Quotes About Contradiction

Almost all stress, tension, anxiety, and frustration, both in life and in work, comes from doing one thing while you believe and value something completely different.

Shouldn't "it works like a charm" be said about things that don't work?

Doth Nature draw me, 'tis because, Unto my seeming, there doth lurk A lawlessness about her laws, More mood than purpose in her work.

One of the distinguishing characteristics of the true work of art is that it is able to both contain and express different meanings - meanings which may in fact contradict each other.

Every complex problem has a simple solution that doesn't work.

I'm from the street, but I'm not a street head. I'm not one of those guys who believe that life is about the street. I'm nerdy at heart, man.

I'm someone who's quite anxious and stresses out a lot and gives the impression that I'm laid back.

Social conservatism, business conservatism: the one side constitutes the other, like some infernal Mobius strip.

With Jinkx Monsoon, I strive to make her pretty and likable and have this bubbly, lovely personality. But then she can also be the most crass, out of the blue, kooky character.

People who express themselves in paradoxes are in a strong position; and the more outrageous the paradox, in general the stronger the position.

I've always been struck by the complexity of a world where drugs kill and cure. Where no one is immune.

That man is a creature who needs order yet yearns for change is the creative contradiction at the heart of the laws which structure his conformity and define his deviancy.

What interests me are the complexities and contradictions and struggles and joys of messy human beings.

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.

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.

I'm the complete opposite of every clean cut, decent-looking guy you could ever think of. Yet, I have the biggest heart in the world.

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

People are scared to death of dying. I am the opposite.

You can say the opposite of something you've said but you can't do the opposite of something you've done.

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

I think I give the impression of being a romantic, and I think inside I'm quite severe. But some might say they had the opposite impression of me.