Contrary Beliefs Quotes

Repeat, over and over again, in case anyone forgets it or believes the contrary, that we do not live in the best of all possible worlds.

Our beliefs are, however, often contrary to fact.

I actually loved Winnipeg. Everyone told me I was going to hate it, but it was great.

My good friend, the poet Kofi Natambu, once said, "Contradiction is how we operate."

It is not that I love contradictions: life is contradictory. Existence itself is possible only through contradictions.

It is easy to be independent when all behind you agree with you, but the difficulty comes when nine hundred and ninety-nine of your friends think you are wrong.

Never disregard what your enemies say. They may be severe, they may be prejudiced, they may be determined to see only in one direction, but still in that direction see clearly. They do not speak all the truth, but they generally speak the truth from one point of view; so far as that goes, attend to them.

There is something about guns that inhibits understanding. It is not just that they can put an end to argument. They somehow generate beliefs that are obviously contrary to observable fact.