Contrary Quotes

Our self-love is mortified, when we think our opinions, and even our tastes, customs, and dresses, either arraigned or condemned;as, on the contrary, it is tickled and flattered by approbation.

I keep working because I am quite sure that no particle of goodness or truth is ever really lost, however appearances may be to the contrary.

The most practical, the most dignified way of going on in the world is to take people at their word, when you have no positive reason to the contrary.

Intolerance, discourtesy and harshness..... are taboo in all good society and are surely contrary to the spirit of democracy.

The author of the Mahabharata has not established the necessity of physical warfare; on the contrary he has proved its futility.

The story of the creation and similar things in it did not impress me very much, but on the contrary made me incline somewhat towards atheism.

I must say that, beyond occasionally exposing me to laughter, my constitutional shyness has been no dis-advantage whatever. In fact I can see that, on the contrary, it has been all to my advantage.

Contrary to what Kafka does, I always like to refer all of my fictions to the level of reality, He, on the other hand, leaves them at an imaginary level.

Man is the creature that cannot emerge from himself, that knows his fellows only in himself; when he asserts the contrary, he is lying.

My only fear is doing something contrary to human nature - the wrong thing, the wrong way, or at the wrong time.

Contrary to what President Obama said in his inaugural address, going on Medicare and food stamps does not strengthen us. Just ask people who are fourth-generation welfare recipients.

Alcohol, contrary to instinct, is not the secret to happiness.

I think women have made progress in cinematography, contrary to women directors, who I think have regressed. There are many more women cinematographers than when I started.

There is in the human race some dark spirit of recalcitrance, always pulling us in the direction contrary to that in which we are reasonably expected to go.

gardening is a madness, a folly that does not go away with age. Quite the contrary.

Burning books is not as grave as burning people, because books, contrary to men, are not unique and ideas are fireproof!

The 'Rescue Me' gig was a unique opportunity to play a character - a misanthropic, angry guy - who was so contrary to how people think of me.

There's no sacrifice in eating well, there is no sacrifice in pleasure. To the contrary, the best-grown food is actually the tastiest.

We must learn to suffer what we cannot evade; our life, like the harmony of the world, is composed of contrary things, and one part is no less necessary than the other.

In my view, the critical questions in this era of mass incarceration are: What disturbs us? What seems contrary to expectation? Who do we really care about?

For men may prove and use their friends, as the poet expresses it, usque ad aras, meaning that a friend should not be required to act contrary to the law of God.

Some of the mission groups that have been responsible for our education have not been part of the government. In fact, they acted contrary to what the government had planned to do.

Contrary to popular belief, there are actually quite a few guys in the action sports community that have faith and are Christians.

In my experience at least, the large public universities do not fall behind in fostering creativity and independence; often the contrary.

But on the contrary Wikileaks is under heavy attack by the government and corporations are participating in that by closing down their websites.

Crime fiction confirms our belief, despite some evidence to the contrary, that we live in a rational, comprehensible, and moral universe.

I do not believe that it is possible to teach a cat to obey; that is contrary to his nature.

For very strangely his officers looked upon Jack Aubrey as a moral figure, in spite of all proofs of the contrary...

All statutes to the contrary are revoked.

Knowing that all things contrary to God's laws are transient, let us avoid despair and radiate hope for a warless world.

Hollywood is not stupid, contrary to popular belief; it's really a lot of intelligent people trying to figure things out.

Courage, contrary to popular belief, is not the absence of fear. Courage is the wisdom to act in spite of fear.

Minimalism itself had a very strong iconoclast impulse. You think of the sixties as loose and liberated, but in art it was actually quite the contrary.

Contrary to common belief, Christian fiction did not begin with Catherine Marshall, Janette Oke, or Frank Peretti.

There is nothing intrinsically more beautiful or poetical about the moon than about a dunghill; if anything, the contrary, for the latter is full of life and warmth and energy.

Contrary to the norm, as my technique improved my voice became higher.

It is not that pearls fetch a high price because men have dived for them; but on the contrary, men have dived for them because they fetch a high price.

Contrary to what you might think, I don't spend every waking hour thinking about boys." "Just most waking hours?

Monogamy is contrary to nature but necessary for the greater social good.

Is there any evidence to the contrary? I don't need certainty in order to act on a well-founded suspicion.

I came into this world restless despite many appearances to the contrary. Does that make me unique? I doubt it.

I sometimes think if someone appealed the Ten Commandments to some of our courts, they would rule - 'Thou shalt not, unless you feel strongly to the contrary'.

There is nothing illegal in keeping up a tomb; on the contrary, it is a very laudable thing to do.

We [me and Eugene Levy] both try to play the reality of a moment and don't try to impose humor on something where it doesn't belong. Contrary to what other people seem to think sometimes.

We can all be good when we have no temptation or provocation to the contrary.

Those commands of superiors which are contrary to our first duties are not to be obeyed.

Are you smarter than a pig, Locke?” “On occasion,” said Locke. “There are contrary opinions.

On the contrary, there is something pleasing about his mouth when he speaks. And there is something of dignity in the way his trousers cling to those most English parts of him.

Contrary to most people’s beliefs, music is in me, forever. I can recall it at any moment with utter precision.

Contrary to what you think, not all preternatural beings hang out at the local Supernatural Pub looking for humans and dates.