Contrariety Synonyms Quotes & Sayings

It is shallow desires which make a young man bold; strong desires confound him. — Giacomo Casanova

Religion is here to unite us. It's not here to divide us. If it's dividing us, it's not God's religion, it's something else. — Hamza Yusuf

Laugh while you can, sweet girl," I growled against her lips. "I'm going to make you scream all those dirty words you're too scared to say. — Chelle Bliss

I'm sickened by all religions. Religion has divided people. I don't think there's any difference between the pope wearing a large hat and parading around with a smoking purse and an African painting his face white and praying to a rock. — Howard Stern

The Newtown massacre created a tipping point on the gun debate in America. — Mark McKinnon

There is a worry that many have expressed that, on the naturalistic way of approaching philosophical questions, philosophy will somehow be co-opted by science. I'm not much worried about this. — Hilary Kornblith

Fall Greeks; fail fame; honour or go or stay; My major vow lies here, this I'll obey. — William Shakespeare

If you are energy-efficient and water-wise at home, then take all your good habits abroad with you. — Sheherazade Goldsmith

Yes," I whisper so the others won't hear, "but being afraid is good because it means I still have more to lose. — Caroline George

Someday you're really going to have to describe to me in more detail what life is like on the planet you live on. Because it sounds really great, and I'd like to visit there one day. — Meg Cabot

One of the most violent attacks on the Church in the Soviet Union was under Kruschev when, during a period of economic and political liberalization, he attacked the Church to demonstrate to old Party members that he hadn't lost it. — George Pattison

Writing criticism is to writing fiction and poetry as hugging the shore is to sailing in the open sea. — John Updike

They say the city gets in your blood, but that's crap. The city doesn't become part of you... you become part of it. It soaks you up bit by bit, year after year. Until you're just a tiny part of its system... Pumping through its veins, lost in its arteries. — Jeff Lemire

Abortion occurs so frequently in my stories. Abortion sort of synthesizes both sex and death. To have sex and death placed as close to one another as possible is always a goal of mine. — Chuck Palahniuk