Counter Quotes

410 Counter quotes by 359 unique authors

Religious faith in the case of the Hindus has never been allowed to run counter to scientific laws, moreover the former is never made a… — Romain Rolland
Proverbs, and the wisdom literature in general, counter the idea that being spiritual means handing all decisions over to the leading of the Lord. The… — Graeme Goldsworthy
California is a tragic country — like Palestine, like every Promised Land. Its short history is a fever-chart of migrations — the land rush, the… — Christopher Isherwood
"Sentimentalist" is the abuse with which people counter the accusation that they are cruel, thereby implying that to be sentimental is worse that to be… — Brigid Brophy
I have already prepared my counter proposal. It reads thusly: you may strategically place your wonderful lips upon my posterior and kiss it repeatedly! — Barnabas
Yves Saint Laurent liked women to put their hands in their pockets, or to hold cigarettes, and act a bit like boys. It was to… — Carine Roitfeld
It [love] is a disease to be born with patience, like any nervous complaint, and to be treated with counter-irritants. — Henry Adams
It is often a mistake to combine two pleasures, because pleasures, like pains, can act as counter-irri-tants to each other. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Pushing any truth out very far, you are met by a counter-truth. — Henry Ward Beecher
A drug for everything is madness. Legal or not, prescribed or not, over-counter under-counter bought for blood on street-corners-every pill separates us from knowing our… — Richard Bach
Woman's normal occupations in general run counter to creative life, or contemplative life, or saintly life. — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
A dramatist is one who from his earliest years has found that sheer gazing at the shocks and counter-shocks among people is quite sufficiently engrossing… — Thornton Wilder
When I put magic into a book - whether it's a wizard or a crusty old werewolf - I'm asking a reader to swallow a… — Patricia Briggs
So I am totally aware that when I defend the autonomy of art I'm going counter to my own development. It's more an instinctive reaction,… — Thom Mayne
So I've gone in and out of the U.N., working on counter-terrorism, on U.N. reform, on peacekeeping, peace and security issues, many things through the… — Edward Luck
It had not yet been named Silicon Valley, but you had the defense industry, you had Hewlett-Packard. But you also had the counter-culture, the Bay… — Erik Qualman
Significant steps have been taken since 9-11 to protect out country here at home, but much remains to be done, Americans from across the political… — Warren Rudman
I've found that sitting around and obsessing about projects moving forward, when there's actually nothing I can do about it, at a certain point, is… — Danny Strong
Seal Team Six is a different unit than the rest of the SEAL teams inasmuch as they concentrate primarily on one thing, counter-terrorism, hostage rescue. — Howard E. Wasdin
Standing behind a kitchen counter telling people about what ingredients to put in a pot didn't feel right. — Trisha Yearwood
According to the Bank of England the economy is growing too fast so interest rates must rise to counter the supposed inflationary threat. In lay… — Harry Enfield
Sometimes, when you have someone behind the counter who's supposed to assist you and help you out, just being completely bored and uninterested - sometimes… — Caroline Dhavernas
The driving force behind the liberal counter-offensive in Europe has been a reaction against irresponsibility. — Jacques Delors
Fruit often ends up rotting in the crisper drawer. Well, that's the wrong place to put it. Out of sight, out of mind. The kids… — Tyler Florence
Just because one likes to cook up a great meal or decorate their home doesn't mean they have to do it with granite counter tops… — Nadia Giosia

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