Opposites Quotes

1717 Opposites quotes by 1276 unique authors

They looked at one another in incomprehension, two minds driving opposite ways up a narrow street and waiting for the other man to reverse first. — Terry Pratchett
First, you have to have fun. Second, you have to put love where your labour is. Third, you have to go in the opposite direction… — Anita Roddick
In the theatre, words are eighty to eighty-five percent of the importance of what is happening to you for your comprehension. In film, words are… — Nicholas Ray
I had a very diametrically opposite set of parents. — Bill Griffith
If we generally like the way things are now, we must also ask whether our current situation is really so different from the open ages… — Tim Wu
True worth is as inevitably discovered by the facial expression, as its opposite is sure to be clearly represented there. The human face is nature's… — Johann Kaspar Lavater
The ant is a collectively intelligent and individually stupid animal; man is the opposite. — Karl von Frisch
Those who meet Jesus always experience either joy or its opposites, either foretastes of Heaven or foretastes of Hell. Not everyone who meets Jesus is… — Peter Kreeft
The opposite of theism is not atheism, it’s idolatry — Peter Kreeft
It is necessary to recover the primeval force of the shock taking place at the moment when opposite a man (the viewer) there stood for… — Unknown Author
We live under the power of Modern Consciousness, which means that we are obsessed with progress. Wherever you are is not good enough. We always… — Satish Kumar
I mean the opposite of what I say./You've got it now? No, it's the other way. — Bruce Bennett
Don't think of the Internet as a broadcast medium...think of it as a conversational space. Conversation is the opposite of marketing. It's talking in our… — David Weinberger
Praying is what confirms our true belief that we cannot succeed without God, and its absence confirms the exact opposite. — James MacDonald
Stunted varieties were generally chosen, particularly if they had the side branches opposite or regular, for much depends upon this; a one-sided tree is of… — Robert Fortune
Once we know the plot and its surprises, we can appreciate a book's artistry without the usual confusion and sap flow of emotion, content to… — Michael Dirda
Charles Bernstein's pairs of jingles of 'public discourse' are 'simultaneous double narrative / the space between's the other narrative/as if they're opposite.' In the space… — Unknown Author
A game is an opportunity to focus our energy, with relentless optimism, at something we’re good at (or getting better at) and enjoy. In other… — Jane McGonigal
I am the neurological opposite of a psychopath, in that I feel anxious almost all the time. It must be great to not constantly feel… — Jon Ronson
Some people make you feel better about living. Some people you meet and you feel this little lift in your heart, this 'Ah', because there's… — Niall Williams
As an atheist, I was predisposed to not enjoy the MAZE performance. I am happy to report the opposite — Luke Jermay
Difference is not the opposite of harmony but its condition. — Regis Debray
I think despair and cynicism are two different things. On the flip side of hope is despair. Belief and doubt are the same thing, in… — Jon Foreman
We should not view men with a cynical eye, seeing them only as meaningless products of chance, but, on the other hand, we should not… — Francis Schaeffer
Abstract thinking leads to greater creativity... But in our businesses and our lives, we often do the opposite. We intensify our focus rather than widen… — Daniel H. Pink

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