Contradiction Quotes

You're the unfortunate contradiction in terms -- a serious good person. - Wendy Wasserstein

You may find many contradictory statements and philosophies within my writings. However, to this I will say such is life, for life is full of contradictions. - Bryant H. McGill

You collect all this material and at a certain moment passages start speaking with other passages... A conversation that goes along with individual source material just takes off, and things start ricocheting and having surprising connections or counterbalances. You're always looking for yin and yang so the drama thrives on contrasts and contradictions. - Peter Sellars

Woman's at best a contradiction still. - Alexander Pope

Woman is a miracle of divine contradictions. - Jules Michelet

With the spying, it's hard to overcome the ultimate purpose of the administration, which is to combat terrorism. With the ports, it's almost the opposite. The ports deal is an easier issue to explain to the public, because it seems to find the administration in a contradiction. - Carl Tobias

When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time. - Saint Francis De Sales

When we risk no contradiction, it prompts the tongue to deal in fiction. - John Gay