Contradictory Quotes

See also Core English Vocabulary (C) Quotes

I get bored anywhere. The only time I`m not bored is when I`m drawing, playing the drums or talking. I talk a lot, about nothing usually, and all contradictory. Shirley always accuses me of having no beliefs. Maybe that`s why I can talk to anyone.

- Charlie Watts

"I am a contradictory mess but I see it as my prerogative to change my mood like the weather."

- Shirley Manson

The idea of it is that these kids are all pacifists but have this obsession with guns, so it`s a bit contradictory in the subject matter,

- Jamie Bell

It`s quite hard for people to just accept that they`re very contradictory.

- Kenneth Branagh

Emotion is messy, contradictory... and true.

- Nigella Lawson

There`s nothing more ironic or contradictory than life itself.

- Robert De Niro

I have wanted to act since I was three and that is what I hunger for. I want to play roles that are as diverse and contradictory as possible. As for the rest, I can take it or leave it. I know we are living in this world that is celebrity-obsessed and that comes hand in hand with making movies. In an adult way I try to accept and understand that, and so I do the requisite publicity.

- Natascha McElhone

Nothing in all the world is so nonsensical and contradictory, save mortals, that is, who live in the grip of the superstitions of the past.

- Anne Rice

I repeat to him the contradictory opinions I heard around Europe, not on Hitler`s work, but on his personality, on his very worth.

- Georges Simenon

It`s tough to boo somebody when everybody else is cheering, ... You can`t root against Kobe and for the Lakers. It`s contradictory.

- John Ireland

It`s tough to boo somebody when everybody else is cheering. You can`t root against Kobe and for the Lakers. It`s contradictory.

- John Ireland

I don`t think they can deal with someone being complex and contradictory; it`s not acceptable, you have to be a cartoon, a stereotype.

- Shirley Manson

It could not be happening because this sort of thing did not happen. Any contradictory evidence could be safely ignored.

- Terry Pratchett

It certainly seems contradictory of the (local) council to be encouraging parents to stop using their cars to take children to school but at the same time taking so long about the safe routes initiative.

- Sally Dynevor

And hence he must be invisible; for a spirit cannot be seen by the eye of man: nor is there any thing in this principle contradictory to reason or experience.

- Ahmad Wesley

The real community of man, in the midst of all the self-contradictory simulacra of community, is the community of those who seek the truth.

- Ajay Gupta

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.

- Alan Adler

It`s about how to bring together the seemingly contradictory aspects of the memorial, which is about a tragedy and how it changed the world, but also about creating a vital and beautiful city of the 21st century.

- Alan Pardew

Every novelist has a different purpose - and often several purposes which might even be contradictory.

- Alexis Redmond

Some people suggest that the problem is the separation of powers. If you had a parliamentary system, the struggle for power would not result in such complex peace treaties that empower so many different people to pursue so many contradictory aims.

- Alfredo Amezaga

Many intelligence reports in war are contradictory; even more are false, and most are uncertain.

- Allen Jackson

The point is that profound but contradictory ideas may exist side by side, if they are constructed from different materials and methods. and have different purposes. Each tells us something important about where we stand in the universe, and it is foolish to insist that they must despise each other.

- Anji Bromley

This is the contradictory desire in our utopia`. We want to live in a small community with which we can identify and yet we want all the facilities of the city of millions of people. We want to have very intense urban experiences and yet we want the open space right next to us.

- Audrey Johnson

The `morality of compromise` sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don`t compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised.

- Andrew Carnegie