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Opposite Quotes by C.S. Lewis
- There are two equal and opposite errors into which our race can fall about the devils. One is to disbelieve in their existence. The other…
- When the whole world is running towards a cliff, he who is running in the opposite direction appears to have lost his mind.
- ..(T)here are two opposite reasons for being a democrat. You may think all men so good that they deserve a share in the government of…
- Necessity may not be the opposite of freedom, and perhaps a man is most free when, instead of producing motives, he could only say, "I…
- He (the devil) always sends errors into the world in pairs--pairs of opposites...He relies on your extra dislike of one to draw you gradually into…
- Satan always sends error into the world in pairs that are opposites. His great hope is that you will get so upset about one of…
- There is one vice of which no man in the world is free; which every one in the world loathes when he sees it in…
- The vice I am talking of is Pride or Self-Conceit: and the virtue opposite to it, in Christian morals, is called Humility...According to Christian teachers,…
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- Strategic thinkers were naturally rattled to find this outsider fooling around with their work. They had been thinking strategically when Reagan was… — Russell Baker
- Lovers have a way of using this word, nothing, which implies exactly the opposite. — Honore de Balzac
- I don't mind a little Sturm und Drang. When I was doing 'Riding in Cars With Boys,' I wouldn't smile at anybody,… — Drew Barrymore
- The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born-that there is a genetic factor to leadership. This myth asserts that people… — Warren G. Bennis
- Words are so often used in the opposite sense, as a screen of diversion. It's the struggle towards truthfulness which is the… — John Berger
- There are trivial truths and the great truths. The opposite of a trivial truth is plainly false. The opposite of a great… — Niels Bohr
- The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth. — Niels Bohr
- Technology has advanced more in the last thirty years than in the previous two thousand. The exponential increase in advancement will only… — Niels Bohr
- Look, I don't want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you're alive you've got to flap your arms and… — Mel Brooks
- Some artists shrink from self-awareness, fearing that it will destroy their unique gifts and even their desire to create. The truth of… — James Broughton
- I found that if I offered to cook for a girl, my odds improved radically over simply asking a girl out. Through… — Alton Brown
- The conventional viewpoint says we need a jobs program and we need to cut welfare. Just the opposite! We need more welfare… — Jerry Brown