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Opposite Quotes by H. L. Mencken
- A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin or when he sees silver he looks for the cloud…
- [C]lass consciousness is not one of our national diseases; we suffer, indeed, from its opposite-the delusion that class barriers are not real. That delusion reveals…
- The world always makes the assumption that the exposure of an error is identical with the discovery of truth - that the error and truth…
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- Lovers have a way of using this word, nothing, which implies exactly the opposite. — Honore de Balzac
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- 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