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A transposable aphorism is a malaise of the urge to be witty, or in other words, a maxim that is untroubled by the fact that… — Umberto Eco
Well I do think there are people who are habitually negative and depressed and take the opposite approach because they imagine the worst, and their… — Barbara Ehrenreich
It is a common enough case, that of a man being suddenly captivated by a woman nearly the opposite of his ideal. — George Eliot
I find it somewhat liberating to jump, to dive into things that are the opposite of me. — Lupe Fiasco
In America right now, we use words like 'smart' to talk about bombs. American rhetoric is grounded in ideas of capital-G Good, capital-E Evil, and… — Jonathan Safran Foer
Everything that Eddie has said about me is the total opposite of what really happened. Eddie says I wanted to be a solo artist. No,… — Sammy Hagar
Certain people are like 'Oh, here come the Feminazis!' You end up acting 10 times nicer than you even need to be, to be the… — Kathleen Hanna
The beauty of 'spacing' children many years apart lies in the fact that parents have time to learn the mistakes that were made with the… — Sydney J. Harris
If 'pro' is the opposite of 'con' what is the opposite of 'progress'? — Paul Harvey
Dressing up is a bore. At a certain age, you decorate yourself to attract the opposite sex, and at a certain age, I did that.… — Katharine Hepburn
Darling: the popular form of address used in speaking to a member of the opposite sex whose name you cannot at the moment remember. — Oliver Herford
When you're happy you don't always have to be laughing, and when you're sad you don't have to be crying; sometimes it's the opposite. You… — Freddie Highmore
The opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow. — Jim Hightower
The capacity for people to kid themselves is huge. Living on illusions or delusions, and the re-establishing of these illusions or delusions requires a big… — James Hillman
Faffing is completely harmless, whereas its opposite - dynamic, purposeful activity - is often very harmful. Faffers do not tend to kill people or make… — Tom Hodgkinson
I originally welcomed the mobile phone, as it seemed to me that it would enable you to work from anywhere. On the mobile, who was… — Tom Hodgkinson
We have to wonder whether digital technology, rather than making it easier to communicate, is actually doing the opposite. We now sit alone at a… — Tom Hodgkinson
Reverse every natural instinct and do the opposite of what you are inclined to do, and you will probably come very close to having a… — Ben Hogan
We need to accept that we won't always make the right decisions, that we'll screw up royally sometimes - understanding that failure is not the… — Arianna Huffington
Ultimately, all human activities have as their goal the realization of happiness. Why, then, have we ended up producing the opposite result? Could the underlying… — Daisaku Ikeda
Sometimes there are two very opposite directions, and we go with the stronger one at the end. It's an impulse thing, like, 'Oh, I love… — Marc Jacobs
We never fully grasp the import of any true statement until we have a clear notion of what the opposite untrue statement would be. — William James
Counterintuitive actions prove we can trust real knowledge and do the opposite of what we feel makes sense. — Penn Jillette
American social arrangements, economic arrangements, the degree of inequality in American life, the relatively small role played by the government in American public life and… — Tony Judt
Anybody can have a birthday. It requires nothing. Murderers have birthdays. It's the opposite of anything that I believe in. And I don't like at… — Mindy Kaling

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