Quotes of: Opposed Keyword

The moment we believe that success is determined by an ingrained level of ability as opposed to resilience and hard work, we will be brittle in the face of adversity.

Joshua Waitzkin

My own personal, moral, spiritual, religious, etc. beliefs don't oppose same-gender marriage.

Ed Case

Originally I was opposed to gay assimilation and targeted gay marriage as just another effort on the part of gays to resemble their straight neighbours.

Edmund White

And it's one reason why I don't go to a lot of movies - they're more and more dominated by corporate values and fiscal concerns as opposed to cinematic concerns.

Jeffrey Wright

The idea that talent is directly proportional to your trophy cabinet is one I oppose.

Alex Turner

The only thing I oppose is persecuting of Eastern Orthodox priests and temples.

Vladimir Zhirinovsky

Trying to meet new women, it's always a little more difficult as opposed to calling somebody I knew that's single and trying to rebuild that connection.

Drake

To be against rationalization is not the same as to be opposed to reasoning.

Christopher Hitchens and His Critics: Terror, Iraq, and the Left

I won’t pressure you, Ari, but I’m not opposed to subtle acts of persuasion.

Beyond Reach

The freedom of affluence opposes and contradicts the freedom of community life.

The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays

Whenever governments adopt a moral tone - as opposed to an ethical one - you know something is wrong.

The Unconscious Civilization

Through our intentions, a place no power can influence, we have the power to oppose.

Voice of Reason

Americans oppose Obamacare because they understand that it is inconsistent with our liberties and our idea of limited government and that it will destroy the best health care system in the world.

David Limbaugh

Compassion has no place in the natural order of the world which operates on the basis of necessity. Compassion opposes this order and is therefore best thought of as being in some way supernatural.

John Berger

An active investor is someone who actually lives off their investments as opposed to wages from a job.

Robert Kiyosaki

They call me before they go into production, when they have a prototype, and they call legitimate saxophonists, too. As opposed to the other kind.

Steve Lacy

People think comedians don't do drama. Comics are drama. And what is drama, as opposed to comedy? It's all the same to me.

Sinbad

After the Rodgers and Hammerstein revolution, songs became part of the story, as opposed to just entertainments in between comedy scenes.

Stephen Sondheim

I'm just opposed to a pure inflation-only mandate in which the only thing a central bank cares about is inflation and not employment.

Janet Yellen

If you're opposed to the budget I submitted to the General Assembly, you're for a tax increase.

Matt Blunt

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time.

Maurice Duffy