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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 popular belief, editors and agents are gagging for good books. — Meg Rosoff

Contra: Why don't you trust me honey? Wait, rather I doubt that you are in a going around. — Vikrmn

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

Contrary to popular opinion, even totalitarian dictatorships are dependent on the population and the societies they rule. — Gene Sharp

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

Contrary to what certain comedians have led you to believe, the national French pastime is picnicking. — Bob Hope

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

It appears to me that one defeats God precisely by not trying to stand above God, but on the contrary by using God's own existence against God. — Lionel Suggs

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 contrary
how to remain thin-skinned, vulnerable and stay alive? — Montgomery Clift

Contrary to popular belief, I'm not always trying to stand out. — Natalie Massenet

There is no excuse for falling into delusion, which is so contrary to the Word of God. — Dave Hunt

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

On the contrary, a company was more likely to asphyxiate on its own success. — Tracy Kidder

Rejecting sin is not a burden; on the contrary, it brings freedom and relief. — Sunday Adelaja

I use contrary-ism in every part of my life. — Tibor Kalman

Contrary to general belief, I do not believe that friends are necessarily the people you like best, they are merely the people who got there first. — Peter Ustinov

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

Only by using faith are we kept from practically losing it, and, on the contrary, to use faith is to lose the unbelief that hinders God's mighty acts. — George Muller

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

Contrary to popular opinion, the Old Testament is not a single book with one unified view of who God is and how life works. — Anonymous

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

Contrary to common assumption, many of the wealthiest Americans aren't worried about the weakening economy at all. They are actually excited about it. — Jamie Johnson

For every prescriptive idea about the craft of fiction, there's at least one writer who makes a virtue of the contrary. — Sarah Hall

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

Let me be clear: Despite Roger Clemens' statements to the contrary, I never injected Roger Clemens, or anyone else, with lidocaine or B-12. — Jim Lehrer

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

Man is neither by birth nor disposition a savage, nor of unsocial habits, but only becomes so by indulging in vices contrary to his nature. — Plutarch

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

People say that marijuana is going to hurt my career. On the contrary, my fight career is getting in the way of my marijuana smoking. — Nick Diaz

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

What is most contrary to salvation is not sin but habit. — Charles Peguy

What Pascal said of an effective religion is true of any effective doctrine: it must be contrary to nature, to common sense and to pleasure. — Eric Hoffer

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

Inaction, contrary to its reputation for being a refuge, is neither safe nor comfortable. — Madeleine M. Kunin

I'm a foodie. I enjoy it a lot, and contrary to what it looks, I eat a lot. My comfort food, of all things, would be southern soul barbecue. — Zach Johnson