actually think it could be anything OTHER than that.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sarah Dessen" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/look-we-both-know-life-is-short-macy-too-short-to-waste-a-single/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7c/sarah-dessen-110_appreciate_look-we-both-know-life-is-short-macy-too_388038.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7c/sarah-dessen-110_appreciate_look-we-both-know-life-is-short-macy-too_388038.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7c/sarah-dessen-110_appreciate_look-we-both-know-life-is-short-macy-too_388038.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Look. We both know life is short, Macy. 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