Opposite Quotes

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We moved leisurely towards Mount Foster, on the 22nd, and arrived opposite to it a little before sunset. — Charles Sturt
Anytime I was challenged and told I couldn't do something, I would absolutely have to prove the opposite. And I did. — Heather Mills
Anyone who has had actual contact with the making of the inventions that built the radio art knows that these inventions have been the product… — Edwin Howard Armstrong
Pugsley's First Law of Government: All government programs accomplish the opposite of what they are designed to achieve. — John Pugsley
It is perplexing to see the flexibility of the so-called 'exact sciences' which by cast-iron laws of logic and by the infallible help of mathematics… — Vasco Ronchi
The artist is the opposite of the politically minded individual, the opposite of the reformer, the opposite of the idealist. The artist does not tinker… — Henry Miller
Failure is not the opposite to success, it's a stepping stone to success. If our primary goal is to be approved of, then we are… — Arianna Huffington
If you are training properly, you should progress steadily. This doesn't necessarily mean a personal best every time you race ... Each training session should… — Grete Waitz
There are two sorts of truth: trivialities, where opposites are clearly absurd, and profound truths, recognised by the fact that the opposite is also a… — Niels Bohr
Death is not the opposite of life. Life has no opposite. Death is the opposite of birth. — Eckhart Tolle
A government that intended to protect the liberty of the people would not disarm them. A government planning the opposite most certainly and logically would… — Charley Reese
Republicans have become the party of red, white and blue rose colored glasses. By drowning out criticism with USA! USA!, they prevent this country from… — Bill Maher
Even when all is known, the care of a man is not yet complete, because eating alone will not keep a man well; he must… — Hippocrates
Accept ignorance; pay more attention to the question than the answer; never be afraid to go in the opposite direction. — Richard Saul Wurman
There is nothing very odd about lambs disliking birds of prey, but this is no reason for holding it against large birds of prey that… — Friedrich Nietzsche
The opposite of the happy ending is not actually the sad ending-the sad ending is sometimes the happy ending. The opposite of the happy ending… — Orson Scott Card
Repel the thought, for if you don't, it becomes an idea. So repel the idea, for if you don't it will become a desire. So… — Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya
Do you begin to see, then, what kind of world we are creating? It is the exact opposite of the stupid hedonistic Utopias that the… — George Orwell
If falsehood, like truth, had but one face, we would be more on equal terms. For we would consider the contrary of what the liar… — Michel de Montaigne
In every free and deliberating society, there must, from the nature of man, be opposite parties, and violent dissensions and discords; and one of these,… — Thomas Jefferson

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