That adage about 'Write what you know' is basically the opposite of the way I function. I write about what I'm curious… — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
If gold has been prized because it is the most inert element, changeless and incorruptible, water is prized for the opposite reason… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom. If everybody else is doing it one way, there's a good chance… — Sam Walton Copy Share Image
I don't think I should accept other people's suffering because I suffered. Just the opposite, because I suffered I don't want others… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Every man on earth is sick with the fever of sin, with the blindness of sin and is overcome with its fury.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Do we secretly idolize our imagined opposites, yearning to become the role models for others we know we could never be for… — John Waters Copy Share Image
Most people are trying to go digital, and trying to do different things with poetry. McSweeney's is going in the opposite direction… — Victoria Chang Copy Share Image
When you put the subjectivity of the art together with the context of the science, you have this very powerful conjunction of… — James Balog Copy Share Image
I'm kind of concerned the combined effect, not only Google, all these companies is kind of to make us more boring and… — Tim Wu Copy Share Image
Let us realize that engagement and detachment aren't opposite-the more engaged we become, the more detached we will have to be.. — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
Instead of satisfying me, the kisses have the opposite effect, of make my need greater. I thought I was something of an… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
When an economist says the evidence is "mixed," he or she means that theory says one thing and data says the opposite. — Richard Thaler Copy Share Image
A feather will weigh down a scale when there is nothing in the opposite one. — Thomas Malthus Copy Share Image
Heroes and scholars represent the opposite extremes... The scholar struggles for the benefit of all humanity, sometimes to reduce physical effort, sometimes… — Santiago Ramon y Cajal Copy Share Image
excuse me' he added, taking the opera glasses out of her hands and looking over her bare shoulder at the row of… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Seek out habits that help you overcome fear or inertia. Destroy those that do the opposite. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
What particular experiences will nourish your soul? No one can prescribe that for you; it is something only you can know and… — Jean Shinoda Bolen Copy Share Image
Confuse not love with the raptures of possession, which bring the cruellest of sufferings. For, notwithstanding the general opinion, love does not… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
Agitate! Agitate! Ought to be the motto of every reformer. Agitation is the opposite of stagnation - the one is life, the… — Ernestine Rose Copy Share Image
The opposite of simplicity is not complexity, but fragmentation and alienation. — Mark Sheppard Copy Share Image
How many times have you struggled with the interpretation of certain Biblical texts related to the time of Jesus' return because they… — Gary DeMar Copy Share Image
Real people conceive originality then think, write but never read of others' posts to copy to follow and the copycats follow exactly… — Anuj Copy Share Image
We know broadly from research is that religiosity does not correlate with sympathy for terrorism. It's actually quite the opposite. The more… — Chuck Todd Copy Share Image
