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410 Counter quotes by 359 unique authors

I don't really read too much. It really is counter to my energy. I can't sit down and concentrate on words. — Charlie Bewley
An electron is no more (and no less) hypothetical than a star. Nowadays we count electrons one by one in a Geiger counter, as we… — Arthur Eddington
Many emerging countries are facing the same issue of overheating and inflation because they have been vigorously expanding fiscal and monetary policy to counter the… — Sri Mulyani Indrawati
You know, one of these things that happened in the '60s and '70s was this confluence of, sort of, a counter-culture with computer culture. — Walter Isaacson
The most stupid mistake a counter-insurgency operation can make is alienating the population. If you alienate the population, you're finished. — Meles Zenawi
If you can defend, counter-attack and take the initiative then you become a more dangerous player. — Jo Durie
I`m very proud of the fact that Israel is the one country in a very broad radius that - in which Arabs have free and… — Benjamin Netanyahu
An idol may be undeified by many accidental causes. Marriage, in particular, is a kind of counter apotheosis, as a deification inverted. When a man… — Joseph Addison
In experimental art, men are given the exact specifications of coming violence to their own psyches from their own counter-irritant or technology... But the counter-irritant… — Marshall McLuhan
We love the blather and boast, the charge and counter-charge of campaigning. Governing is a tougher deal. — Hugh Sidey
Taking our stand on the immovable rock of Christ's character we risk nothing in saying that the wine of miracle answered to the wine of… — Abraham Coles
The spirit, if it could be seen with mortal eyes, would appear in bodily shape like a full-grown person with individual endowments that make it… — Harold B. Lee
Kirshna says its better to be a winner than a loser. It runs counter to what a lot of people whould think, because they have… — Frederick Lenz
People want to buy cheap and sell dear; this by itself makes them countertrend. But the notion of cheapness or dearness must be anchored to… — William Eckhardt
Deceit for personal gain is one of history's most recurring crimes. Man's first step towards change would be thinking, counter-arguing, re-thinking, twisting, straightening, perfecting, then… — Criss Jami
It is ignorance that is at times incomprehensible to the wise; for instance, he may not see 'the positive person' or 'the negative person' in… — Criss Jami
It is never ridicule, but a compliment, that knocks a philosopher off his feet. He is already positioned for every possible counter-attack, counter-argument, and retort...only… — Criss Jami
Our goal is not to assume leadership of existing institutions, but rather to render them irrelevant. We don't want to take over the state or… — Kevin Carson
The SPR is intended to provide relief at times when working families are struggling to make ends meet, and to counter the price shocks that… — Bill Vaughan
All serious art, music, literature is a critical act. It is so, firstly, in the sense of Matthew Arnold's phrase: "a criticism of life." Be… — George Steiner
Earth is abundant with plentiful resources. Our practice of rationing resources through monetary control is no longer relevant and is counter-productive to our survival. — Jacque Fresco
To counter the avoidance of intellectual challenge and responsibility, we must reduce the domination of certainty in education. — William Glasser
I waited at the counter of a white restaurant for eleven years. When they finally integrated, they didn't have what I wanted. — Dick Gregory
The decisions of law courts should never be printed: in the long run, they form a counter authority to the law. — Denis Diderot
My only advantage as a reporter is that I am so physically small, so temperamentally unobtrusive, and so neurotically inarticulate that people tend to forget… — Joan Didion

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