Contrastively Synonym Quotes & Sayings

To consider the school as a place where instruction is given is one point of view. But, to consider the school as a preparation for life is another. In the latter case, the school must satisfy all the needs of life. — Maria Montessori

We need each other. — Lailah Gifty Akita

We dribble away our life, little by little, in small packages - we don't throw it away all at once. — Robert A. Cook

His vanity required constant stimulation, and constant proof that the ongoing creation of his selfhood was a project that he himself controlled. — Eleanor Catton

This is a dynamic particular to encounters with male drivers, who seem to grow all the more indignant the more completely they are in the wrong. I think the emotional reasoning, if you can call it that, is transitive: You make me feel bad; feeling mad makes me mad; ergo, you make me mad. — Lionel Shriver

Accelerated depreciation helps companies bring forward capital-intensive investments by reducing payback time. It's not a hand out. Companies still have to pay the tax, but they simply get to defer it. — Anthony Pratt

Political scientists followed up on Todorov's initial research by identifying a category of voters for whom the automatic preferences of System 1 are particularly likely to play a large role. They found what they were looking for among politically uninformed voters who watch a great deal of television. As expected, the effect of facial competence on voting is about three times larger for information-poor and TV-prone voters than for others who are better informed and watch less television. Evidently, — Daniel Kahneman

All business is capitalistic. You require capital for any sort of business endeavour. — P. J. O'Rourke

Nothing fixes a thing so intently in the memory as the wish to forget it — Cat Patrick

I think the players win the championship, and the organization has something to do with it, don't get me wrong. But don't try to put the organization above the players. — Michael Jordan

Suppose you came across a woman lying on the street with an elephant sitting on her chest. You notice she is short of breath. Shortness of breath can be a symptom of heart problems. In her case, the much more likely cause is the elephant on her chest. For a long time, society put obstacles in the way of women who wanted to enter the sciences. That is the elephant. Until the playing field has veen leveled and lingering stereotypes are gone, you can't even ask the question. — Sally Ride

I really wasn't sure if I wanted this guy knowing where I lived. After all, he was wielding a baseball bat, and I had just seen him strike several people with that bat. — Holly Hood