Reverse Quotes

493 quotes by 432 authors

To reverse the trend and reduce the role of government in our lives, and thus alleviate the government deficit and inflation pressures, is a giant… — Hans F. Sennholz
Sometimes I thought of the Peace Corps as a reverse refugee organization, displacing all of us lost Midwesterners, and it was probably the only government… — Peter Hessler
I take the Constitution very seriously. The biggest problems that we're facing right now have to do with [the president] trying to bring more and… — Barack Obama
And what is the Republican solution to these outrageous [racial] inequalities? There isn't one. And that's the point. Denying racism is the new racism. To… — Bill Maher
We often credit ourselves with vices the reverse of what we have, thus when weak we boast of our obstinacy. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
As far as the Russians were concerned, I felt the reverse; they had adequate gold, if they wanted to buy, and they weren't dependent upon… — W. Averell Harriman
However, FDA attempted to reverse this clear congressional intent in March, 1979, by proposing to regulate vitamins and minerals as 'Over-The-Counter' drugs.. — Orrin Hatch
If power corrupts, the reverse is also true; persecution corrupts the victims though perhaps in subtler and more tragic ways. — Arthur Koestler
Privacy is absolutely essential to maintaining a free society. The idea that is at the foundation of the notion of privacy is that the citizen… — Benno C. Schmidt, Jr.
You can have a lot of unhappiness by not having money, but the reverse is no guarantee of happiness. — Philip Kaufman
An appellate court which reverses the judgment of a popular author's contemporaries, the appellant being his obscure competitor. — Ambrose Bierce
Among the humble and great alike, those who achieve success do so not because fate and circumstance are especially kind to them. Often the reverse… — Sidney Greenberg
One must stand stiller than still. On reverse time travel. — James Jeans
Knowledge is a matter of science and no dishonesty or conceit whatsoever is permissible. What is required is definitely the reverse - honesty and modesty. — Mao Zedong
In a way an umpire is like a woman. He makes quick decisions, never reverses them, and doesn't think you're safe when you're out. — Larry Goetz
What did Citibank get out of it? It got the ability to reverse the arbitrage. Actually, what they got was the ability to give themselves… — Bill Janklow
If notwithstanding, a Rebellion of the same Kind now afflicts this Country, we should not infer that this Institution is useless, or should be laid… — Charles Inglis
If you are on the side whence the wind is blowing you will see the trees looking much lighter than you would see them on… — Leonardo da Vinci
The tapestry of history that seems so full of tragedy when viewed from the front has countless comic scenes woven into its reverse side. In… — Jose Ortega y Gasset
Enemies are just friends in reverse. — Gary Busey

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