Opposition Quotes

679 Opposition quotes by 546 unique authors

I do not see how a man can work on the frontiers of physics and write poetry at the same time. They are in opposition. — Paul Dirac
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end...liberty is the only object which benefits all alike,… — Lord Acton
It is an art in itself to compose a starting team, finding the balance between creative players and those with destructive powers, and between defence,… — Rinus Michels
Whenever I may be tempted to slack up and let the business run for awhile on its own impetus, I picture my competitor sitting at… — Harry Gordon Selfridge
Nothing is more difficult and nothing requires more character than to find oneself in open opposition to ones time (and those one loves) and to… — Kurt Tucholsky
Where the sole employer is the State, opposition means death by slow starvation — Leon Trotsky
Science fiction is the characteristic literary genre of the century. It is the genre that stands in opposition to literary modernism. — David G. Hartwell
Sitting at our back doorsteps, all we need to live a good life lies about us. Sun, wind, people, buildings, stones, sea, birds and plants… — Bill Mollison
The hand of opposition is never exposed. — Chancellor Williams
When the Champions League is at stake, ... you do everything you can, whether it's called gamesmanship or cheating, to put the opposition off. — Jamie Carragher
OK, it was black, it was below grade, I was female, Asian American, young, too young to have served. Yet I think none of the… — Maya Lin
One of my favorite things - and I am sure everybody else's in this Chamber - is to give away money. You really don't get… — Michael Enzi
When the winds of adversity come, remember one thing--kites fly the very highest against the wind. Kites don't fly in spite of opposition, kites fly… — John By
Paying good wages is not in opposition to good productivity. — James Sinegal
So the better my partner or my opposition, however you like to think about it, the better my game. — Jeremy Irons
Nothing scares the army more than nonviolent opposition. — Julia Bacha
If we were to set out to establish a religion in polar opposition to the Beatitudes Jesus taught, it would look strikingly similar to the… — Tony Campolo
In two novels written forty years apart, a man and a woman tell stories of their love. . . . Taken together they provide an… — Isabel Colegate
I know enough about Satan to realize that he will have all his weapons ready for determined opposition. He would be a missionary simpleton who expected… — James O. Fraser
The Western musical canon came about not merely by accumulation, but by opposition and subversion, both to the ruling powers on whom composers depended for… — Brian Ferneyhough
Because the pernicious opposition by Satan continues, the continuous enlightened guidance of the Holy Ghost is absolutely essential. — Keith K. Hilbig
I heard someone in opposition to reform last night criticize the president for saying it's their money. They said it's not their money; it's my… — Johnny Isakson
True freedom, which is full joy, is the complete recognition of law and adaptation to it. Bondage comes from ignorance of law or opposition to… — John Andreas Widtsoe
It is to be deeply regretted that the clergymen would oppose an effort to teach the people the Bible truths; nevertheless, we find much opposition… — Joseph Franklin Rutherford
It is not opposition but indifference which separates men. — Mary Parker Follett

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