Quotes About Dichotomy

History proves that great civilizations collapse when the gap between the haves and have-nots is too great.

There can be no truce between science and religion.

Every communist has a fascist frown, every fascist a communist smile.

That's why for Zakk Wylde's Black Label Society the colors are black and white. There are no gray issues. Life is black and it's white. There's no in-between.

Up there the world is divided into bastards and suckers. Make your choice.

He recalls an old dicho— When the devil comes, he comes on angel's wings.

antipodes in appearance

There is a fascinating dichotomy in that, although the appeasement movement was intended to prevent another war breaking out, most of its leaders had not seen action in the Great War, whereas most of the anti-appeasers had.

The nature of the data we possess suggests we value each and every tradition rather than creating a dichotomy between the normative tradition and the others.

We don't live in a world that's black and white.

U.S. foreign policy is Manichaean. It's like a Hollywood movie. You have to know who has the white hat and who has the black hat and then go against the black hat.

In any artistic rendering of the city theme alienation is a constant. Given the anonymity the city provides, it could hardly be otherwise. Artists, especially writers, have recognised this dichotomy, and that cities have always proved a source of freedom by providing anonymity, notwithstanding the estrangement and isolation that goes with it. Indeed, the city's impetus towards modernity is to be found in that narrow zone between loss of community and discovery of self.

The reason-emotion dichotomy, however, cuts off this possibility; by teaching that emotions are independent of thought, it makes permanent the feeling of metaphysical helplessness.

This dichotomy between the spirits of Apollo and Dionysus suggests that the Greeks allegorically understood the different functions between the right and left brain.

Putin has a very manichean style, you're either with me or against me.

A contrast between country and city, as fundamental ways of life, reaches back into classical times.

The Democrat Party has a simple choice. They can either choose to fight for America's working class or to promote illegal immigration. You can't do both.

The dichotomy between personal liberties and property rights is a false one. Property does not have rights. People have rights.

I think everything has its own pros and cons.

All things take time. A lot of my films still run on cable and are in video stores, and there's a whole generation that doesn't know who I am. So, it's a dichotomy. In some people's minds I may never grow up.

Yes, in the commercial world there's room for both McDonald's and Whole Foods, but in the realm of politics, we're told, it's either Filet-o-Fish or line-caught salmon: only one can prevail - and which is up to you.

If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'

and again, they were opposite of each other in every way, and each way was wonderful.

It is an odd dichotomy we have set for ourselves, between loving people and loving land. We know that loving a person has agency and power—we know it can change everything. Yet we act as if loving the land is an internal affair that has no energy outside the confines of our head and heart.