Quotes About Contradiction

A writer may tell me that he thinks man will ultimately become an ostrich. I cannot properly contradict him.

Cats were put into the world to disprove the dogma that all things were created to serve man.

Roses have thorns, and silver fountains mud; Clouds and eclipses stain both moon and sun, And loathsome canker lies in sweetest bud. All men make faults.

The more I detest men individually the more ardent becomes my love for humanity.

What is a rebel? A man who says no.

It is better to be wise, and not to seem so, than to seem wise, and not be so; yet men, for the most part, desire the contrary.

I like a man who's good, but not too good - for the good die young, and I hate a dead one.

Men are cruel, but Man is kind.

Man is physical as well as metaphysical, a thing of shreds and patches, borrowed unequally from good and bad ancestors, and a misfit from the start.

Is man a savage at heart, skinned o'er with fragile Manners? Or is savagery but a faint taint in the natural man's gentility, which erupts now and again like pimples on an angel's arse?

Who can be wise, amazed, temperate and furious, Loyal and neutral, in a moment? No man.

A nice man is a man of nasty ideas.

Enjoyment inflames love in some men, and extinguishes it in others: the wind that assists large vessels, upsets small ones.

I never liked the men I loved, and never loved the men I liked.

No man is ever as anti-feminist as a really feminine woman.

The more I love humanity in general, the less I love man in particular.

I believe in man. I believe in mankind, as the worst and the best that has happened to this world.

Which path do you intend to take, Nell?' said the Constable, sounding very interested. 'Conformity or rebellion?' Neither one. Both ways are simple-minded - they are only for people who cannot cope with contradiction and ambiguity.

Southern California doesn't know whether to bustle or just strangle itself on the spot.

the whole idea of stealing fantastically dangerous weapons presents the would-be perp with inherent dangers and contradictions: When you are wrestling for possession of a sword, the man with the handle always wins.

The difference between stupid and intelligent people—and this is true whether or not they are well-educated—is that intelligent people can handle subtlety. They are not baffled by ambiguous or even contradictory situations—in fact, they expect them and are apt to become suspicious when things seem overly straightforward.

Southern California doesn't know whether to bustle or just strangle itself on the spot.

You are told you are not to use for personal gratification something which is intensely personally gratifying! This obvious contradiction is apparent to you, but you don't know where to go with the conclusion! So you decide that if you feel guilty about how good you feel during and after sex, that will at least make it all right.

You must learn to live within the contradiction.