Quotes of: Opposition Keyword

I decided law was the exact opposite of sex; even when it was good, it was lousy.

Mortimer Zuckerman

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

Georg C. Lichtenberg

The excessive increase of anything causes a reaction in the opposite direction.

Plato

Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity.

Coco Chanel

I've enjoyed the opposite sex a lot. Always have. Always will.

Betty White

They lay silently. She was staring at something across the room. She was making him feel uncomfortable. 'It wouldn't work. It's the attraction of opposites,' he said. We're not opposites.' I don't mean just you and me. Women fall in love when they ge...

James Salter

The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth.

Niels Bohr

In Washington, particularly, the loyal opposition has a job to be the opposition. But you can't stop there.

Jeb Bush

The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.

Niels Bohr

Good is not the opposite of evil, joy is the opposite of evil.

The Zoo Where You're Fed to God

There are trivial truths and the great truths. The opposite of a trivial truth is plainly false. The opposite of a great truth is also true.

Niels Bohr

You can say the opposite of something you've said but you can't do the opposite of something you've done.

Jose Bergamin

In an opposite universe, the iconoclast creates the icon. – Why We Couldn't Possibly Be Living in an Opposite Universe, Reason 11.9

John Alejandro King

Those that choose to walk in the light will experience light. Those that choose the opposite path create for themselves the opposite experience.

Molly Friedenfeld

You can recognize a small truth because its opposite is a falsehood. The opposite of a great truth is another truth.

Niels Bohr

There are trivial truths and there are great truths. The opposite of a trivial truth is plainly false. The opposite of a great truth is also true.

Niels Bohr

Knowledge comes from the past, so it's safe. It is also out of date. It's the opposite of originality... Experience is the opposite of being creative.

Paul Arden

To succeed with the opposite sex, tell her you're impotent. She can't wait to disprove it.

Cary Grant

To the ordinary, opposite, means hatred. Every person sees themselves as love. To the extraordinary, opposite means opportunity.

Justin K. McFarlane Beau

If something you did causes failure, shouldn't the exact opposite of what you did bring success?

Jessica Brody

There are also two kinds of truths: truth of reasoning and truths of fact. Truths of reasoning are necessary and their opposite is impossible; those of fact are contingent and their opposite is possible.

Gottfried Leibniz