For every romantic possiblity, no matter how robust, there exists at least one equal and opposite sentence, phrase, or word capable of… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
Many investors make the mistake of buying high and selling low while the exact opposite is the right strategy to outperform over… — John Paulson Copy Share Image
Everything is true; only the opposite is true too; you must believe both equally or be damned. — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
“Nobody understood why opposites attracted, and anybody who said they did was probably selling a book.” — Lynn Blackmar Copy Share Image
You can achieve anything if you believe in yourself. But the opposite is also true; without strong self-belief you will not go… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I've never found therapy to be a sign of weakness; I've found the opposite to be true. The willingness to have a… — Brooke Shields Copy Share Image
I've always been the opposite of a paranoid. I operate as if everyone is part of a plot to enhance my well-being. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Perhaps she was both child and woman, darkness and light, past and present, life and death - all the opposites contained and… — Paule Marshall Copy Share Image
My life has been the polar opposite of safe, but I am proud of it and so is my son, and that… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Wishful thinking is not idealism. It is self-indulgence at best and self-exaltation at worst. In either case, it is usually at the… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
I was walking around trying to act cool, like I had no fear at all. But I was afraid, afraid that somebody… — Stevie Ray Vaughan Copy Share Image
...when two opposite points of view are expressed with equal intensity, the truth does not necessarily lie exactly halfway between them. It… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
People ask me if I believe in things: in God, in astrology, and I say, absolutely! I believe in everything! And I… — John Patrick Shanley Copy Share Image
Eve doubted God, and I as a child of God am now to be exactly the opposite: I am to believe him.… — Francis Schaeffer Copy Share Image
Gardening is not trivial. If you believe that it is, closely examine why you feel that way. You may discover that this… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
Whenever I meet people for the first time, I get them to talk for ten minutes. Then I size them up from… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Water and petrol both come from the earth, and though they seem to be alike and even the same, they are in… — Sadhu Sundar Singh Copy Share Image
What we need more of is slow art: art that holds time as a vase holds water: art that grows out of… — Robert Hughes Copy Share Image
When you're working with film, you can only shoot one angle at a time, and then everything has to stop, and you… — Chris Pratt Copy Share Image
As soon as we ask what faith is and what sort of mistreatment of faith causes doubt, we are led to the… — Os Guinness Copy Share Image
For though ours is a godless age, it is the very opposite of irreligious. The true believer is everywhere on the march,… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
The most inspiring drummer for me is Stewart Copeland from The Police. The Police are the first band I can remember really… — Panda Bear Copy Share Image
We all admire the courageous person and quite often consider the individual who lacks courage, a coward. However, that is not how… — Bob Proctor Copy Share Image
A very common symptom in maniacal conditions is erotic excitement. This varies from mere coquetry, a somewhat extended application of the command… — Daniel Hack Tuke Copy Share Image
Auden said poetry makes nothing happen. But I wonder if the opposite could be true. It could make something happen. — Carol Ann Duffy Copy Share Image
For a traveler going from any place toward the north, that pole of the daily rotation gradually climbs higher, while the opposite… — Nicolaus Copernicus Copy Share Image
Stressing output is the key to improving productivity, while looking to increase activity can result in just the opposite. — Paul Gauguin Copy Share Image
When you feel destructive, negative emotions like hate and anger arise within you towards the person opposing you; cultivate the opposite state… — Sharon Gannon Copy Share Image
You can put down a bad book; you can avoid listening to bad music; but you cannot miss the ugly tower block… — Renzo Piano Copy Share Image
But success and failure are not true opposites, and they're not even in the same class. I mean, they're not even a… — Lillian Hellman Copy Share Image
A marriage of opposites - modern elements with antique pieces - highlights both their individuality and compatibility. — Nancy Price Copy Share Image
Juliana's a year older than me, but she sometimes seems younger - mostly because she's the opposite of cynical and I'm the… — Claire LaZebnik Copy Share Image
Some people think that because they do the opposite of what they are asked to do, they have initiative — Ovid Copy Share Image
Love and fear are the two opposite ends of the continuum, as far as I'm concerned. When we are not in love,… — Jack Canfield Copy Share Image
We were so different but opposites attract my hope kept growing, and I'm never looking back :) — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Everyone thinks I'm some big drug addict and loser because of the parts I play - quite the opposite. I decided to… — Taryn Manning Copy Share Image
In life's work, bliss and sacrifice are two sides of the same coin, complementary opposites. — Laurence Boldt Copy Share Image
How did thie person-someone I'd imagined would be my polar opposite-always seem to find the things that would make me the happiest? — Kiera Cass Copy Share Image
“There will always be new opposites, class struggles and uprisings. History has no ending.” — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
“Opposites don't just attract they freaking catch fire and burn the entire city down1” — Jay Crownover Copy Share Image
