I was a book editor for nine years. I'm familiar with the opposite experience, bracing myself for the likelihood that no one… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
As a composer you want to tell musicians two completely contradictory things. You want to say, "Play exactly what I wrote, but… — Nico Muhly Copy Share Image
The absurdity of public-choice theory is captured by Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen in the following little scenario: "Can you direct me… — Linda McQuaig Copy Share Image
The moment at which two people, approaching from opposite ends of a long passageway, recognize each other and immediately pretend they haven… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
We know a thing by its opposite corollary; hot by having experienced cold; good by having decided what is bad; love by… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
Hillary Clinton has a real history of uniting people, of being able to work with both Republicans and Democrats, of trying to… — Natalie Portman Copy Share Image
In nightlife you can do anything you want, because that is the fantasy life, the opposite of your daily life. Everything -… — Eddy de Clercq Copy Share Image
It follows at once from the last proposition that the centre of gravity of any triangle is at the intersection of the… — Archimedes Copy Share Image
The opposite of security is insecurity, and the only way to overcome insecurity is to take risks. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Sometimes there are two very opposite directions, and we go with the stronger one at the end. It's an impulse thing, like,… — Marc Jacobs Copy Share Image
As a writer, I've often said that, among the other things that we need to reclaim, other than the obscene wealth of… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
I enjoy the risk of bungee-jumping. I used to pay money to do it. Now, it's the opposite. I get paid to… — Akshay Kumar 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
A film, since it is primarily a visual medium, should really be like a silent film. You should be able to watch… — Tom Ford Copy Share Image
There is a bit of me if I'm pushed in one way I might bounce back and go the opposite. — Joseph Fiennes Copy Share Image
There are also two kinds of truths, those of reasoning and those of fact. Truths of reasoning are necessary and their opposite… — Gottfried Leibniz Copy Share Image
I love my accent, I thought it was useful in Gone In 60 Seconds because the standard villain is upper class or… — Christopher Eccleston Copy Share Image
But the real secret to lifelong good health is actually the opposite: Let your body take care of you. — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
First of all, there are those who simply don't care for [Bob] Dylan, or at least, don't think he's that great. Some… — David Bennun Copy Share Image
Verily has man freewill to control his actions. That my Father-Mother has given to man as his inheritance. But the control of… — Walter Russell Copy Share Image
In my experience, it's common that deep truths exist at both extremes of a dialectic, and the wisest stance on an issue… — Joe Lonsdale Copy Share Image
As if there could be true stories: things happen in one way, and we retell them in the opposite way. — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
“Opposites are not always contradictions they can be complimentary.” — Steven Redhead Copy Share Image
