Contrasting Qualities Quotes

It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of skunk.

I always gravitate towards characters that are so opposite of me.

There is no quality in this world that is not what it is merely by contrast. Nothing exists in itself.

There is one radical distinction between different minds … that some minds are stronger and apter to mark the difference of things, others to mark their resemblances.

A good impression is sort of a juxtaposition of disparate elements.

Feminine passion is to masculine as an epic is to an epigram.

Darkness is to space what silence is to sound, i.e., the interval.

A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest.

He was too perfect, despite being one of the most imperfect people I knew.

I got to know Gore Vidal quite well, up front and personal: his magnificent strengths and his appalling, almost other-worldly weaknesses.

I am always attracted to people who are not myself but are.

God is compassionate and just, loving and holy, wrathful and forgiving. WE can't sideline His more difficult attributes to make room for the palatable ones.

If you are in a hiring position, hire someone that is nothing like you. We keep looking for the commonalities, but find someone with commonalities that are nothing like you.

I look at characters to see if they have some contrasts to play with; I think that's always what I'm looking for in characters: ones that have a wide range of expression.

There's something about the Strat's shape that is at once masculine and feminine

The comparison between Harry Cohen and my grandfather is not one that bears close examination.

Yet, it had been Dimitri’s gentleness and thoughtfulness mixed with that deadliness that made him so wonderful. The same hands that wielded stakes with such precision would carefully brush the hair out of my face. The eyes that could astutely spot any danger in the area would regard me wonderingly and worshipfully, like I was the most beautiful and amazing woman in the world.