Opposite Quotes

1850 Opposite quotes by 1397 unique authors

Goodness has no opposite. Most of us consider goodness as the opposite of the bad or evil and so throughout history in any culture goodness… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
It's a rule worth having in mind. Income almost always flows along the same axis as power but in the opposite direction. — John Kenneth Galbraith
We cannot by a little verbal sophistry confound the qualities of different minds, nor force opposite excellences into a union by all the intolerance in… — William Hazlitt
I think about dying but I don't want to die. Not even close. In fact my problem is the complete opposite. I want to live,… — Matthew Healy
In an essay 10 years ago, I pointed out that it is utterly logical for polygamy rights to follow gay rights. After all, if traditional… — Charles Krauthammer
Read as little as possible of literary criticism - such things are either partisan opinions, which have become petrified and meaningless, hardened and empty of… — Rainer Maria Rilke
The proclamation of the saving love of God comes before moral and religious imperatives. Today sometimes it seems that the opposite order is prevailing. — Pope Francis
To be human and to be adult means constantly to be in the grip of opposing emotions, to have daily to reconcile apparently conflicting tensions.… — Stephen Fry
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. — John Kenneth Galbraith
I was thrilled to work opposite Carl Reiner and Robert De Niro. Mr. Reiner was very chatty and delightful, but I learned that if you… — Janeane Garofalo
Stressing output is the key to improving productivity, while looking to increase activity can result in just the opposite. — Paul Gauguin
The absolute worst thing that you ever can do, in my opinion, in bringing science to the general public, is be condescending or judgmental. It… — Brian Greene
As the earth spins through space, a view from above the North Pole would encompass most of the wealth of the world - most of… — Barry Commoner
For a traveler going from any place toward the north, that pole of the daily rotation gradually climbs higher, while the opposite pole drops down… — Nicolaus Copernicus
Those who know that the consensus of many centuries has sanctioned the conception that the earth remains at rest in the middle of the heavens… — Nicolaus Copernicus
Even though your kids will consistently do the exact opposite of what you're telling them to do, you have to keep loving them just as… — Bill Cosby
Decency must be an even more exhausting state to maintain than its opposite. Those who succeed seem to need a stupefying amount of sleep. — Quentin Crisp
I won't go to places where you're going to find more attention. I go to the opposite. — Penelope Cruz
I got live tweeted once by someone who was opposite my home in some rented accommodation. He was actually describing on twitter what I was… — Benedict Cumberbatch
With acting, you wanna see if you can get into trouble without knowing how you're gonna get out of it. It's like the exact opposite… — John Cusack
A lot of people think Christianity is about always being perfect. It's actually the opposite of that. It's realizing that we're all humans, and that's… — Billy Ray Cyrus
Basically, when I hear the words 'family drama,' I run in the opposite direction. — Willem Dafoe
There's something about guitars, they're just so big, you know what I mean? You're just like, 'Ugh!' It just seems so overwhelming. And the ukulele… — Zooey Deschanel
Art has a way of confronting us, of reminding us, of engaging us, in what it means to be human, and what it means to… — Junot Diaz
The comic is the perception of the opposite; humor is the feeling of it. — Umberto Eco

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