Contrary Instructions Quotes & Sayings

We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

I believe in individual rights so much that I don't like any sort of 'what's good for the cause'-type questions. — Penn Jillette

The majority see the obstacles; the few see the objectives; history records the successes of the latter, while oblivion is the reward of the former. — Alfred A. Montapert

When someone says you can't, look at where they are sitting. Perhaps they meant they can't. — Tim Fargo

And a naked woman was waiting for him on it. Oh, crap. He'd forgotten all about Ellen, but Marcus's winery manager obviously hadn't forgotten about him. If things had gone differently tonight - way differently - he knew he would have been psyched to find her already stripped down and ready for him. Only, after meeting Chloe, Chase was about as unpsyched by Ellen's naked presence in the house as he could be. Ellen's eyes were wide as she looked between him and Chloe. Clearly, surprise had her frozen in place on the bed as it took her a minute to remove her iPod headphones. Obviously, the music had masked the sound of Chase and Chloe's conversation in the living room, and Ellen had had no idea that Chase wouldn't be walking through the bedroom door alone. — Bella Andre

Men who are resolved to find a way for themselves will always find opportunities enough; and if they do not find them, they will make them. — Samuel Smiles

Satan loves to fish in the troubled waters of a discontented heart. — Thomas Watson

The aim of far too many teachings these days is to make people "feel good," and even some Buddhist masters are beginning to sound like New Age apostles. Their talks are entirely devoted to validating the manifestation of ego and endorsing the "rightness" of our feelings, neither of which have anything to do with the teachings we find in the pith instructions. So, if you are only concerned about feeling good, you are far better off having a full body massage or listening to some uplifting or life-affirming music than receiving dharma teachings, which were definitely not designed to cheer you up. On the contrary, the dharma was devised specifically to expose your failings and make you feel awful. — Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse

The best way for someone to govern is to set an example. — Antonis Samaras

Chris: I'm never gonna get out of this town am I, Gordie?
Gordie: You can do anything you want, man.
Chris: Yeah, sure. Give me some skin.
Gordie: I'll see ya.
Chris: Not if I see you first. — Stephen King

Sound: always in a state of emergence or decay — David Toop

Hee wrongs not an old man that steales his supper from him. — George Herbert

While still in the cage of your being behold the spirit bird before it flies away. — Rumi

You cannot contract to sell a baby. If they legalize this contract they may soon start bringing poor women in from other countries just to be breeders. — Mary Beth Whitehead

How can I be so evil? It ain't easy. — Edward Abbey

For the preservation of chastity, an empty and rumbling stomach and fevered lungs are indispensable. — St. Jerome