Quotes About Paradox

Anything nice that's said about me is diametrically opposed to who I am.

I can easily hold two opposing beliefs at the same time without any problem, which I find - well, mind-expanding, really.

To know one thing, you must know the opposite.

While fools shun one set of faults they run into the opposite one.

The minute one utters a certainty, the opposite comes to mind.

To do the opposite of something is also a form of imitation, namely an imitation of its opposite.

My mom is, like, my biggest fan of my fight world, which is funny 'cause you'd think it'd be the opposite.

The second I tell myself I have to do something, I'm sure to do the opposite.

I decided law was the exact opposite of sex; even when it was good, it was lousy.

I'm nothing more than what you actually see, but I am also the complete opposite.

I'm so optimistic, it's depressing.

In order to exist just once in the world, it is necessary never again to exist.

I used to think that eating healthy was ordering a fish sandwich at McDonalds.

When they asked Jack Benny to do something for the Actor's Orphanage - he shot both his parents and moved in.

The other day I... uh, no, that wasn't me.

Paradoxically, resource-rich developing countries are often worse off than comparable countries that lack those resources. One reason for this is that large resource endowments provide a huge financial incentive for attempts to overthrow the government and seize power.

Paradoxically, to be truly idle, you also have to be efficient.

The paradox, though, was already evident: that the more solidly the foundations of an English state were cemented together, so the harder did it become to present the island as a single realm. Seen in this light, Athelstan's conquest of York, the feat which had first served to project the power of the West Saxon monarchy deep into the north of Britain, can be seen as the decisive event in the making of Scotland as well as of England. There

Just when you've squared up to the solemn realisation that life is a bitch, it turns round and does something nice, just to confuse you. - Emily Spitzer, The Better Mousetrap

There is a curious paradox that no one can explain. Who understands the secret of the reaping of the grain? Who understands why Spring is born out of Winter's laboring pain, or why we must all die a bit before we grow again? I do not know the answer; I merely know it's true. I hurt them for that reason, and myself a little bit too.

Clio, the patron goddess of history, has a sense of humor; she teaches us that not all problems have solutions

Incomprehensible is no better than banal – it's just its flip-side.

She took care of evyone with the same no-nonsense air of friendliness and good cheer that made her seem so paradoxically wholesome, as if she were convinced that being a slut and being a really nice person were just two things that naturally went together.

takes a devil to make a decent angel.