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Opposites may attract, but I wouldn't put my money on a...

Opposites may attract, but I wouldn't put my money on a relationship of financial opposites.

Quote by Suze Orman about money

On a two lane road, no cars will come from the opposite direction where the lanes are divided by a white line. However, as soon as it's allowed to bypass, the opposite lane is jammed.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about cars

For a world of opposites to exist, it’s necessary to have at least two elements that generate the opposition between them. Could we talk about a world without opposites? We certainly can’t, just as well as we couldn’t talk about a world without...

Quote by Sorin Cerin about world

We, people, are dual beings, and our world is a world of Life and Death, of Good and Evil, etc. If we weren’t dual beings and we were thinking based on a Logic Coefficient higher than two, let’s admit it would be five, then, beside Life and Death,...

Quote by Sorin Cerin about good, death, character, world, life, logic, thinking, good luck, people

We know there is death only because it is the opposite of Life, and we can recognize only one opposite because we think on the basis of a bivalent logic of good and bad, beautiful and ugly, etc. How would Life or Death look like if they had three...

Quote by Sorin Cerin about destiny, death, shadow, logic, knowledge, bad luck, life, bad, god, nothing

There are trivial truths and the great truths. The...

There are trivial truths and the great truths. The opposite of a trivial truth is plainly false. The opposite of a great truth is also true.

Quote by Niels Bohr about truth

It is generally thought that life is the opposite of death, yet this is not the case. Life has no opposite, it is thus that at birth, the soul takes a body which it then deposits at death.

PQuote by Placide Gaboury about life, death, body, soul, thinking

The moment at which two people, approaching from opposite ends of a long passageway, recognize each other and immediately pretend they haven t. This is to avoid the ghastly embarrassment of having to continue recognizing each other the whole...

Quote by Douglas Adams about end, haven, moment, people

Lovers have a way of using this word, nothing, which...

Lovers have a way of using this word, nothing, which implies exactly the opposite.

Quote by Honoré de Balzac about word, nothing

I have friends who've tried to break into the UK, who...

I have friends who've tried to break into the UK, who went back with their tails between their legs. Fortunately I've had the opposite experience.

Quote by Michael Bolton about experience

Quinn is such a tremendous soul. He is truly one of the...

Quinn is such a tremendous soul. He is truly one of the great actors I've ever played opposite. We became great friends.

Quote by Armand Assante about friendship, actors, soul

English is clipped in speech. Texas is exactly the opposite.

English is clipped in speech. Texas is exactly the opposite.

Quote by Michael Caine

People are scared to death of dying. I am the opposite.

People are scared to death of dying. I am the opposite.

Quote by Taylor Caldwell about death, people

Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, ...

Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about purpose, wealth, mother, good, good luck, man

Stressing output is the key to improving productivity, ...

Stressing output is the key to improving productivity, while looking to increase activity can result in just the opposite.

Quote by Paul Gauguin about activity

I know many men who are misanthropes, and profess to look down with disdain on their species. My creed is of an opposite character. All that we observe that is best and most excellent in the intellectual world, is man.

Quote by William Godwin about man, character, world

The amount of members of the opposite sex you pursue is...

The amount of members of the opposite sex you pursue is inversely proportional to pretty much everything about you, such as intelligence.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about love, intelligence, sex, contentment

Any good looking person you see that isn't alone, will be...

Any good looking person you see that isn't alone, will be accompanied by a person of the opposite sex who doesn't deserve to be with them.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about love, people, sex, good, good luck, contentment

The wind will always blow opposite to your hairdo.

The wind will always blow opposite to your hairdo.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy

For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism.

For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about criticism, action

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