Opposite Quotes

1850 Opposite quotes by 1397 unique authors

The sweet quality is set opposite to the bitter, and is a gracious, amiable, blessed and pleasant quality, a refreshing of the life, an allaying… — Jakob Bohme
The sour quality is set opposite to the bitter and the sweet, and is a good temper to all, a refreshing and cooling when the… — Jakob Bohme
Introverts prefer introversion; we tend to gain energy by reflecting and expend energy when interacting. Extroverts have the opposite preference; they tend to gain energy… — Laurie Helgoe
Astronauts cannot pick their nicknames and can only get their nicknames from other astronauts. Any astronaut who tries to give himself a cool nickname will… — Michael J. Massimino
Do you always do as you would like to do were it in your power? I find that circumstances force me often to act in… — Richard Jefferies
My husband is a Democrat, and I am a Republican, so our political ambitions are on opposite ends. — Susan Ford
I admired Margaret Thatcher - while abhorring much of what she offered - because she was so clearly a leader of huge substance. Blair was… — Martin Jacques
Newspapers and magazines have been valuable to us precisely because they apply filters to information, otherwise known as editing, and often the Internet seems valuable… — Michael Specter
In some respects, South African apartheid was more vicious than Israeli practices, and in some respects the opposite is true. — Noam Chomsky
The western mantra is that Israel seeks negotiations without preconditions, while the Palestinians refuse. The opposite is more accurate. — Noam Chomsky
Rawness and refinement are not opposite ends of a luxurious spectrum... they are two complementary features with which to populate a luxe environment. — Kelly Wearstler
In order to produce learned fear, you take a neutral stimulus like a tone, and you pair it with an electrical shock. Tone, shock. Tone,… — Eric Kandel
Like Christians, Soccerians argue that you should not judge the essence of their faith by the loopy activities of its followers. But the Beautiful Game… — Craig Brown
Words have a life of their own. There is no telling what they will do. Within a matter of days, they can even turn turtle… — Craig Brown
There are strong reasons for believing that space goes on beyond the limits of our observational horizon. There are strong reasons because if you look… — Martin Rees
Directing is a unique endeavor where you are in charge of so many people. As a writer, it is sort of the opposite. — Drew Goddard
The notion that moving toward renewable energy will kill jobs is an absurdity on its face. The notion that we have to live smaller lifestyles;… — Marshall Herskovitz
People see things in the opposite way that I do. There are places that spirit, soul and emotion reach. — Shari Arison
I am not one of those people who string their exes along. Instead, I run and hide: under the covers, behind my computer screen, on… — Jami Attenberg
Guerrilla leaders win wars by being paranoid and ruthless. Once they take power, they are expected to abandon those qualities and embrace opposite ones: tolerance,… — Stephen Kinzer
Conservatives sometimes catch a tremendous about of flak from inside the Beltway - and those groups can exert extreme pressure on those conservative members to… — Jeff Landry
I always worried that the creative well would dry up. I was sure that if I wrote a book a year, I would eventually run… — Kelley Armstrong
The compulsion to do the opposite of what you are told does not lend itself to many occupations outside the entertainment industry. Within the industry,… — Greg Fitzsimmons
Growing up with Bronx Irish parents during an era of protests against the status quo, I was especially committed to doing the opposite of what… — Greg Fitzsimmons
It is true that power corrupts. The hope at the polling stations and the actions of the elected representatives, unfortunately, often turn to be opposite.… — Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj

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