Quotes of: On-the-contrary Keyword

Don't fall asleep yet. Contrary to popular belief, that's not where dreams get accomplished.

George Watsky

The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth.

Jean de la Bruyere

Matter is a term contrary to soul. But nonsoul is its contradictory. Whatever is not soul is nonsoul.

Virchand Gandhi

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

Natalie Massenet

Contrary to popular belief, Americans don't hate advertising.

Roy H. Williams

Contrary to what we've been told, life is simple. We complicate matters with our choices.

Michelle Richardson

Never walk away from failure. On the contrary, study it carefully and imaginatively for its hidden assets.

Michael Korda

Really, contrary to popular belief, I like to have a good time and not take myself too seriously.

Jake Gyllenhaal

Contrary to popular belief, editors and agents are gagging for good books.

Meg Rosoff

Leadership is particularly necessary to ensure ready acceptance of the unfamiliar and that which is contrary to tradition.

Cyril Falls

To abandon oneself to principles is really to die - and to die for an impossible love which is the contrary of love.

Albert Camus

Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.

W. Somerset Maugham

The way to Heaven is ascending; we must be content to travel uphill, though it be hard and tiresome, and contrary to the natural bias of our flesh.

Jonathan Edwards

Truth, like light, blinds. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every object.

Albert Camus

Contrary to popular belief. It's much wiser to take money from the poor than the rich.

Mike Royko

Globalization, far from putting an end to power diplomacy between States, has, on the contrary, intensified it.

Omar Bongo

Contrary to what most people think, there is a Rich Daley under Mayor Daley.

William M. Daley

You don’t turn a river by abruptly trying to get it to change direction. You don’t have that much power. No matter how strong you are. The river will just overwhelm you and obstinately carry on pretty much as before. You can’t make it change di...

The Room

Contrary to general belief, an artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs.

Edgard Varese

After all, he human, in spite of rumors to the contrary.

The Mona Lucy

…on some occasions, women, like dreams, go by contraries.

Little Women