Contrary Quotes

1184 quotes by 895 authors

My disorder has been attended with several symptoms of a consumption; and I have been at times apprehensive that my great change was at hand:… — David Brainerd
The mainstream media may have trouble resisting the temptation to declare that Karl Rove has been demoted, but the truth is quite the contrary. By… — Fred Barnes
People tend to think that because I'm a performer and I don't go to a regular high school that I haven't personally been affected by… — Ariana Grande
I'm not at all an active feminist. On the contrary, I'm a bourgeois. I love family life, I love doing the same thing every day. — Carla Bruni
Working in Tokyo has convinced me that, contrary to what people think, it is actually one of the world's most beautiful cities. — Tadao Ando
For it is necessary in every practical science to proceed in a composite (i.e. deductive) manner. On the contrary in speculative science, it is necessary… — Thomas Aquinas
This new force, which was unknown until now, is common to organic and inorganic nature. I do not believe that this is a force entirely… — Jons Jacob Berzelius
On the one hand, man is a body, in the same way that this may be said of every other animal organism. On the other… — Peter L. Berger
The sense of community does not arise out of collective movement, nor from conforming to some group direction. Quite the contrary. Each individual tends to… — Carl Rogers
Just as a moral distinction is drawn between "those at risk" and "those posing a risk", health education routinely draws a distinction between the harm… — Deborah Lupton
Contrary to what you may think, an immoral act of any kind will only lower your self-esteem. Be true to yourselves, and your respect for… — Gordon B. Hinckley
Matter is a term contrary to soul. But nonsoul is its contradictory. Whatever is not soul is nonsoul. — Virchand Gandhi
The central ideas of Christianity, an angry God and vicarious atonement, are contrary to every fact in nature, as also to the better aspirations of… — Virchand Gandhi
Contrary to widespread belief, I do know something about science. — Nick Kroll
The idea that somebody who has done something horrible in a war is not willing to talk about it for 32 years is hardly a… — Bob Kerrey
It is idle to say that nations can struggle to outdo each other in building armaments and never use them. History demonstrates the contrary, and… — Frank B. Kellogg
I use contrary-ism in every part of my life. — Tibor Kalman
Contrary to what we, the people, have been told, we are the power; we have supreme authority because we are the masses and true power… — James Morcan
Contrary to popular misconception, Islam does not mean peace but rather means submission to the commands of Allah alone. Therefore, Muslims do not believe in… — Anjem Choudary
If anything pass in a religious meeting seditiously and contrary to the public peace, let it be punished in the same manner and no otherwise… — Thomas Jefferson

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