Quotes About Contradiction

If I say: "I know that either it is raining or it is not raining," this is a tautology. It is the opposite of a contradiction, in that it is true whatever the circumstances, but it says nothing as it applies to nothing in particular.

Philadelphia is called "The City of Brotherly Love," which is a lie. Philadelphia is not a nice city.

living in a world where nothing bears out in practice what it promises incipiently." I

consistency, a virtue I have always deplored.

If you want to be like the folks up on the hill, you have to learn to smile while you kill

A school without grades must have been concocted by someone who was drunk on non-alcoholic wine.

It would be a contradiction in terms if the oppressors not only defended but actually implemented a liberating education.

She looks like a woman who has found it ridiculous to commit herself to a single emotional stance in anything, but must always ride high heavy irony.

Every experience is a paradox in that it means to be absolute, and yet is relative; in that it somehow always goes beyond itself and yet never escapes itself.

Big cities are chaotic. And chaos for humans - who have experience from their ancestors - is the last step before conflict. So, in the park, every kind of visual contradiction has been eliminated.

We all need that experience of forgetting who you are. Forgetting who you are is such a delicious experience and so frightening that we're in this conflicted predicament.

My desire is to be pure again and not dirtied by the world. But it's my duty to be as ugly and as filthy as I am, so the audience can experience what I have.

All theory is against freedom of the will all experience for it.

The life of faith is not only totally different from, but also diametrically opposite to, a life of feeling.

My daughter, I see more Pharisees among Christians than there were around Pilate.

A proud faith is as much a contradiction as a humble devil.

How can we bless at one moment and curse at another?

Dare to contradict the scientist, not because of your scripture, but because of your own rational thinking.

I may look tough, but inside I'm easily broken. My words may seem strong, but inside I've never spoken.

It all made perfect sense, and at the same time, nothing seemed to make sense at all.

How could I be so lost, In a place I know so well? How could I be so broken, In a family so together? How could I be so lonely, Surrounded by so many? How could I be so unhappy, Surrounded by so much beauty? How could I be me, When even I remain a mystery?

Every coin has two sides, just like most people have two faces.

I don't know which face to talk to, since you have two.

Dear gym teacher, how the hell are you fat? Sincerely, you teach exercise for a living!