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He didn't say anything to the contrary or interrupt me in any way, which was nice. (Polite listening skills really are rare, don't you think?)
— Matthew Quick
To abandon oneself to principles is really to die - and to die for an impossible love which is the contrary of love.
— Albert Camus
It is most absurdly said, in popular language, of any man, that he is disguised in liquor; for, on the contrary, most men are disguised by sobriety.
— Thomas De Quincey
Contrary to some perceptions, revolutionary ideology, even in a tropical country, is not hot. It is cold, man-made.
— Viet Thanh Nguyen
Exercise of faith will be the safest where there is a clear determination summarily to reject all that is contrary to truth and love.
— Mahatma Gandhi
No Man is richer for having his Estate all in Money, Plate, etc. lying by him, but on the contrary, he is for that reason the poorer.
— Dudley North
Not a desire, act, wish, or thought does the Holy Ghost indulge in contrary to that which is dictated by the Father
— Brigham Young
Something in him just lived to be contrary. If he couldn't have their respect, he'd accept their hate.
— Andrea Speed
All concord's born of contraries.
— Ben Jonson
God give me the wisdom to see the truth however contrary to my established beliefs.
— Robert Quillen
When we long for life without difficulty, remind us that oaks grow strong under contrary winds
and diamonds are made under pressure. — Peter Marshall
I agree with God's Word; I disagree with any condition, situation or circumstance contrary to that Word.
— T. B. Joshua
Socialism cannot function, because its economic reward structure is contrary to human nature.
— Frans De Waal
You ain't got no advantages when you're small and contrary.""I ain't puny," I said hotly. "And I ain't contrary. — Jessica Maria Tuccelli
The sadness of our existence should not leave us blunted, on the contraryhow to remain thin-skinned, vulnerable and stay alive? — Montgomery Clift
Contrary to popular belief, I'm not always trying to stand out.
— Natalie Massenet
To affirm is not to bear, carry, or harness oneself to that which exists, but on the contrary to unburden, unharness, and set free that which lives.
— Gilles Deleuze
The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth.
— Jean De La Bruyere
The paradox of knowledge is not confined to the small, atomic scale; on the contrary, it is as cogent on the scale of man, and even of the stars.
— Jacob Bronowski
I mean, contrary to popular belief, I'm actually not harboring a secret desire to grow up and become a bioterrorist.
— Elizabeth Norris
Contrary to some of our great myths, the universe was not created once upon a time, but rather is constantly being created and re-created.
— Deepak Chopra
I do not believe that it is possible to teach a cat to obey; that is contrary to his nature.
— Patricia Moyes
Be careful not to become narrow-minded, or afraid of reading what is well written, quite the contrary, such writings are a source of comfort in life.
— Vincent Van Gogh
Further, nothing, except sin, is contrary to an act of virtue. But war is contrary to peace. Therefore war is always a sin.
— Thomas Aquinas
I use contrary-ism in every part of my life.
— Tibor Kalman
No, I don't wear contacts, and contrary to what some people have said, I do not have a glass eye.
— Jared Leto
Punishment doesn't mean you aren't loved. On the contrary. You can only punish someone you love.
— Catherynne M Valente
As Christians we are constantly bombarded with attitudes and values which are contrary to biblical teaching.
— Billy Graham
Knowledge is not simply another commodity. On the contrary. Knowledge is never used up. It increases by diffusion and grows by dispersion.
— Daniel J. Boorstin
Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.
— W. Somerset Maugham
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
Contrary to what most people think, there is a Rich Daley under Mayor Daley.
— William M. Daley
We find other people's vanity contrary to our taste only when it is contrary to our vanity.
— Friedrich Nietzsche
To the contrary, I think we bent over backwards to press for elections and for democratic reform.
— John Negroponte
I love the police, contrary to many people.
— Gerard Depardieu
A competent leader can get efficient service from poor troops, while on the contrary an incapable leader can demoralize the best of troops.
— John J. Pershing
Silence is no weakness of language.It is, on the contrary, its strength.
It is the weakness of words not to know this. — Edmond Jabes
Never walk away from failure. On the contrary, study it carefully for its hidden assets.
— Michael Korda
Contrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a new dance step - it is an old business procedure.
— Fran Lebowitz
Truth, like light, blinds. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every object.
— Albert Camus
Storm destroys, man also destroys, so man is a storm too! But contrary to storm, man can learn no to destroy!
— Mehmet Murat Ildan
There is no point in using the word 'impossible' to describe something that has clearly happened.
— Douglas Adams
Every ideology is contrary to human psychology.
— Albert Camus
If it is contrary to the Word of God, it isn't right.
— Nancy Leigh DeMoss
God is not exempt from emotional pain ... One the contrary, God's pain is as infinite as His love.
— Terryl L. Givens
On the Contrary, to Aristotle the 'forms' were in the things because they were the particular characteristics of these things
— Jostein Gaarder
There's nothing inherently interesting about being a drunk in fact, quite the contrary. — Heather King
Commit no act that is contrary to love.
— Leo Tolstoy
A man never, in any instance, wills any thing contrary to his desires, or desires any thing contrary to his Will.
— Jonathan Edwards
It is not only he who speaks contrary to what he knows who lies, but even more he who speaks contrary to what he does not know
— Friedrich Nietzsche
It is contrary to the worship that is in contentedness.
— Jeremiah Burroughs
God did not, as the Bible says, make man in His image; on the contrary man, as I have shown in The Essence of Christianity, made God in his image.
— Ludwig Feuerbach
Are you smarter than a pig, Locke?" "On occasion," said Locke. "There are contrary opinions. — Scott Lynch
I came into this world restless despite many appearances to the contrary. Does that make me unique? I doubt it.
— Rod Stryker
It would be contrary to the spirit of the American Government to use force to subjugate the South.
— William H. Seward
God will never - never - lead you to do something that is contrary to His written Word, the Bible.
— Billy Graham
In truth, to attain to interior peace, one must be willing to pass through the contrary to peace. Such is the teaching of the Sages.
— Swami Brahmananda
For very strangely his officers looked upon Jack Aubrey as a moral figure, in spite of all proofs of the contrary ...
— Patrick O'Brian
No, I haven't failed thousands of times. On the contrary, I have successfully eliminated thousands of ideas that do not work!
— Thomas A. Edison
Nothing in the Shastra, which is manifestly contrary to universal truths and morals, can stand.
— Mahatma Gandhi
Everything I ever worried about turned out exactly as it was going to, despite my anxious moments to the contrary.
— Wayne Dyer
But contrary to what some people seem to think, I was never a bully. I was just a hard man.
— Roger Daltrey
This world is a vast unbroken totality, a deep solidarity joins its contrary powers.
— Sri Aurobindo
You may have genius. The contrary is, of course, probable.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes
If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason.
— Samuel Butler
Experience, contrary to common belief, is mostly imagination.
— Ruth Benedict
We do not live to think, but, on the contrary, we think in order that we may succeed in surviving.
— Jose Ortega Y Gasset
All that is contrary to love and peace is of the Fiend and of his part.
— Julian Of Norwich
Faith is not contrary to the usual ideas, something that turns out to be right or wrong, like a gambler's bet.
— Joanna Russ
If I am to wholly follow the Lord Jesus Christ, I must forsake everything that is contrary to Him.
— Aiden Wilson Tozer
An insult directed at the wicked is not to be censured; on the contrary, the honest man, if he has sense, can only applaud.
— Aristophanes
Memories are contrary things; if you quit chasing them and turn your back, they often return on their own.
— Richard Bachman
Often, the scripts that we write that foretell our own doom are completely contrary to the scripts that God has written for us.
— Craig D. Lounsbrough
Happiness is enjoyed only in proportion as it is known; and such is the state or folly of man, that it is known only by experience of its contrary.
— Samuel Johnson
What is most contrary to salvation is not sin but habit.
— Charles Peguy
Contrary to general belief, an artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs.
— Edgard Varese
Knowing that all things contrary to God's laws are transient, let us avoid despair and radiate hope for a warless world.
— Peace Pilgrim
Contrary to what is commonly believed, all murderers are men of extreme faith rather than unbelievers.
— Orhan Pamuk
Faith in God is like a kite - a contrary wind only raises it higher.
— Suzanne Woods Fisher
For the poet the credo or doctrine is not the point of arrival but is, on the contrary, the point of departure for the metaphysical journey.
— Joseph Brodsky
