Being Contrary Quotes
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The truth is paradoxical to the extent of being exactly contrary to the usual perception.
— Georges Bataille
Man must not attempt to dispel the ambiguity of his being but, on the contrary, accept the task of realizing it.
— Simone De Beauvoir
I am fortunate enough with my career that I can speak out to the masses and hopefully be a part of initiating change.
— Lance Bass
No truly conscious human being sabotages himself - it's impossible, because it's contrary to Nature.
— Guy Finley
Bridgeport?" Said I."Camelot," Said he. — Mark Twain
Courage is simply the willingness to be afraid and act anyway.
— Robert Anthony
It's not that you aren't likable. On the contrary. You are. It's just that one wonders if you haven't made a career out of being so likable.
— Jerzy Kosinski
When you get the message, hang up the phone.
— Timothy Leary
A very interesting theory makes no sense at all.
— Groucho Marx
Along with the joy of parenthood, with every child comes a piercing vulnerability. It is at once sublime and terrifying
— David Sheff
Sometimes being a contrary bastard was a real pain.
— Lori Foster
I've never thought of my characters as being sad. On the contrary, they are full of life. They didn't choose tragedy. Tragedy chose them.
— Juliette Binoche
I think you just gave me a mini-orgasm," I shared."If you get your ass over here, I'll give you one that is not mini. — Kristen Ashley
All my heart is yours, sir: it belongs to you; and with you it would remain, were fate to exile the rest of me from your presence forever.
— Charlotte Bronte
She may not be the prettiest, or the smartest, or the wealthiest at the Academy, but she could be kind. Anyone could be kind.
— Alleece Balts
Being a ruler is, contrary to popular notions, a calling of self-sacrifice. That is, if one wants to be a good ruler.
— S.D. Smith
Inaction, contrary to its reputation for being a refuge, is neither safe nor comfortable.
— Madeleine M. Kunin
you do not escape from money by being moneyless. On the contrary, you are the hopeless slave of money until you have enough of it to live on
— George Orwell
They could not understand the advantage of living contrary to their inclinations in this world in order to enjoy a hypothetical well-being in another.
— Isabel Allende
I do like to embed a fictional character firmly in an occupation.
— Penelope Lively
I am so far from being a pessimist ... on the contrary, in spite of my scars, I am tickled to death at life.
— Eugene O'Neill
Certainly Adam in Paradise had not more sweet and curious apprehensions of the world, than I when I was a child.
— Thomas Traherne
I've always found the most tragic things funny. I was always the guy laughing at the funeral.
— Andrew Gurland
Contrary to popular thinking, being worthy isn't something you earn, it's something you recognize.
— Mike Dooley
Friendship on the contrary is enjoyed in proportion to our desire: since it is a matter of the mind, with our souls being purified by practising it
— Michel De Montaigne
