Opposing Quotes

218 quotes by 191 authors

Yes, there are plenty of heroes and heroines everywhere you look. They are not famous people. They are generally obscure and modest people doing useful… — Edward Abbey
We used to laugh at our small selves, saying that I was a bad girl trying to be good and that he was a good… — Patti Smith
Like all people, we perceive the version of reality that our culture communicates. Like others having or living in more than one culture, we get… — Gloria E. AnzaldÃºa
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And… — William Shakespeare
Human rights' are a fine thing, but how can we make ourselves sure that our rights do not expand at the expense of the rights… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
There is a dualism inherent in democracy--opposing forces pushing against each other, always. Culture clashes. Different belief systems. All coming together to create this country.… — Libba Bray
There is a contemptibly quiet path for all those who are afraid of the blows and clamor of opposing forces. There is no honorable fighting… — J. G. Holland
The truly wise talk little about religion and are not given to taking sides on doctrinal issues. When they hear people advocating or opposing the… — George MacDonald
Having a puppet is a way of having opposing opinions - I say a thing; he says the other. — Nina Conti
Americans for Tax Reform is a national taxpayer organization dedicated to opposing any and all tax increases. We work at the national, state and local… — Grover Norquist
The experience of opposing mass movements was acquired by the KGB during perestroika. It was then that the politicians decided to develop and nourish mass… — Vladimir Bukovsky
We must develop as quickly as possible technologies that make possible a direct connection between brain and computer, so that artificial brains contribute to human… — Stephen Hawking
By giving professors jobs for life, universities create a feeling of unanswerable power among too many. Tenured professors who are uninterested in serving the student… — Ben Shapiro
Far from trying to rig the system, I have spent decades opposing cronyism and all political favors, including mandates, subsidies and protective tariffs - even… — Charles Koch
If President Obama really means what he has said repeatedly about supporting the aspirations of the Egyptian people, then he will have to recognize that… — Cynthia P. Schneider
For many years as a foreign correspondent, I not only worked alongside human rights advocates, but considered myself one of them. To defend the rights… — Stephen Kinzer
I guess more players lick themselves that are ever licked by an opposing team. The first thing any man has to know is how to… — Connie Mack
If our country is to reach a workable solution to the abortion issue, the Democratic party must be open to and tolerant of opposing views. — Robert Casey
Vote counting and ballot collecting does not occur in the light of day. There are too many occasions when observers and opposing parties lose contact… — Bob Schaffer
The metropolis reveals itself as one of those great historical formations in which opposing streams which enclose life unfold, as well as join one another… — Georg Simmel

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