Paradox Quotes

503 Paradox quotes by 397 unique authors

Bed is a bundle of paradoxes: we go to it with reluctance, yet we quit it with regret. — Charles Caleb Colton
Be full of sorrow, that you may become hill of joy; weep, that you may break into laughter. — Unknown Author
Most marriages recognize this paradox: Passion destroys passion; we want what puts an end to wanting what we want. — John Fowles
To hide a passion totally (or even to hide, more simply, its excess) is inconceivable: not because the human subject is too weak, but because… — Roland Barthes
The paradox of knowledge is not confined to the small, atomic scale; on the contrary, it is as cogent on the scale of man, and… — Jacob Bronowski
The thinker without a paradox is like a lover without a feeling: a paltry mediocrity. — Soren Kierkegaard
The Clinton paradox: How could a president so intelligent, so compassionate, so public-spirited and so conscious of his place in history act in such a… — George Stephanopoulos
I like the idea of paradox, between the authentic fabrics and sophisticated shapes and between masculine and feminine. I'm not so much for sportswear. I… — Hedi Slimane
Imagination, it turns out, is a great deal like reporting in your own head. Here is a paradox of fiction-writing. You are crafting something from… — Amy Waldman
To say that one waits a lifetime for his soulmate to come around is a paradox. People eventually get sick of waiting, take a chance… — Criss Jami
I got a lot of paradoxes in my life. I guess I'm a real confused person, but there are some focused parts to my life… — Stevie Ray Vaughan
It's a paradox that most parents would never let their children associate with an undesirable person in their neighborhood, but many think nothing of letting… — Randall Wright
Despite the campaign rhetoric, the bureaucracies-big business and big government-are here to stay. The centralization effort cannot be checked. but it can be rationally directed… — Timothy Leary
Aristotle said time is a measure of change, and this movie is about changing in time, through time, while remaining the same person. That's a… — Robert McKee
The central paradox of the machines that have made our lives so much brighter, quicker, longer and healthier is that they cannot teach us how… — Pico Iyer
To be complex does not mean to be fragmented. This is the paradox and the genius of our Canadian civilization. — Adrienne Clarkson
The divergent series are the invention of the devil, and it is a shame to base on them any demonstration whatsoever. By using them, one… — Niels Henrik Abel
A line is not made up of points. ... In the same way, time is not made up parts considered as indivisible 'nows.' Part of… — Aristotle
Enhancement not only allows the possibilities of a healthy fullness and exuberance, but of a rather ominous extravagance, aberration, monstrosity ... This danger is built… — Oliver Sacks
This is the paradox for me: in failure alone is there any possibility of success. I don't think I'm alone in this - nor do… — Will Self
It is not so difficult a task to plant new truths, as to root out old errors; for there is this paradox in men, they… — Charles Caleb Colton
You might find me outside with a can of hair spray, spraying it with the hope that the sun will burn a hole in the… — Marilyn Manson
There is a paradox at the heart of our lives. Most people want more income and strive for it. Yet as Western societies have got… — Richard Layard, Baron Layard
Soderquist's Paradox: There are more horses' asses than horses. — John Peers
The paradox of race in America is that our common destiny is more pronounced and imperiled precisely when our divisions are deeper. — Cornel West

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