Contrary Quotes

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In order to dance well, nothing is so important as the turning outwards of the thigh; and nothing is so natural to men as the… — Jean-Georges Noverre
The hair of his face, on the contrary, carroty and flaming, resembled a growth of copper wire clipped short to the line of the lip;… — Joseph Conrad
The only thing that might have annoyed some mathematicians was the presumption of assuming that maybe the axiom of choice could fail, and that we… — Alonzo Church
If an opinion contrary to your own makes you angry, that is a sign that you are subconsciously aware of having no good reason for… — Bertrand Russell
Probably the worst thing that has happened in America in my time is the decay of confidence in the courts. No one can be sure… — H. L. Mencken
All statutes to the contrary are revoked. — Paulo Coelho
What do you think an artist is An imbecile who has only his eyes if he is a painter, or his ears if he is… — Pablo Picasso
For action, whatever its immediate purpose, also implies relief at doing something, anything, and the joy of exertion. This is the optimism that is inherent… — Blaise Cendrars
No quality of human nature is more remarkable, both in itself and in its consequences, than that propensity we have to sympathize with others, and… — David Hume
See now the power of truth; the same experiment which at first glance seemed to show one thing, when more carefully examined, assures us of… — Galileo Galilei
Allowing the U.S. government to intimidate its people with threats of retaliation for revealing wrongdoing is contrary to the public interest. — Edward Snowden
To believe in Jesus is to accept what he says, even when it runs contrary to what others are saying. It means rejecting the lure… — Pope John Paul II
At present, intelligent people do not have their children vaccinated, nor does the law now compel them to. The result is not, as the Jennerians… — George Bernard Shaw
Machiavelli is the complete contrary of a machiavellian, since he describes the tricks of power and gives the whole show away. The seducer and the… — Maurice Merleau-Ponty
All laws which can be violated without doing any one any injury are laughed at. Nay, so far are they from doing anything to control… — Baruch Spinoza
It might sound contrary to the wisdom of the world to suggest that one who is burdened with sorrow should give thanks to God. But… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
For there is no sex. There is but sex that is oppressed and sex that oppresses. It is oppression that creates sex and not the… — Monique Wittig
Women are such contrary creatures when it comes to sex. You parade around like scantily clad vixens but blush when you're caught staring at the… — Katie MacAlister
It is not my behavior to either wear minimum clothes, to band or to even be comfortable with a sex-symbol label. I just want to… — Katrina Kaif
What culture lacks is the taste for anonymous, innumerable germination. Culture is smitten with counting and measuring; it feels out of place and uncomfortable with… — Jean Dubuffet

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