Contradict Quotes

156 quotes by 143 authors

I think if we didn't contradict ourselves, it would be awfully boring. It would be tedious to be alive. — Paul Auster
Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider. — Francis Bacon
I think the existence of zombies would contradict certain laws of nature in our world. It seems to be a law of nature, in our… — David Chalmers
Who can deny that all men are violent lovers of the truth, when we see them so positive in their errors, which they will maintain… — Jonathan Swift
Let thy carriage be such as becomes a man grave settled and attentive to that which is spoken. Contradict not, at every turn, what others… — George Washington
At this stage you must admit that whatever is seen to be sentient is nevertheless composed of atoms that are insentient. The phenomena open to… — Lucretius
To know and not to know, to be conscious of complete truthfulneÂss while telling carefully constructeÂd lies, to hold simultaneoÂusly two opinions which cancelled out,… — George Orwell
When law and morality contradict each other, the citizen has the cruel alternative of either losing his moral sense or losing his respect for the… — Frederic Bastiat
A central lesson of science is that to understand complex issues (or even simple ones), we must try to free our minds of dogma and… — Carl Sagan
Two truths cannot contradict one another. — Galileo Galilei
Those who deny the existence of the truth postulate the truth of their denial and plainly contradict themselves. — Antonio Machado
Truth is the proper and sufficient antagonist to error, and has nothing to fear from the conflict, unless, by human interposition, disarmed of her natural… — Thomas Jefferson
How to read writers on writing: With respect, amusement, and skepticism. They will contradict one another-as they should-for each writer brings an individual history to… — Donald Murray
We must not contradict, but instruct him that contradicts us; for a madman is not cured by another running mad also. — Antisthenes
The IPCC 'policy summaries,' written by a small group of their political operatives, frequently contradict the work of the scientists that prepare the scientific assessments.… — Peter Friedman
The First Law of Journalism: to confirm existing prejudice, rather than contradict it. — Alexander Cockburn
[T]he true key for the construction of everything doubtful in a law is the intention of the law-makers. This is most safely gathered from the… — Thomas Jefferson
Im a shy person. I contradict my own profession, because Im an introvert in a very glamorous world. — Deepika Padukone
For faith, properly understood, does not contradict reason in the least; indeed...it is nothing less than the will to keep one's mind fixed precisely on… — Edward Feser
Read deeply, not to believe, not to accept, not to contradict, but to learn to share in that one nature that writes and reads. — Harold Bloom

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