Quotes about Antithesis

A moral monopoly is the antithesis of a marketplace of ideas. Votes: 4

This liberal progressive agenda... is the antithesis of who we are as a constitutional republic. Votes: 4

In brief, egoism in its modern interpretation, is the antithesis, not of altruism, but of idealism. Votes: 4

The farther a society progresses, the more clearly the individual becomes the antithesis of the group. Votes: 4

I sometimes struggle, because my job is like the antithesis of what surfing is all about. Surfing's simple. It's real. Votes: 4

Now the relation which, in the sphere of nature, being and semblance or sensation bear to one another in this antithesis, is the same as that which in ethics exists between good and pleasure or feeling. Votes: 4

Now a great debate has been born. The thesis is Democratic Socialism. The antithesis is free-market capitalism. The Obama Democrats have posed the challenge. It is now up to the Republicans to pick it up and fight along these lines. Votes: 4

Well, the first thing is that truth and power for me form an antithesis, an antagonism, which will hardly ever be resolved. I can define in fact, can simplify the history of human society, the evolution of human society, as a contest between power and freedom. Votes: 4

Faith is the wors curse of mankind, as the exact antithesis and enemy of thought. Votes: 3

Worry is the antithesis of trust. You simply cannot do both. They are mutually exclusive. Votes: 3

Antithesis is the narrow gateway through which error most prefers to worm its way towards truth. Votes: 3

Force is the antithesis of freedom, but force must be used, if only to defend against other force. Votes: 3

Don't Seek Happiness. If you seek it, you won't find it, because seeking is the antithesis of happiness Votes: 3

Truth is found neither in the thesis nor the antithesis, but in an emergent synthesis which reconciles the two. Votes: 3

There is no neutral ground in the universe. Every square inch, every split second is claimed by God, and counterclaimed by Satan. Votes: 3

Antithesis may be the blossom of wit, but it will never arrive at maturity unless sound sense be the trunk and truth the root. Votes: 3

Inspiration may be a form of superconsciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness - I wouldn't know. But I am sure it is the antithesis of self-consciousness. Votes: 3

My life has been the antithesis of that book 'The Secret'. I've always been interested in doing what I do. I love storytelling and I really enjoyed acting, but it never seemed like a realistic thing. Votes: 3

We seem to gain wisdom more readily through our failures than through our successes. We always think of failure as the antithesis of success, but it isn't. Success often lies just the other side of failure. Votes: 3

Damn all false antitheses to hell, for they generate false gods, they perpetuate idols, they twist and distort our souls, they launch the church into violent pendulum swings who oscillations succeed only in dividing brothers and sisters in Christ Votes: 3

Don't seek happiness. If you seek it, you won't find it, because seeking is the antithesis of happiness. Happiness is ever elusive, but freedom from unhappiness is attainable now, by facing what is rather than making up stories about it. Votes: 3

What opposite discoveries we have seen! (Signs of true genius, and of empty pockets.) One makes new noses, one a guillotine, One breaks your bones, one sets them in their sockets; But vaccination certainly has been A kind antithesis to Congreve's rockets, ... Votes: 3

The madness of depression is, generally speaking, the antithesis of violence. It is a storm indeed, but a storm of murk. Soon evident are the slowed-down responses, near paralysis, psychic energy throttled back close to zero. Ultimately, the body is affected and feels sapped, drained. Votes: 3

Renewable energy fits well into the conservative mindset by allowing competition into the energy markets so that consumers have choice. The system as it is, with big utilities monopolizing the energy playing field or fossil fuel energy being given massive subsidies so that they are on a kind of corporate welfare, is the antithesis of conservative principles. Votes: 3

Although the far territory of the extreme can exert an intoxicating pull on susceptible individuals of all bents, extremism seems to be especially prevalent among those inclined by temperament or upbringing toward religious pursuits. Faith is the very antithesis of reason, injudiciousness a crucial component of spiritual devotion. And when religious fanaticism supplants ratiocination, all bets are suddenly off. Votes: 3

Everything contains its antithesis. Votes: 1

I hope I am the antithesis of disposable fashion. Votes: 1

Christmas is the antithesis of Thanksgiving. Christmas is pretty much a man-made holiday. Votes: 1

Al-Qa'ida is the antithesis of the peace, tolerance and humanity that is at the heart of Islam. Votes: 1

Inspiration may be a form of super-consciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness I wouldn't know. But I am sure it is the antithesis of self-consciousness. Votes: 1

I always thought the desert was the antithesis of peace - something that attacks you. So you don't go to the desert for peace. Votes: 1

No school of philosophy has ever solved this question of whether being determines consciousness or the other way around. It may be a false antithesis. Votes: 1

I think that this liberal progressive agenda is not the thing that the American people want and it's antithesis to who we are as a constitutional republic. Votes: 1

Woodstock was the antithesis of what the music industry turned into. And if anyone tries to tie another Woodstock festival to an obnoxious sponsor, I'll be out protesting again. Votes: 1

Having plenty of living space has to be the greatest luxury in a city, and I guess in some sense Bombay is the antithesis of what living in Canada must be. Votes: 1

I was a big fan of John Cassavetes, his wife, Gena Rowlands, and that era of filmmaking which was about realism and which represented the antithesis of the dreamy escapism you found in musicals. Votes: 1

Preachers at black churches are the last people left in the English-speaking world who know the schemes and tropes of classical rhetoric: parallelism, antithesis, epistrophe, synecdoche, metonymy, periphrasis, litotes - the whole bag of tricks. Votes: 1

I think that there's something extremely beautiful about the Olympic ideal and its motto - 'Swifter, higher, stronger' - it's such a beautiful motto, and it celebrates everything which is the antithesis of death and dissolution and entropy. Votes: 1

Loft living is the antithesis of suburban domesticity, if only because the open spaces don't easily accommodate family life. Lofts also offer residents the opportunity - and responsibility - to structure their own space to reflect what's important to them. Votes: 1

Nothing guarantees that reasonable people will agree about everything, of course, but the unreasonable are certain to be divided by their dogmas. It is time we recognized that this spirit of mutual inquiry, which is the foundation of all real science, is the very antithesis of religious faith. Votes: 1

We're all sick of holy wars and bloodshed because religion is supposed to give us life and a better life and is supposed to bring out our best self. When it results in mass destruction and hatred and anxiety, it's the antithesis I think of what religion was designed to do. Votes: 1

The whole 'American Idol' way of looking at things is the antithesis of what I grew up with. There are a whole lot of kids wanting to be famous now, whereas if I'd even mentioned that word to one of my teachers, I would have got into a whole load of trouble. Votes: 1

The success of the suffrage movement would injure women spiritually and intellectually, for they would be assuming a burden though they knew themselves unable to bear it. It is the sediment, not the wave, of a sex. It is the antithesis of that highest and sweetest mystery - conviction by submission, and conquest by sacrifice. Votes: 1

Authority. The antithesis of science. Votes: 0

Perfection is the antithesis of authenticity. Votes: 0

Obvious effort is the antithesis of grace. Votes: 0

Patience is the direct antithesis of anger. Votes: 0

Mind is the antithesis of reflex, and only mind could discover mind Votes: 0

Art is the social antithesis of society, not directly deducible from it. Votes: 0

Myra Breckenridge is the antithesis of sex symbol. Shes revolutionary; shes a warrior. Votes: 0

Force is the antithesis of freedom, but force must be used, if only to defend against other force Votes: 0

In science , all conclusions are provisional, subject to new evidence and better arguments, the very antithesis of religious faith. Votes: 0

Without making any moral judgements whatsoever, one can say that self-indulgence and excessive self-preoccupation are the antithesis of genuine awareness. Votes: 0

We have a president who apparently loves instability and revolution, and that is the antithesis of those two words, Social Security. Votes: 0

The whole point of faith, in fact, is to believe regardless of the evidence, which is the very antithesis of science. Votes: 0

The American Right has an amazing ability to lionize leaders whose lives are the precise antithesis of the political values that define their image. Votes: 0

A creature who has spent his life creating one particular representation of his selfdom will die rather than become the antithesis of that representation Votes: 0

Certain things are complete superstition and have no validity at all in the Bible. Yeah. They're just the antithesis of everything that is correct intellectually. Votes: 0

Sooner or later in life everyone discovers that perfect happiness is unrealizable, but there are few who stop to consider the antithesis; that perfect unhappiness is equally unattainable. Votes: 0

Some say we can't choose who we fall in love with; love chooses us. Sometimes people fall for the complete antithesis of everything they believe they're looking for. Votes: 0

When one becomes conscious of his great humility, he has already lost it. When one begins boasting of his humility, it has already become pride-the antithesis of humility. Votes: 0

Good and just society is neither the thesis of capitalism nor the antithesis of communism, but a socially conscious democracy which reconciles the truths of individualism and collectivism. Votes: 0

It is usual to think of good and evil as two poles, two opposite directions, the antithesis of one another...We must begin by doing away with this convention. Votes: 0

An aphorism is an extreme synthesis of thesis and antithesis, theory and practice, it's a mixture of intuition and observation, hypothesis and illusions of certainty and probability, history and stupidity. Votes: 0

The various elements of truth stand in perpetual antithesis, sometimes requiring us to believe apparent opposites while we wait for the moment when we shall know as we are known. Votes: 0

The antithesis between a technical and a liberal education is fallacious. There can be no adequate technical education which is not liberal, and no liberal education which is not technical. Votes: 0

Having plenty of living space has to be the greatest luxury in a city, and I guess in some sense Bombay is the antithesis of what living in Canada must be, Votes: 0

A "fraternity" is the antithesis of fraternity. The first... is predicated on the idea of exclusion; the second (that is, the abstract thing) is based on a feeling of total equality. Votes: 0

The History of the world is not the theatre of happiness. Periods of happiness are blank pages in it, for they are periods of harmony--periods when the antithesis is in abeyance. Votes: 0

It is unmanly. It is not some expression of macho virtue. It is the absolute antithesis of this. Real men don't bully women and children. Respect for women ... is so important. Votes: 0

I've known a lot of people go mad over the years, and it is more distressing than people dying. People dying is quite natural, people going mad is the complete antithesis of that. Votes: 0

Once it has been perceived that the division of labour is the essence of society, nothing remains of the antithesis between individual and society. The contradiction between individual principle and social principle disappears. Votes: 0

Slander, in the strict meaning of the term, comes under the head of lying; but it is a kind of lying which, like its antithesis flattery, ought to be set apart for special censure. Votes: 0

I was a big fan of John Cassavetes, his wife, Gena Rowlands, and that era of filmmaking which was about realism and which represented the antithesis of the dreamy escapism you found in musicals." Votes: 0

I think being a wealthy member of the establishment is the antithesis of cool. Being a countercultural revolutionary is cool. So to the extent that you've made a billion dollars, you've probably become uncool. Votes: 0

Christie led the way - with a bulldozer. The governor is blunt, brash, and self-consciously authentic, the antithesis to what turns off today's voters: flip-flopping politicians who speak in poll-tested platitudes. Yes, he's the anti-Romney. Votes: 0