Opposites Quotes

1717 Opposites quotes by 1276 unique authors

I hate the idea that, when it comes to books and learning, hard is often seen as the opposite of fun. It's strange to me… — John Green
And a face above mine, white and beautiful, eyes as large as the moon. You saved me. A hand on my cheek, cool and dry.… — Lauren Oliver
That government is best which governs the least, so taught the courageous founders of this nation. This simple declaration is diametrically opposed to the all… — Ezra Taft Benson
It is a profoundly erroneous truism, repeated by all copy books and by eminent people when they are making speeches, that we should cultivate the… — Alfred North Whitehead
There are many people who have the gift, or failing, of never understanding themselves. I have been unlucky enough, or perhaps fortunate enough to have… — Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
Are you letting culture, not scripture, determine your sexuality, how you date, how you present yourself, how you engage in certain relationships with members of… — Mark Driscoll
Pleasure and pain, though directly opposite are contrived to be constant companions. — Pierre Charron
Other people think exactly the opposite: they surrender themselves without a second thought, hoping to find in passion the solutions to all their problems. They… — Paulo Coelho
Just, harmonious, temperate as is the spirit of liberty, there is in the name and mere notion of it a vagueness so opposite to the… — Augustus William Hare
One of the things that adds tension to our lives is small frustrations. Losing car keys can give you a panic attack. Not being able… — Jennifer James
At root, vulgar just means popular on a mass scale. It is the semantic opposite of pretentious or snobby. It is humility with a comb-over.… — David Foster Wallace
The problem we've got now in Washington is that the goals are completely the opposite from each other. — Jim DeMint
The opposite of creativity is cynicism — Esa Saarinen
As to the fable that there are Antipodes, that is to say, men on the opposite side of the earth where the sun rises when… — Saint Augustine
To succeed with the opposite sex, tell her you're impotent. She can't wait to disprove it. — Cary Grant
The idea of being a feminist-so many women have come to this idea of it being anti-male and not able to connect with the opposite… — Lena Dunham
The very general occurrence of the homosexual in ancient Greece, and its wide occurrence today in some cultures in which such activity is not taboo… — Alfred Kinsey
Law practice is the exact opposite of sex:even when it's good, it's bad. — Mortimer Zuckerman
If we have to tell Hollywood good-by, it may be with one of those tender, old-fashioned, seven-second kisses exchanged between two people of the opposite… — Anita Loos
A sister is both your mirror - and your opposite. — Elizabeth Fishel
Success and failure. We think of them as opposites, but they're really not. They're companions - the hero and the sidekick. — Laurence Shames
Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individuals, or in governments. — Plato
The excessive increase of anything causes a reaction in the opposite direction. — Plato
Your Self, Aware Presence, knows no resistance to any appearance and, as such, is happiness itself; like the empty space of a room it cannot… — Rupert Spira
The practice of discernment is part of higher consciousness. Discernment is not just a step up from judgment. In life's curriculum, it is the opposite… — Glenda Green

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