Opposed Quotes

948 Opposed quotes by 792 unique authors

I also like to look at the dynamic that takes place between religion and science because, in a way, both are asking the same questions:… — J. Michael Straczynski
I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself than this incessant business. — Henry David Thoreau
Climbing has worked for me in a number of ways on Capitol Hill. I'm much more inclined to look at what people do, as opposed… — Mark Udall
The skeptic does not mean him who doubts, but him who investigates or researches, as opposed to him who asserts and thinks that he has… — Miguel de Unamuno
At your worst point, the quickest way to move through it is to be a contribution as opposed to focusing on your problems. If you… — Iyanla Vanzant
As a Senator I am opposed to duelling. As Ben. Wade, I recognize the code. — Benjamin F. Wade
I think writing really helps you heal yourself. I think if you write long enough, you will be a healthy person. That is, if you… — Alice Walker
I hope I'm in a position to make stuff that I really want to make as opposed to stuff that I just have to make… — Paul Walker
I'm a big cockeyed optimist. I try to accentuate the positive as opposed to the negative. — Betty White
I'm not going to say I was opposed to the Vietnam War. I'm going to say I'm opposed to war. But I'm also opposed to… — John Wooden
One can cite cases of Negroes who opposed emancipation and denounced the abolitionists. — Carter G. Woodson
Our children lost our direction because they have been compromised. They have found freedom at the ballot box, and then they have taken on plastic… — Andrew Young
In 1949 there was a new thing called Television, to which my agency and advisers opposed as a performance medium. — Loretta Young
Most of my success, I feel, comes from being a good editor as opposed to a great writer. — Tucker Max
Sometimes the house of the future is better built, lighter and larger than all the houses of the past, so that the image of the… — Gaston Bachelard
Whenever governments adopt a moral tone - as opposed to an ethical one - you know something is wrong. — John Ralston Saul
With some notable exceptions, businessmen favor free enterprise in general but are opposed to it when it comes to themselves. — Milton Friedman
There's something desirable about anything you're used to as opposed to something you're not. — John Steinbeck
Nowadays, anyone who wishes to combat lies and ignorance and to write the truth must overcome at least five difficulties. He must have the courage… — Bertolt Brecht
Grace is not opposed to effort, it is opposed to earning. Earning is an attitude. Effort is an action. Grace, you know, does not just… — Dallas Willard
Politics is opposed to morality, as philosophy to naïveté. — Emmanuel Levinas
Take the Kama Sutra. How many people died from the Kama Sutra as opposed to the Bible? Who wins? — Frank Zappa
A lot of people were opposed to it. A lot of people were for it. I myself think about it as little as possible. — Kurt Vonnegut
A good working definition of fanaticism is that you are so convinced of your views and policies that you are sure that anyone who opposed… — Orson Scott Card
Now that im older i'm more aware of things that make me feel complete as a person. I'm trying to concentrate on those things as… — Mary-Kate Olsen

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