Opposite Quotes

1850 Opposite quotes by 1397 unique authors

Keith's [Briffa] series...differs in large part in exactly the opposite direction that Phil's [Jones] does from ours. This is the problem we all picked up… — Michael E. Mann
Chance is commonly viewed as a self-correcting process in which a deviation in one direction induces a deviation in the opposite direction to restore the… — Amos Tversky
You can achieve anything if you believe in yourself. But the opposite is also true; without strong self-belief you will not go far. — Paulo Coelho
I'd say I'm the opposite of someone that has the urge to stand in front of strangers and make them laugh, but the idea of… — Eric Bana
Let us realize that engagement and detachment aren't opposite-the more engaged we become, the more detached we will have to be.. — Deepak Chopra
We don't have a word for the opposite of loneliness, but if we did, I could say that's what I want in life. — Marina Keegan
Development which has no regard for whom or what it harms is not development. It is the opposite of progress, damaging the Earth's capacity to… — George Monbiot
Her theme was happiness: what it was; what it was not; where we might find it, where not; and how, if found, it must be… — Mary Lavin
It is tragic-comic to see that all this knowledge and understanding exercises no power at all over men's lives, that their lives do not express… — Soren Kierkegaard
I'm not afraid of a world with less consumerism, less 'stuff' and no economic growth. I'm far more frightened of the opposite — Rob Hopkins
Indexing is a successful approach to investing not because it's simple, but because it has performed so much better than the average active manager (the… — Patrick Geddes
What passes for love is imperfect knowledge. Not knowing, initially, allows faithlessness to dress up as its opposite; casts the inarticulate as enigmatic, the selfish… — Nick Laird
The opposite of life is not death, it's indifference. — Elie Wiesel
I like to read because it's the opposite of being on the go. Reading is the perfect antidote. — Joe Strummer
The minute one utters a certainty, the opposite comes to mind. — May Sarton
The opposite of compromise is character. — Frederick Douglass
For every scientific (or engineering) action, there is an equal and opposite social reaction. — Norman Ralph Augustine
A human life has seasons much as the earth has seasons, each time with its own particular beauty and power. And gift. By focusing on… — Rachel Naomi Remen
The opposite of Christianity is not atheism, but idolatry. — Peter Kreeft
Everything is known through its opposite. — Dane Rudhyar
Making a living and making a life sometimes point in opposite directions. — Pico Iyer
I think it's interesting that the opposite of being active in yoga is not being passive. It's being receptive. — Cyndi Lee
When the whole world is running towards a cliff, he who is running in the opposite direction appears to have lost his mind. — C.S. Lewis
There is no quality that we respond to in another that we lack. It might be hidden behind some bad behavior or an old, outdated… — Debbie Ford
He didn't take her breath away. Maybe the opposite. But that was okay-that was really good, actually, to be near someone who filled your lungs… — Rainbow Rowell

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