Top Contrary Quotes

  • Organizations are not designed for innovation. Quite the contrary, they are designed for ongoing operations. – Vijay Govindarajan

    Organizations are not designed for innovation. Quite the contrary, they are designed for ongoing operations.– Vijay Govindarajan

  • Nothing becomes some women more than the prick of ambition. Love, on the contrary, may make them very dull. – Franoise Sagan

    Nothing becomes some women more than the prick of ambition. Love, on the contrary, may make them very dull.– Franoise Sagan

  • The people heard it, and approved the doctrine, and immediately practiced the contrary. – Benjamin Franklin

    The people heard it, and approved the doctrine, and immediately practiced the contrary.– Benjamin Franklin

  • On the contrary, I think making you happy should be taken very seriously. – Drea Damara

    On the contrary, I think making you happy should be taken very seriously.– Drea Damara

  • The construct of retirement is dubious at best and a farce at worst. Expectations contrary to this are to be dashed. – Miles Anthony Smith

    The construct of retirement is dubious at best and a farce at worst. Expectations contrary to this are to be dashed.– Miles Anthony Smith

  • This day I ceased to plead. I was no longer capable of lamentation. On the contrary, I felt very strong. I was the accuser, God the accused. – Elie Wiesel

    This day I ceased to plead. I was no longer capable of lamentation. On the contrary, I felt very strong. I was the accuser, God the accused.– Elie Wiesel

  • Sexual thoughts float through a man’s brain many times a day, while on the contrary a woman has them only one to four times a day. – Abhijit Naskar

    Sexual thoughts float through a man’s brain many times a day, while on the contrary a woman has them only one to four times a day.– Abhijit Naskar

  • Contrary to what is commonly believed, all murderers are men of extreme faith rather than unbelievers. – Orhan Pamuk

    Contrary to what is commonly believed, all murderers are men of extreme faith rather than unbelievers.– Orhan Pamuk

  • The sheriff listened uneasily to a sound, very uncommon at elections, of the populace expressing an opinion contrary to that of the lord of the soil. – Dinah Maria Mulock Craik

    The sheriff listened uneasily to a sound, very uncommon at elections, of the populace expressing an opinion contrary to that of the lord of the soil.– Dinah Maria Mulock Craik

  • My call to the ministry was not a miraculous or supernatural something. On the contrary it was an inner urge calling me to serve humanity. – Martin Luther King Jr

    My call to the ministry was not a miraculous or supernatural something. On the contrary it was an inner urge calling me to serve humanity.– Martin Luther King Jr