contradiction quotes

I think if we didn’t contradict ourselves, it would be awfully boring. It would be tedious to be alive.

Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor the lack of contradiction a sign of truth.

Faith embraces many truths which seem to contradict each other.

Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms.

You cross me, I’m going to hurt you. But I’m really very gentle.

Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.

A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.

The formula ‚Two and two make five‘ is not without its attractions.

I never saw a contradiction between the ideas that sustain me and the ideas of that symbol, of that extraordinary figure, Jesus Christ.

One often contradicts an opinion when what is uncongenial is really the tone in which it was conveyed.

This soul, or life within us, by no means agrees with the life outside us. If one has the courage to ask her what she thinks, she is always saying the very opposite to what other people say.

He hoped and prayed that there wasn’t an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely hoped that there wasn’t an afterlife.

There is a piece of me that likes to fondly imagine my maverick and rebellious nature. But, more accurately, I like to have a nice and cosy institution that I can rub up against a little bit.

There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that is to contradict other philosophers.

The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority have always done just the opposite.

Woman’s at best a contradiction still.

Popular culture is a contradiction in terms. If it’s popular, it’s not culture.

Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are dead.

I thought I would dress in baggy pants, big shoes, a cane and a derby hat. everything a contradiction: the pants baggy, the coat tight, the hat small and the shoes large.

We are only falsehood, duplicity, contradiction; we both conceal and disguise ourselves from ourselves.