Opposite Quotes

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It is funny that men who are supposed to be scientific cannot get themselves to realise the basic principle of physics, that action and reaction… — Gertrude Stein
Action and reaction are equal and opposite. — Gertrude Stein
I can't fly a flag for monogamy or whatever the opposite is; it depends on the person and on the situation. — Sting
We're actors. We're the opposite of people. — Tom Stoppard
Fitness is a curve. You can be Lance Armstrong, or you can be really out of shape at the opposite end. People enter the curve… — Gordon Strachan
When you ask people, 'What's the opposite of fragile?,' they tend to say robust, resilient, adaptable, solid, strong. That's not it. The opposite of fragile… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
People think our music's very aggressive or angry or whatever, and it's just the opposite, really... I like laughing. And I like being really calm… — Serj Tankian
I tend to write out the first iteration of a lyric here and then go over here and make variations on it, on the page… — James Taylor
Now, playing a love interest can be really thrilling, if you're working opposite thrilling people. — Kristin Scott Thomas
Every man casts a shadow; not his body only, but his imperfectly mingled spirit. This is his grief. Let him turn which way he will,… — Henry David Thoreau
Doubt is not the opposite of faith; it is one element of faith. — Paul Tillich
Although nature commences with reason and ends in experience it is necessary for us to do the opposite, that is to commence with experience and… — Leonardo da Vinci
Michelle Pfeiffer hasn't been finding a lot of work recently because she doesn't like what a woman her age is offered. That's a real double… — Denzel Washington
And the attitude of faith is the very opposite of clinging to belief, of holding on. — Alan Watts
I've enjoyed the opposite sex a lot. Always have. Always will. — Betty White
People love a true story and especially a true story where two people from opposite worlds come together. — Harvey Weinstein
Coming from a little suburban town, I wasn't a hip city kid. I was quite the opposite, really. Songs like 'Saturday's Kids' rang a bell… — Paul Weller
Everybody who labels themselves a 'nerd' isn't some giant person locked in a cubbyhole who's never seen the opposite sex. Especially with the way the… — Joss Whedon
I say that democracy can never prove itself beyond cavil, until it founds and luxuriantly grows its own forms of art, poems, schools, theology, displacing… — Walt Whitman
The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. — Elie Wiesel
What is the opposite of two? A lonely me, a lonely you. — Richard Wilbur
This soul, or life within us, by no means agrees with the life outside us. If one has the courage to ask her what she… — Virginia Woolf
When you follow your heart, you're never supposed to do things because of what you think people might say. You do it for the opposite… — will.i.am
To find gratitude and generosity when you could reasonably find hurt and resentment will surprise you. It will be so surprising because you will see… — Henry B. Eyring
At first I assumed hate was the opposite of love. But it isn't. The opposite of love is indifference. — Helen Fisher

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