Opposites Quotes · Page 2

[My music] is opposite to fashion.

— Benjamin Clementine

Work is the opposite of creativity.

— Raoul Vaneigem

The opposite of creativity is cynicism

— Esa Saarinen

Opposites attract - and then aggravate.

— Joy Browne

The opposite of nature is impossible.

— R. Buckminster Fuller

Anger destroys, love the heal.

— Meicee

The opposite of sad is down's syndrome.

— Anthony Jeselnik

Injustice and peace cannot co-exist.

— Tasneem Hameed

Now equilibrium is the very opposite of disorder.

— Rudolf Arnheim

Listen to your instincts, then do the opposite.

— Robert W. Bly

In avoiding one vice fools rush into the opposite extreme.

— Horace

Suicide is, after all, the opposite of the poem.

— Anne Sexton

Death is not the opposite of life, but the opposite of choice.

— Robin Hobb

Success lies in the opposite direction of the normal pull.

— Jim Rohn

My acting teacher used to say that people reveal themselves in their opposites.

— Kristin Bauer van Straten

If you're alive, make a lot of noise, because life is the very opposite of death.

— Mel Brooks

Real life consists of the tensions produced by the incompatibility of opposites, each of which is needed

— Anonymous

Don't be so fond of what you planned that somehow to change it seems like a violation of your own choice and…

— Lee Carroll

Some artists shrink from self-awareness, fearing that it will destroy their unique gifts and even their desire to create. The truth of…

— James Broughton

Intellectual elegance [is] a mind that is continually refining itself with education and knowledge. Intellectual elegance is the opposite of intellectual vulgarity.

— Massimo Vignelli

I do keep a tiny little journal in which I write passages that I read and want to hold on to. This…

— Dani Shapiro

They looked at one another in incomprehension, two minds driving opposite ways up a narrow street and waiting for the other man…

— Terry Pratchett

I get the cynicism thing all the time, although I don't really know where that comes from, because I think I'm actually…

— Matt Taibbi

The opposite is beneficial; from things that differ comes the fairest attunement; all things are born through strife.

— Heraclitus

Every piece of remotely responsible research that has been done in the last 20 years on this issue has shown there is…

— Mary Cheney

Many people think that it is the function of a spiritual teaching to provide answers to life's biggest questions, but actually, the…

— Adyashanti

In this respect, I suppose I'm the total opposite of Garry [Kasparov]. With his very emotive body language at the [chess]board he…

— Vladimir Kramnik

Life is a checkerboard, and the player opposite you is time. If you hesitate before moving, or neglect to move promptly, your…

— Elbert Hubbard

“Ordinary people shy away from negative situations, just as they do with failure. They do their best to avoid trouble. What great…

— Ryan Holiday

The British and American literary worlds operate in an odd kind of symbiosis: our critics think our contemporary novelists are not the…

— Will Self

If you can hold the tension of opposite points of view in your intimate relationships with people, instead of making somebody right…

— Connie Zweig

It's this simple law, which every writer knows, of taking two opposites and putting them in a room together. I love anything…

— Trey Parker

We have hitherto considered only two possibilities: that the received opinion may be false, and some other opinion, consequently, true; or that,…

— John Stuart Mill

Let me give you a hint, young ones, what it is you will become as you grow. What things make you cry,…

— Stefanie Schneider

If you use your mind to study reality, you won't understand either your mind or reality. If you study reality without using…

— Bodhidharma

Zero is powerful because it is infinity’s twin. They are equal and opposite, yin and yang. They are equally paradoxical and troubling.…

— Charles Seife

One of the things that adds tension to our lives is small frustrations. Losing car keys can give you a panic attack.…

— Jennifer James

Bell seated himself behind the desk, motioning for Nancy to stand opposite him. There was tense silence for a moment. Then Bell…

— Carolyn Keene

When you get divorced, all the truths that come out, you sit there and go, 'What the f**k was I doing? What…

— Sean Penn

If you are training properly, you should progress steadily. This doesn't necessarily mean a personal best every time you race ... Each…

— Grete Waitz