Ability Quote by Michael Steinhardt

A contrarian at heart, I am often guided by what I disagree with and don't want.

— Rebecca Solnit

To be a contrarian, you've got to be a contrarian against your own people.

— James Carville

It's very conventional to say that you're a contrarian these days.

— Reid Hoffman

It is unnatural to deny effort, adversity, and pain.

— Guillermo del Toro

I have contrarian tendencies.

— George T. Conway III

I am a contrarian.

— Barry Diller

I mean, I'm not a contrarian.

— Lorenzo di Bonaventura

When everyone is a contrarian, nobody is a contrarian

— Mark Skousen

The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.

— John Kenneth Galbraith

Since I'm a contrarian, I don't want to go along with what everyone else thinks.

— Akira Toriyama

It’s actually pretty easy to be contrarian. It’s hard to be contrarian and right.

— Reid Hoffman

“Be willing to tolerate discomfort—being uncomfortable is often the price for making a real difference.”

— Al Ritter