Contradictory Opinions Quotes

The tolerance of the skeptic… accepts the most diverse and indeed the most contradictory opinions, and keeps all his suspicions for the “dogmatist.”

The three most celebrated doctors on the island have been to see me. One sniffed at what I spat, the second tapped where I spat from, and the third sounded me and listened as I spat. The first said I was dead, the second that I was dying and the third that I'm going to die.

There is nothing so strange and unbelievable that it has not been said by one philosopher or another

The human soul is hospitable, and will entertain conflicting sentiments and contradictory opinions with much impartiality.

I am constantly evolving. If I believe in a particular philosophy today, I may have a contradictory opinion tomorrow.

Disagreement produces debate but dissent produces dissension.

Then Lady Chiltern argued the matter on views directly opposite to those which she had put forward when discussing the matter with her husband.

There are sure to be two prescriptions diametrically opposite.

All argument is against it; but all belief is for it.

I would like to caution you about the use of the word “balance.” …. It a red-hot word that is divisive.

Advice is always awesome because it never makes any sense when you compare it all together. It always contradicts other advice. I love advice.

It is in applied psychology, if anywhere, that today we should be modest and grant validity to a number of apparently contradictory opinions; for we are still far from having anything like a thorough knowledge of the human psyche, that most challenging field of scientific enquiry. For the present we have merely more or less plausible opinions that defy reconciliation.

When it happeneth that a man signifieth unto us two contradictory opinions whereof the one is clearly and directly signified, andthe other either drawn from that by consequence, or not known to be contradictory to it; then (when he is not present to explicate himself better) we are to take the former of his opinions; for that is clearly signified to be his, and directly, whereas the other might proceed from error in the deduction, or ignorance of the repugnancy.

I will say that what’s been funny is, since the lightsaber’s come out, I cannot tell you how many contradictory emails I have received from people who have both defended it with unbelievably detailed graphicsI’ve gotten things that are nuts, and I’ve gotten people who’ve shown how it’ll kill you and how it doesn’t make any sense. It’s been the funniest thing to see the arguments that have developed over this thing.

Some people displease with merit, and others' very faults and defects are pleasing.