Opposite Quotes

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To know one thing, you must know the opposite. — Henry Moore
The only thing of weight that can be said against modern honor is that it is directly opposite to religion. The one bids you bear… — Bernard de Mandeville
Man walks the moon but his soul remains riveted to earth. Once upon a time it was the opposite. — Elie Wiesel
Fifty or sixty shooters had already arrived and managed to look studiously bored. I knew a few of them and nodded politely. No one asked… — Unknown Author
Characters tend to be either for or against the quest. If they assist it, they are idealized as simply gallant or pure; if they obstruct… — Northrop Frye
It is not a charity but a right, not bounty but justice, that I am pleading for. The present state of civilization is as odious… — Thomas Paine
If the British march By land or sea from the town to-night, Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry-arch Of the North-Church-tower, as a signal-light,--… — Paul Revere
I have friends who've tried to break into the UK, who went back with their tails between their legs. Fortunately I've had the opposite experience. — Michael Bolton
The finest music in the room is that which streams out to the ear of the spirit in many an exquisite strain from the little… — James Lane Allen
Literature is the opposite of a nuclear bomb. — Arundhati Roy
The main condition for the achievement of love is the overcoming of one's narcissism. The narcissistic orientation is one in which one experiences as real… — Erich Fromm
Luxury is the opposite of the naturally necessary. — Karl Marx
It is insane that two men, sitting on opposite sides of the world, should be able to decide to bring an end to civilization. — John F. Kennedy
America is so vast that almost everything said about it is likely to be true, and the opposite is probably equally true. — James T. Farrell
The generally accepted view is that markets are always right -- that is, market prices tend to discount future developments accurately even when it is… — George Soros
Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. Thoughts are things! And powerful things at that, when mixed with definiteness of… — Napoleon Hill
In horror movies today its lots of fast cut shot and lots of loud noises on the soundtrack. I tried to do the opposite. Playing… — Alejandro Amenabar
As long as there is democracy, there will be people wanting to play jazz because nothing else will ever so perfectly capture the democratic process… — Wynton Marsalis
The ethic of truth is the complete opposite of an 'ethics of communication'. It is an ethic of the Real The ethic of truth is… — Alain Badiou
To put it another way: a conference is an elite meeting on equal terms; a congress is a group of elites meeting on opposite terms;… — Malcolm Bradbury

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