Antagonist Quotes

57 Antagonist quotes by 43 unique authors

All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths. — Jean de La Fontaine
No man is an island- he is a holon. A Janus-faced entity who, looking inward, sees himself as a self-contained unique whole, looking outward as… — Arthur Koestler
Envy is the antagonist of the fortunate. — Epictetus
From a real antagonist one gains boundless courage. — Franz Kafka
There are few situations in life that cannot be resolved promptly, and to the satisfaction of all concerned, by either suicide, a bag of gold,… — Ernest Bramah
To captivate our varied and worldwide audience of all ages, the nature and treatment of the fairy tale, the legend, the myth have to be… — Walt Disney
In matching your wits against yourself you take on the shrewdest and wiliest antagonist you can have, and consequently a victorious outcome in this duel… — Dorothea Brande
If Henry James were still with us, he'd not only approve of Paris, He Said, he could have written it himself, though without his serpentine… — Rosellen Brown
Martyrs do not underrate the body, they allow it to be elevated on the cross. In this they are at one with their antagonists. — Franz Kafka
I just want to be a part of great stories, whether I'm part of an amazing ensemble cast or I'm leading it or the antagonist… — Zoe Saldana
Faith and doubt both are needed - not as antagonists, but working side by side to take us around the unknown curve. — Lillian Smith
What’s this? What are the antagonists doing here – infiltrating their own audience? Well, they’re not really. It’s somebody else’s audience at the moment, and… — Thomas Pynchon
The freedom of speech of private individuals includes the right to not agree, not to listen, and not to finance one's own antagonists. — Ayn Rand
It's rather disconcerting to sit around a table in a critique of someone else's work, only to realize that the antagonist in the story is… — Michelle Richmond
Again, somehow, one saw life, a pure bead. I lifted the pencil again, useless though I knew it to be. But even as I did… — Virginia Woolf
So my antagonist said, "Is it impossible that there are flying saucers? Can you prove that it's impossible?" "No", I said, "I can't prove it's… — Richard P. Feynman
More grass means less forest; more forest less grass. But either-or is a construction more deeply woven into our culture than into nature, where even… — Michael Pollan
I should learn to run, to wrestle, to swim, to ride horses, to row, to drive a car, to fire a rifle. I should fill… — Nikos Kazantzakis
It almost seems as though this roiling world is conspiring to test our patience at every turn. In fact, it is. With this in mind,… — Surya Das
Truth never envelops itself in mystery, and the mystery in which it is at any time enveloped is the work of its antagonist, and never… — Thomas Paine
The devil was a great loss in the preternatural world. He was always something to fear and to hate; he supplied the antagonist powers of… — William Hazlitt
If you have to be the antagonist, you often have a lot more creative powers. You have a lot more color to you. — Unknown Author
In all our pictures, we had an antagonist who becomes the good guy, and the underdog fulfills his quest. — Unknown Author
A stage play is basically a form of uber-schizophrenia. You split yourself into two minds - one being the protagonist and the other being the… — David Mamet
Remember that when you meet your antagonist, to do everything in a mild agreeable manner. Let your courage be keen, but, at the same time,… — Richard Brinsley Sheridan

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