Reverse Quotes

493 quotes by 432 authors

And it came to pass that AC learned how to reverse the direction of entropy. But there was now no man to whom AC might… — Isaac Asimov
It is a mistake to regard age as a downhill grade toward dissolution. The reverse is true. As one grows older, one climbs with surprising… — George Sand
It occurs to me to wonder: do I believe in any god, or even positively not believe, as James does? I believe in systems and… — Emma Bull
Freud thought that a psychosis was a waking dream, and that poets were daydreamers too, but I wonder if the reverse is not as often… — William H. Gass
There are people. There are stories. The people think they shape the stories, but the reverse if often closer to the truth. Stories shape the… — Alan Moore
Over to my left is the big grey wall in front of the church. Are we the Thoughts of God? a poster asks. No, I… — Scarlett Thomas
The strong are strengthened by reverses; the trouble is that the true meaning of events scores next to nothing in the match we play with… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
To reverse the effects of civilization would destroy the dreams of a lot of people. There's no way around it. We can talk all we… — Derrick Jensen
You can define a net two ways, depending on your point of view. Normally you would say it is a meshed instrument designed to catch… — Julian Barnes
If art is not to be life-enhancing, what is it to be? Half the world is feminine--why is there resentment at a female-oriented art? Nobody… — May Sarton
Many more people could ride out the storm-tossed waves in their economic lives if they had their year's supply of foodâ€¦and were debt-free. Today we… — Thomas S. Monson
We must meet reverses boldly, and not suffer them to frighten us, my dear. We must learn to act the play out. We must live… — Charles Dickens
Iâ€™ve heard it said: â€˜By his home you shall know himâ€™; and we all know that we must pay attention to anyone who reverses the… — Steven Brust
Sometimes in life, from out of a myriad of prosaic decisions like what to eat and where to sleep and how to dress, a true… — J R Ward
I have learned that faith means trusting in advance what will only make sense in reverse. — Philip Yancey
Someone with an obsession for arranging things in alphabetical order was an abcedist, whereas someone with an obsession for arranging them in reverse alphabetical order… — Walter Moers
Anything that works against you can also work for you once you understand the Principle of Reverse. — Maya Angelou
It sometimes happened that you might be familiar with a man for several years thinking he was a wild animal, and you would regard him… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
I have crossed the seas, I have left cities behind me, and I have followed the source of rivers towards their source or plunged into… — Jean-Paul Sartre
From this arises the following question: whether it is better to be loved than feared, or the reverse. The answer is that one would like… — Niccolo Machiavelli

Who Wrote These Reverse Quotes

432 authors contributed a total of 493 Reverse Quotes, led by these top contributors: