Opposites Quotes — Page 39

Robert Louis Stevenson

Author, Poet

“Everything is true; only the opposite is true too; you must believe both equally or be damned.”

Believe Opposites

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Stephen Jay Gould

Paleontologist, Evolutionary Biologist

“... many folks take them seriously because they just 'know' that evolution can never be seen in the immediate here and now. In fact, a precisely opposite situation prevails: biologists have documented a veritable glut of cases for rapid and eminently measurable evolution on timescales of years and decades.”

Years Facts Opposites

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Ronald Reagan

Politician, Actor

“Form and Substance are opposite ends of the same coin.”

Opposites Substance

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Seth Godin

Author, Entrepreneur

“The opposite of coherent is interesting.”

Interesting Opposites

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Roman Coppola

Filmmaker

“Movies are very expensive endeavors, and my first film was not particularly a money-maker. Quite the opposite.”

Firsts Film Opposites

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Susan Cain

Author, Speaker

“In the first study, Grant and his colleagues analyzed data from one of the five biggest pizza chains in the United States. They discovered that the weekly profits of the stores managed by extroverts were 16 percent higher than the profits of those led by introverts—but only when the employees were passive types who tended to do their job without exercising initiative. Introverted leaders had the exact opposite results. When they worked with employees who actively tried to improve work procedures, their stores outperformed those led by extroverts by more than 14 percent.”

Jobs Exercise Opposites

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Susan Ford

Author

“My husband is a Democrat, and I am a Republican, so our political ambitions are on opposite ends.”

Husband Ambition Opposites

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Russell Baker

Writer

“Strategic thinkers were naturally rattled to find this outsider fooling around with their work. They had been thinking strategically when Reagan was just another movie actor playing opposite a chimpanzee, for heaven's sake. They think Reagan is too naive, too innocent, to grasp the intellectual complexities of cold war strategy.”

Thinking War Opposites

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Russell Simmons

Entrepreneur, Music Producer

“The person who understands Dharma will have the opposite reaction to a "hard" job. That person will be eager to get started, no matter what kind of work is in front of her, because she understands that she's doing God's work. And when you're working for God, nothing is too hard.”

Jobs Matter Opposites

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Sylvia Plath

Poet, Novelist

“We know a thing by its opposite corollary; hot by having experienced cold; good by having decided what is bad; love by hate.”

Hate Opposites Hot

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Seth Godin

Author, Entrepreneur

“The object isn't to be perfect. The goal isn't to hold back until you've created something beyond reproach. I believe the opposite is true. Our birthright is to fail and to fail often, but to fail in search of something bigger than we can imagine. To do anything else is to waste it all.”

Believe Perfect Opposites

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Kanye West

Rapper, Producer, Fashion Designer

“I believe that bad taste is vulgar. It's like cursing. I think the world can be saved through design, because what is the most distasteful thing someone can do? Kill someone. So, good taste is the opposite of that.”

Thinking Believe Opposites

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