Quotes About Contradiction

I know that some consider it controversial for me to claim that God saved my life when I had received an experimental drug and some of the greatest medical care available in the world. I can see how these two realities appear to contradict each other.

This time we live in is saying, 'Live for yourself, and whatever makes you happy' and all this kind of stuff, and it's so contrary. And we so don't want to go and be reckless for the Lord.

To get recognized in New York is weird because that's definitely a place you shouldn't be recognized.

I realize that, to many readers, Hard Fantasy may seem to be a contradiction in terms. Fantasy, according to most generally recognized definitions, differs from both 'real world' fiction and 'science fiction' in that magic or magical creatures are active elements.

Would I ever recommend anyone working with Kim Fowley? No. But I feel that The Runaways would never have happened without Kim's tough love, which also brought about the demise of the group.

You can't be a Red if you're married to a civil servant.

We are totally schizophrenic. We are trying to reduce emissions, and we subsidize the consumption of fossil fuels.

Nothing gets a bigger laugh than when you refer to things like ethics or human rights.

I'm a happy person. When a happy person makes a cruel movie, it becomes funny.

I think people have a hard time dealing with a bunch of things at once. They can't have something be disturbing and funny at the same time. They can't have that kind of combination. Which is weird to me because I feel complicated about most things.

Football is not always harmonious.

Life is funny, at the same time being totally harsh.

I can laugh and cry at the drop of a freakin' hat - all at the same time.

I feel a bit like the antichrist as I had the bulk of my success in the 80s and I hate 80s music.

To be hated cordially, is only a left-handed compliment.

Nobody hates hipsters more than hipsters.

I'm conflicted because I like being in deserts. I find them sort of cleansing, but there's another part of me that hates dust. And I particularly hate dust in cars, so it's a huge conflict going on there.

A brain of feathers, and a heart of lead.

To take my work seriously would be the height of folly.

I'm not a fan of self-help books - how can something be 'self-help' if the book itself is purportedly helping you?

I enjoy living like a hermit, but I cannot live like a hermit.

I'm a hero with coward's legs.

I think we are drawn to anti-heroes because that is what most of us are most of the time and it is good to see that we are heroic.

It's hilarious to see guys wearing a headband with 'I'm a Hugger' on it.