Contrarians Guide Quotes & Sayings

Designing a house is like doing a movie: Once you're done, you want to say, 'I hope you all enjoy it.' — Jennifer Aniston

True respect means taking other people's beliefs seriously and assuming they are adult and intelligent enough to be able to cope with it if you tell them, clearly and civility, why you think they are totally, utterly and disastrously wrong. — Julian Baggini

Kill them all; for God knoweth them that are His. (Tuez-les tous; Dieu reconnaitra les siens.) — Arnaud Amalric

Our hope of immortality does not come from any religions, but nearly all religions come from that hope. — Robert Green Ingersoll

The "Vasco da Gama's era" ends in a nightmare in which men-Westerners and non-Westerners alike-are bewildered by this confusion and the old fancy of the apprenti sorcier becomes tragically actual. — Carlo M. Cipolla

I always tell people that I'll sound exactly like Alanis Morissette after I've had more boyfriends. I'll be just as anguished-sounding. — Michelle Branch

I'm just a very primitive, infantile folk singer. — Robert Wyatt

Consider the subtleness of the sea; how its most dreaded creatures glide under water, unapparent for the most part, and treacherously hidden beneath the loveliest tints of azure. Consider also the devilish brilliance and beauty of many of its most remorseless tribes, as the dainty embellished shape of many species of sharks. Consider, once more, the universal cannibalism of the sea; all whose creatures prey upon each other, carrying on eternal war since the world began.
Consider all this; and then turn to the green, gentle, and most docile earth; consider them both, the sea and the land; and do you not find a strange analogy to something in yourself? For as this appalling ocean surrounds the verdant land, so in the soul of man there lies one insular Tahiti, full of peace and joy, but encompassed by all the horrors of the half-known life. God keep thee! Push not off from that isle, thou canst never return! — Herman Melville

The true value of a man is not determined by his possession, supposed or real, of Truth, but rather by his sincere exertion to get to the Truth. It is not possession of the Truth, but rather the pursuit of Truth by which he extends his powers and in which his ever-growing perfectibility is to be found. Possession makes one passive, indolent, and proud. — Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

I think, internally, we Catholics have known this for a long time. I think we're just thrilled and grateful that the rest of the world now is sharing in the esteem and gratitude that we've had for Pope John Paul II for 26 and a half years. — Chris Matthews

Michael fled up the steps and slipped back into their room. He undressed quickly and slid under the covers. Griffin stirred and pulled him close.
"Where did you disappear to?" Griffin asked in a sleepy voice.
"Santa made me blow him before he'd give up the presents. He's too old. Took him forever to come. — Tiffany Reisz

Your name may be 'writ in water', but for now, you have the great advantage of being a wave that can think. — D.J. MacLennan

My fighting style, if you will, is a combination of mimicking, cowboy films and boxing that I have done throughout my life. — Dominic Purcell

All abilities come from one mind — Yamamoto Tsunetomo

Dishonesty in a woman is a thing you never blame deeply. — F Scott Fitzgerald