Opposites Quotes - Page 2

• A great truth is a truth whose opposite is also a truth.

  Thomas Mann

  Truth, Lying, Truth Is

  "Essay on Freud". May 16, 1929.

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• Every action has an equal and opposite reaction

  Isaac Newton

  Action, Equal, Reactions

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• When two opposite points of view are expressed with equal intensity, the truth does not necessarily lie exactly half way between. It is possible for one side simply to be wrong.

  Richard Dawkins

  Lying, Views, Two

  "One side can be wrong" by Richard Dawkins and Jerry Coyne, www.theguardian.com. September 1, 2005.

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• Darling: the popular form of address used in speaking to a member of the opposite sex whose name you cannot at the moment remember.

  Oliver Herford

  Sex, Talking, Names

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• Most people think of success and failure as opposites, but they both are products of the same process.

  Roger von Oech

  Thinking, People, Success And Failure

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• The Opposite of Love is not hate, but power

  C. S. Lewis

  Hate, Love Is, Anime

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• We never fully grasp the import of any true statement until we have a clear notion of what the opposite untrue statement would be.

  William James

  Truth, Would Be, Unfaithful

  William James (2007). “The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy”, p.217, Cosimo, Inc.

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• To do the opposite of something is also a form of imitation, namely an imitation of its opposite.

  Georg C. Lichtenberg

  Imitation, Form

  "Aphorisms". Book by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Notebook D 96, 1799.

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• Look, I don't want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you're alive you've got to flap your arms and legs, you've got to jump around a lot, for life is the very opposite of death, and therefore you must at very least think noisy and colorfully, or you're not alive.

  Mel Brooks

  Funny, Life, Witty

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• Good writers define reality; bad ones merely restate it. A good writer turns fact into truth; a bad writer will, more often than not, accomplish the opposite.

  Edward Albee

  Truth, Writing, Reality

  Edward Albee (2009). “Stretching My Mind: The Collected Essays of Edward Albee”, p.48, Da Capo Press

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• Economy, prudence, and a simple life are the sure masters of need, and will often accomplish that which, their opposites, with a fortune at hand, will fail to do.

  Clara Barton

  Simple, Hands, Needs

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• The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born - that there is a genetic factor to leadership. This myth asserts that people simply either have certain charismatic qualities or not. That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.

  Warren G. Bennis

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  "Managing People Is Like Herding Cats". Book by Warren G. Bennis, January 1997.

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• Decency must be an even more exhausting state to maintain than its opposite. Those who succeed seem to need a stupefying amount of sleep.

  Quentin Crisp

  Sleep, Needs, Rehabilitation

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• Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite.

  John Kenneth Galbraith

  Funny, Witty, Men

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Reverse every natural instinct and do the opposite of what you are inclined to do, and you will probably come very close to having a perfect golf swing.

  Ben Hogan

  Golf, Hair, Swings

  Ben Hogan (2010). “Power Golf”, p.11, Simon and Schuster

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• The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.

  Rollo May

  Courage, Soulmate, Self Esteem

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• Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.

  George Santayana

  Happiness, Wise, Wisdom

  George Santayana (2015). “The Life of Reason: Human Understanding”, p.461, 谷月社

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• Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.

  E. F. Schumacher

  Inspirational, Motivational, Courage

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• To contrast national solidarity and international cooperation as two opposites seems foolish to me.

  Gustav Stresemann

  Stupid, Two, Cooperation

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• Fantasy love is much better than reality love. Never doing it is very exciting. The most exciting attractions are between two opposites that never meet.

  Andy Warhol

  Love, Reality, Two

  Andy Warhol (2014). “The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again”, p.57, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a necessary condition for our existence.

  Sholem Asch

  Forgiveness, Memories, Moving

  Sholem Asch (1939). “The Nazarene”

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• That's why I'm an actress, to do something completely opposite from myself

  Taryn Manning

  Actresses

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• It's this simple law, which every writer knows, of taking two opposites and putting them in a room together. I love anything with Cartman and Butters at the same time, it's great.

  Trey Parker

  Simple, Law, Two

  "Interview: Trey Parker and Matt Stone". Interview with Jeff Otto, www.ign.com. May 12, 2005.

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• It is our experience that political leaders do not always mean the opposite of what they say.

  Abba Eban

  Leadership, Mean, Political

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• My sister and I are opposites in many ways. She is six feet tall, while I'm five feet four.

  Tracy Austin

  Sister, Feet, Four

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