Opposed Quotes

948 Opposed quotes by 792 unique authors

For the first time in her life Granny wondered whether there might be something important in all these books people were setting store by these… — Terry Pratchett
Courage is a decision you make to act in a way that works through your own fear for the greater good as opposed to pure… — Derrick Bell
a swell of gratitude and appreciation for his assistant, as opposed to the murderous rage he felt toward the rest of his staff — Jennifer Egan
The job facing American voters… in the days and years to come is to determine which hearts, minds and souls command those qualities best suited… — Aberjhani
Skill in any performance whether it be in sports in playing the piano in conversation or in selling merchandise consists not in painfully and consciously… — Maxwell Maltz
Collective wisdom, alas, is no adequate substitute for the intelligence of individuals. Individuals who opposed received opinions have been the source of all progress, both… — Bertrand Russell
To be against rationalization is not the same as to be opposed to reasoning. — Christopher Hitchens
Where civilization entailed the corruption of barbarian virtues and the creation of dependent people, I decided, I was opposed to civilization. — J M Coetzee
The jagged mountains were pure blue in the dawn and everywhere birds twittered and the sun when it rose caught the moon in the west… — Cormac McCarthy
Right. As opposed to your cradle-robbing mentor. I don't really see you making much progress with him. — Richelle Mead
sometimes our future is dictated by what we are, as opposed to what we want. — Nicholas Sparks
You find as you look around the world that every single bit of progress in humane feeling, every improvement in the criminal law, every step… — Bertrand Russell
She was a triumph over ugliness, so often more beguiling than real beauty, if only because it contains paradox. In this case, as opposed to… — Truman Capote
I take criticism so seriously as to believe that, even in the midst of a battle in which one is unmistakably on one side against… — Edward Said
We need a home in the psychological sense as much as we need one in the physical: to compensate for a vulnerability. We need a… — Alain de Botton
I am resolutely opposed to all innovation, all change, but I am determined to understand what’s happening. Because I don’t choose just to sit and… — Marshall McLuhan
I've been sniffing out the guys in my English class (to the extent that this is possible without getting my throat cut), but they smell… — Jaclyn Moriarty
Anybody can get chewed out. It's the rare person who says, oh my god, you were right. As opposed to, no wait, the reason is...… — Randy Pausch
Democracy demands that the religiously motivated translate their concerns in to universal, rather than religion-specific, values... it requires that their proposals be subject to argument… — Barack Obama
When you sit in a chair, you are not actually sitting there, but levitating above it at a height of one angstrom (a hundred millionth… — Bill Bryson
Time for Wine Tasting 101. “So here’s how this works. When tasting a wine, as opposed to casual drinking, there are four basic steps you… — Julie James
Tommy grabs my waist and swings me around in a circle. I drag my feet because i am opposed to people touching me when I'm… — Maggie Stiefvater
In the end, everything came down to money. It came down to what a person actually did, as opposed to who they thought they were — Nicholas Sparks
Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded — here and there, now and then —… — Robert A. Heinlein
If there is something in nature you don't understand, odds are it makes sense in a deeper way that is beyond your understanding. So there… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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