Perversely Quotes
23 quotes by 22 authors
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It is an insult to God to believe in God. For on the one hand it is to suppose that he has perpetrated acts of…
— Galen Strawson
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Thus the woman, who had perversely exceeded her proper bounds, is forced back to her own position. She had, indeed, previously been subject to her…
— John Calvin
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Devote the mind to confusion and we know only too well, if we´re honest, that it will become a dark master of confusion, adept in…
— Sogyal Rinpoche
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No matter how one approaches the figures, one is forced to the rather startling conclusion that the use of firearms in crime was very much…
— Colin Greenwood
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The most reliable sign, the most universal behavior of unscrupulous people is not directed, as one might imagine, at our fearfulness. It is, perversely, an…
— Martha Stout
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Keep always in mind the rule of faith which I profess and by which I bear witness that the Father and the Son and the…
— Tertullian
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Was I being groomed for some special mission? What possible purpose could an existence like mine serve? When I wasn’t drinking in crappy bars, I…
— Heather King
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Though debts are condemned in the financial world, the world of friendship and love may perversely depend on well-managed debts.
— Alain de Botton
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But I think humans are innately religious as a species, so you don't need a specific excuse for examining the perversely unholy.
— Clive Barker
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After decimating several vegetables, I decide juicing is my favorite form of food preparation. There's something perversely appealing about subjecting an innocent plant to that…
— A. J. Jacobs
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It is a perversely human perception that animals in their native habitat are running wild.
— Robert Breault
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I had various jobs, I taught a SAT class, I was a bartender, I had a day job at an office and was making short…
— David O. Russell
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Getting that first draft out is a horribly hard grind, but that (perversely) is where the joy of it lies.
— Jonathan Stroud
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Hazing is an extraordinary activity that, when it occurs often enough, becomes perversely ordinary as those who engage in it grow desensitized to its inhumanity.
— Hank Nuwer
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...But they had, perversely, been living among people who were peering into the wrong end of the telescope, or something, and who had convinced themselves…
— Neal Stephenson
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Men come and go, cities rise and fall, whole civilizations appear and disappear-the earth remains, slightly modified. The earth remains, and the heartbreaking beauty where…
— Edward Abbey
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At best you can hold death at bay, you can pretend it isn't there; but to deny it totally is a sickness. And I think…
— Clive Barker
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My heart is moved by all I cannot save: so much has been destroyed I have to cast my lot with those who age after…
— Adrienne Rich
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The unwelcome November rain had perversely stolen the day's last hour and pawned it with that ancient fence, the night.
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
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That it is statistically easier for low-IQ people to kick an addiction than it is for high-IQ people...That boring activities become, perversely, much less boring…
— David Foster Wallace
Who Wrote These Perversely Quotes
22 authors contributed a total of 23 Perversely Quotes as follows: