Opposite Quotes

1850 Opposite quotes by 1397 unique authors

A man seeks his own destiny and no other, said the judge. Wil or nill. Any man who could discover his own fate and elect… — Cormac McCarthy
It wasn't a question of deceit. Just the opposite; he wanted to heat up the truth, to make it burn so hot that you would… — Tim O'Brien
i discovered that my obsession for having each thing in the right place, each subject at the right time, each word in the right style,… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Kids, she says. When they’re little, they believe everything you tell them about the world. As a mother, you’re the world almanac and the encyclopedia… — Chuck Palahniuk
excuse me' he added, taking the opera glasses out of her hands and looking over her bare shoulder at the row of boxes opposite, 'i'm… — Leo Tolstoy
Like most novelists, I like to do exactly the opposite of what I'm told. It's in my nature as a novelist. Novelists can't trust anything… — Haruki Murakami
It’s the same with people who say, ‘Whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.’ Even people who say this must realize that the exact opposite… — Rob Sheffield
know that without night there is no day; without lies, no truth;without despair,no hope. Beware above all of hate, but call to its opposite too.… — David Clement-Davies
It is not a camera, or a reporter that makes something real and genuine; more often a camera or a reporter does the opposite. — Curtis Sittenfeld
Reading is everything. Reading makes me feel like I've accomplished something, learned something, become a better person. Reading makes me smarter. Reading gives me something… — Nora Ephron
The history of humanity is the history of human freedom...Freedom is not, as Engels thought, "the recognition of necessity." Freedom is the opposite of necessity.… — Vasily Grossman
In football everything is complicated by the presence of the opposite team. — Jean-Paul Sartre
But what about the End of the Universe? We'll miss the big moment." I've seen it. It's rubbish," said Zaphod,"nothing but a gnab gib." A… — Douglas Adams
Words are such uncertain things, they so often sound well but mean the opposite of what one thinks they do. — Agatha Christie
They lay silently. She was staring at something across the room. She was making him feel uncomfortable. 'It wouldn't work. It's the attraction of opposites,'… — James Salter
If gold has been prized because it is the most inert element, changeless and incorruptible, water is prized for the opposite reason -- its fluidity,… — Rebecca Solnit
If diversity is a source of wonder, its opposite - the ubiquitous condensation to some blandly amorphous and singulary generic modern culture that takes for… — Wade Davis
I'm not afraid to compete. It's just the opposite. Don't you see that? I'm afraid I will compete — that's what scares me. That's why… — J D Salinger
Well, think of what I’m doing to you right now. For me I’m the self, and you’re the object. For you, of course, it’s the… — Haruki Murakami
Death is not the opposite of life, but the opposite of choice. — Robin Hobb
The opposite of war isn't peace, it's creation. — Jonathan Larson
There we were - demented children mincing about in clothes that no one ever wore, speaking as no man ever spoke, swearing love in wigs… — Tom Stoppard
Then the room relaxed in cheers and babbling, and she turned in his arms to kiss him hard and cling to him, and he thought… — Diana Gabaldon
The law of nature is alternation for evermore. Each electrical state superinduces the opposite. The soul environs itself with friends, that it may enter into… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Satan always sends error into the world in pairs that are opposites. His great hope is that you will get so upset about one of… — C.S. Lewis

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