Contradicting Quotes
47 quotes by 45 authors
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If anyone accuses me of contradicting myself, I shall reply; I have been wrong once or more often, however I do not aspire to be…
— Luc de Clapiers
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The very things I used to be told off for - daydreaming, exaggerating, making mistakes, wild guessing, contradicting, spying, being obsessive, being reckless - for…
— Selima Hill
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Some devout Christians are among the most fervent advocates of the death penalty, contradicting Jesus Christ and justifying their belief on an erroneous interpretation of…
— Jimmy Carter
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Those disputing, contradicting, and confuting people are generally unfortunate in their affairs. They get victory, sometimes, but they never get good will, which would be…
— Benjamin Franklin
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I write plays because writing dialogue is the only respectable way of contradicting yourself. I put a position, rebut it, refute the rebuttal, and rebut…
— Tom Stoppard
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My favorite six letter word is always because it promises so much. My favorite five letter word is never because it insists on contradicting the…
— Kate DiCamillo
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When you want to attract something into your life, make sure your actions don’t contradict your desires.. Think about what you have asked for, and…
— Rhonda Byrne
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A religion contradicting science and a science contradicting religion are equally false.
— P D Ouspensky
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Looking back, I still can't believe how unprofessional the news media was. So much spin, so few hard facts. All those digestible sound bites from…
— Max Brooks
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Humans generally get out the gist of what they need to say right at the beginning, then spend forever qualifying, contradicting, burnishing or taking important…
— Richard Ford
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man is free, in so far as he has the power of contradicting himself and his essential nature. Man is free even from his freedom;…
— Paul Tillich
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In a way, literature is true than life,' he said to himself. 'On paper, you say exactly and completely what you feel. How easy it…
— Simone de Beauvoir
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If he exalts himself, I humble him. If he humbles himself, I exalt him. And I go on contradicting him Until he understands That he…
— Blaise Pascal
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We're always contradicting ourselves. We want people to tell us apart.... ...yet we don't want them to be able to. We want people to get…
— Bisco Hatori
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...churchgoing is not synonymous with personal spirituality. There are some people who get so busy in church worship and projects that they become insensitive to…
— Stephen Covey
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I write plays because dialogue is the most respectable way of contradicting myself.
— Tom Stoppard
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The joy is an absurd yellow tulip, popping up in my life, contradicting all the evidence that shows it should not be there.
— Marya Hornbacher
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Anyway, members of the Inquisitorial Squad do have the power to dock points so, Granger, I'll have five from you for being rude about our…
— Joanne Kathleen Rowling
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However, he also trusted me to make my own decisions. Contradicting me or telling me what to do wasn't in his nature - even though…
— Richelle Mead
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A scene of Mahabharata where the Surya Devta(Sun God)would come to bless Kunti with a baby The child watching this on TV says "I have…
— Ravinder Singh
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