Quotes About Paradox

Cruel irony, the poor man tormented with hunger feeds those who plead his case.

An economist is a man who states the obvious in terms of the incomprehensible.

And upsidedown in the earth a dead man walks upon my soles when I walk.

Men are so necessarily mad, that not to be mad would amount to another form of madness.

Men chase by night those they will not greet by day.

There is this paradox in pride - it makes some men ridiculous, but prevents others from becoming so.

Naw, it's like ants up there, man. Like ants that sound like lions!

If no meant no then every man would die a virgin.

"I love mankind," he said, "but I find to my amazement that the more I love mankind as a whole, the less I love man in particular."

A detective story generally describes six living men discussing how it is that a man is dead. A modern philosophic story generally describes six dead men discussing how any man can possibly be alive.

Man never knows what he wants; he aspires to penetrate mysteries and as soon as he has, wants to re-establish them. Ignorance irritates him and knowledge cloys.

Is the babe young? When I behold it, it seems more venerable than the oldest man.

The world is a funny paper read backwards. And that way it isn't so funny.

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They are so knowing, that they know nothing.

My technique is don't believe anything. If you believe in something, you are automatically precluded from believing its opposite.

Noses run. Feet smell.

The romantic love story is a paradoxical fusion of two extraordinarily potent messages. The first is that love, deep connection, is the most important, indeed the only truly important matter in the world. And the second is that true love cannot exist in this world.

Sometimes I feel like I'm going nowhere, in opposite directions.

The Second Rule is that the greatest harm can result from the best intentions. It sounds a paradox, but kindness and good intentions can be an insidious path to destruction. Sometimes doing what seems right is wrong, and can cause harm. The only counter to it is knowledge, wisdom, forethought, and understanding the First Rule. Even then, that is not always enough.

I had mixed feelings, like watching your Mother in Law drive over a cliff in your car.

Ha muerto el Hijo de Dios: es absolutamente creíble, porque es absurdo; y también ha resucitado de la tumba: es cierto, porque es imposible.

It is to be believed because it is absurd.

It is certain because it is impossible