Opposed Quotes

948 Opposed quotes by 792 unique authors

An elephant is vastly more efficient, metabolically, than a mouse. It's the same for a megacity as opposed to a village. But an elephant can… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
So give me a turbulent world as opposed to a quiet world and I'll take the turbulent one. — Andy Grove
The great creators - the thinkers, the artists, the scientists, the inventors - stood alone against the men of their time. Every great new thought… — Ayn Rand
It is only because the majority opinion will always be opposed by some that our knowledge and understanding progress... it is always from a minority… — Friedrich August von Hayek
That's the conundrum of cartoon stripping, as opposed to political cartoons. When your anger is the driving force of your drawing hand, failure follows. The… — Berkeley Breathed
If someone does offer you a job, say 'yes.' You can always quit later. Then at least you'll be one of the unemployed as opposed… — Stephen Colbert
Can Ken Starr ignore the apparent breadth of the sympathetic response to the President's speech? Facially, it finally dawned on me that the person Ken… — Keith Olbermann
I'm still strongly opposed to antismoking laws, strongly opposed to any law that regulates personal behavior. — John Perry Barlow
My dad was vehemently opposed to electric guitars. He did not look on that kind of music as legitimate in any way — Dan Fogelberg
It's true that there are people who live the idea of being an artist, as opposed to the idea of making art, — Daniel Alarcon
It's impossible for a creative artist to be either a Puritan or a Fascist, because both are a negation of the creative urge. The only… — Liam O'Flaherty
Being non-commercial is never an ambition. Movies come together at different points for fortuitous reasons. You do them as you get the opportunity, as opposed… — Ethan Coen
Men, God is not opposed to greatness. God is opposed to pride. Big difference. Unfortunately, it is a difference not widely understood or embraced. — Tony Evans
Who freed the slaves? To the extent that they were ever u2018freed,' they were freed by the Thirteenth Amendment, which was authored and pressured into… — Lerone Bennett, Jr.
Lincoln is theology, not historiology. He is a faith, he is a church, he is a religion, and he has his own priests and acolytes,… — Lerone Bennett, Jr.
As a former Catholic, and as someone who even today is not opposed to being called a Christian, I felt I had every right to… — Andres Serrano
Who are your heroes? Why do you look up to them? Why do we respect those who live and think for themselves as opposed to… — Kat Von D
We need an opposition to remind us if we are making mistakes. When you are not opposed you think everything you do is right. — Mahathir Mohamad
I do not believe that just because you're opposed to abortion, that that makes you pro-life. In fact, I think in many cases, your morality… — Joan D. Chittister
The spirit of revolution, the spirit of insurrection, is a spirit radically opposed to liberty — Francois Guizot
Our public schools need to be in the control of parents and the community, as opposed to businessmen who see the $23 billion budget as… — Charles Barron
I’m a feminist so I believe in inhabiting contradictions. I believe in making contradictions productive, not in having to choose one side or the other… — Angela Davis
It’s in our interest to take care of others. Self-centrednes s is opposed to basic human nature. In our own interest as human beings we… — Dalai Lama
I came to see that the world is always as it should be, whether I opposed it or not. — Byron Katie
Have you considered that the Bible, like all religious doctrine, may be allegorical and symbolic, to direct us toward one holy entity of love, as… — Russell Brand

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