Contradiction Quote by Paul Beatty

There are more ways of outraging speech than contradiction merely.

— J. L. Austin

If a person never contradicts himself, it must be that he says nothing.

— Miguel de Unamuno

Being able to embrace contradictions is a sign of intelligence. Or insanity.

— Richard Kadrey

To arrive at a contradiction is to confess an error in one's thinking; to maintain a contradiction is to abdicate one's mind and to…

— Ayn Rand

We all live with contradictions.

— Wyatt Cenac

The contradictions are what make human behavior so maddening and yet so fascinating, all at the same time.

— Joan D. Vinge

I think you have to live inside your contradictions and find a way to accept that that's the human condition - to be forced…

— Alison Hawthorne Deming

Contradiction itself, far from always being a criterion of error, is sometimes a sign of truth.

— Simone Weil

You can't take contradiction away. Part of the fun of it is that the contradiction never really quite goes away.

— Paul Schrader

Contradictions have always existed in the soul of [individuals]. But it is only when we prefer analysis to silence that they become a constant…

— Thomas Merton

Contradictions are fun.

— Samuel Ervin Beam

I think people have to choose between living with contradictions or painting themselves into a corner. I have a lot of contradictions.

— Michelle Shocked