Contrary Quotes

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To promote a woman to bear rule, superiority, dominion, or empire above any realm, nation, or city, is repugnant to nature; contumely to God, a… — John Knox
When your intention is great enough you will ALWAYS find the time and energy to accomplish your desires. You can state excuses to the contrary,… — James Arthur Ray
I am not Christ or a philanthropist, old lady, I am all the contrary of a Christ I fight for the things I believe in,… — Che Guevara
For the beloved should not allow me to turn my infantile fantasies into reality: On the contrary, he should help me to go beyond them. — Frantz Fanon
I now add, farther, that the apostles argument is so far from proving it to be the duty of people to obey, and submit to,… — Jonathan Mayhew
They are more properly â€˜The Messengers of Satan to buffet us.â€™ No rulers are properly Godâ€™s ministers, but such as are â€˜just, ruling in the… — Jonathan Mayhew
Love God, and do as you like, say the Free Spirits. Yes; but as long as you like anything contrary to God's will, you do… — Meister Eckhart
Definitions, contrary to popular opinion, tell us nothing about things. They only describe people's linguistic habits; that is, they tell us what noises people make… — S I Hayakawa
Contrary to what many may think, immortality is not a fairy tale invented to compensate for an unhappy life. — Stephen R. Lawhead
In the absence of evidence to the contrary, always assume you have the upper hand. — Ronnie Montrose
Things can never be as they were. It's astonishing how we comment on change, as if change is something remarkable. On the contrary, not to… — Shashi Deshpande
If you are among those who believe that the U.S. has the best healthcare system in the world - despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary… — Wendell Potter
The work of science has nothing whatever to do with consensus. Consensus is the business of politics. Science, on the contrary, requires only one investigator… — Michael Crichton
The law has been perverted, and the powers of the state have become perverted along with it. The law has not only been turned from… — Frederic Bastiat
They say that vegetable food is not sufficiently nutritious. But chemistry proves the contrary. So does physiology. So does experience....And again: the largest and strongest… — R. Trall
No tribal rite has yet been recorded which attempts to keep winter from descending; on the contrary: the rites all prepare the community to endure,… — Joseph Campbell
The man who occupies the first place in an undemocratic state can give himself any award that takes his fancy, but it does not increase… — Dmitri Volkogonov
Contrary to popular opinion, 'Leave it to Beaver' was not a documentary. — Stephanie Coontz
When does a session of The Theatre of the Oppressed end? Never â€“ since the objective is not to close a cycle, to generate a… — Augusto Boal
Contrary to popular opinion, classical music does not have to be enjoyed amid exclusive circles, there need not be any snobbishness attached to it. It's… — Andre Rieu

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