All Quotes

Contrary to what those in power would like you to believe so that you'll give up your pension, cut your wages, and settle for the life your great-grandparents had, America is not broke. Not by a long shot. The country is awash in wealth and cash.
‐‐ Michael Moore

Contrary to what we conclude naturally, the gospel is not too good to be true. It is true! It's the truest truth in the entire universe. No strings attached! No fine print to read. No buts. No conditions. No qualifications. No footnotes. And especially, no need for balance.
‐‐ Tullian Tchividjian

Contrary to what we learn from progressives in education and the media, the history of the Democratic Party well into the twentieth century is a virtually uninterrupted history of thievery, corruption, and bigotry.
‐‐ Dinesh D'Souza

Contrary to what you might assume, I didn't start with any advantages and neither did most of the successful people I know. I am the grandson of immigrants who came to this country seeking basic economic and personal liberty.
‐‐ Kenneth Langone

Contrary to what you might think, China's economy is relatively less efficient, and more polluting, than those of rich countries.
‐‐ James Fallows

Contrary to widespread belief, I do know something about science.
‐‐ Nick Kroll

Contrast is what makes photography interesting.
‐‐ Conrad Hall

Contrast of emotions is definitely something interesting that you like to do as an actor.
‐‐ Alfie Allen

Contrast that with the call of the Liberal Democrats in April, when they were prepared to call upon the British people to participate in a 24-hour strike. It shows how far to the right the Labour Party's gone.
‐‐ Arthur Scargill

Contrast the United States with any country on the face of the earth today and ask yourself whether the situation of the United States is not the best to be found.
‐‐ Henry Cabot Lodge

Contrasting sharply, in the developing countries represented by India, Pakistan, and most of the countries in Asia and Africa, seventy to eighty percent of the population is engaged in agriculture, mostly at the subsistence level.
‐‐ Norman Borlaug

Contrasting styles is always the most fun to watch.
‐‐ Richard Krajicek

Control and surrender have to be kept in balance. That's what surfers do - take control of the situation, then be carried, then take control. In the last few thousand years, we've become incredibly adept technically. We've treasured the controlling part of ourselves and neglected the surrendering part.
‐‐ Brian Eno

'Control' had to do with my own life a lot, and that's why that seemed to be a film I could be the director of, because I had an emotional attachment to the whole story. And because of that experience, I feel that I can try other films. I didn't set out to become a director.
‐‐ Anton Corbijn

Control is the source of strategic power.
‐‐ Noam Chomsky

Control is the wrong word. The practice is very much about sharing, and, in any creative practice, some individuals, whether partners or directors, are much closer to certain projects than I could ever be.
‐‐ Norman Foster

Control is what gives you privacy.
‐‐ Michael Douglas

Control meant not only taking care of myself but living in a much less protected world. And doing that meant growing a tough skin.
‐‐ Janet Jackson

Control of a company does not carry with it the ability to control the price of its stock.
‐‐ J. Paul Getty

Control of vibrato helps your musical expression.
‐‐ James Galway

Control over the use of one's ideas really constitutes control over other people's lives; and it is usually used to make their lives more difficult.
‐‐ Richard Stallman

Control success before it controls you.
‐‐ Dwight Yoakam

Control the public's perception of you and nobody will care if you have any talent.
‐‐ Rashida Jones

Control thought-forms are the basis of our deepest moral crisis.
‐‐ Bryant H. McGill

Control thy passions lest they take vengence on thee.
‐‐ Epictetus

Control what you can control. Don't lose sleep worrying about things that you don't have control over because, at the end of the day, you still won't have any control over them.
‐‐ Cam Newton

Control your expenses better than your competition. This is where you can always find the competitive advantage.
‐‐ Sam Walton

Control your life through insanity.
‐‐ Cliff Burton

Control your own destiny! Control your own destiny!
‐‐ Stephen Curry

Control your own destiny or someone else will.
‐‐ Jack Welch

Controlling mosquitos is tough. It's not quick; it's not easy. It requires work day in and day out to track where mosquitos are and to apply safely the appropriate mosquito control methods.
‐‐ Tom Frieden

Controversial disputes are a part of democratic culture.
‐‐ Angela Merkel

Controversial proposals, once accepted, soon become hallowed.
‐‐ Dean Acheson

Controversies are a package deal in this industry. You just have to understand that and accept it.
‐‐ Akshay Kumar

Controversy is always a beautiful thing. I love controversy and I try to fan it as much as I can without having my husband's head pop off!
‐‐ Jada Pinkett Smith

Controversy is only dreaded by the advocates of error.
‐‐ Benjamin Rush

Controversy is part of the nature of art and creativity.
‐‐ Yoko Ono

Controversy seems to be a by-product of what I do, rather like offence is the by-product of a dog urinating on the pavement. It just happens.
‐‐ Stewart Lee

Controversy sells books.
‐‐ Robert Gottlieb

Convent - a place of retirement for women who wish for leisure to meditate upon the sin of idleness.
‐‐ Ambrose Bierce

Convention serves a purpose: It gives life meaning, and without it, one is in a constant existential crisis. If you don't have the imposition of family to remind you of what is at stake, something else will.
‐‐ Elizabeth Wurtzel

Convention speeches are powerful tools to bend the curve of public opinion. George H. W. Bush's 1988 convention speech is a great example. His son's speech was also quite powerful.
‐‐ Mark McKinnon

Conventional agriculture has never succeeded in feeding the world, and it's never produced anything good to eat. For the future, we need to look toward alternatives.
‐‐ Dan Barber

Conventional dogmas, even if endowed with the authority of an Aristotle - ancient or modern - must be tested vigorously. If they are found wanting, we need not bother with them. But if they are found to be substantially correct, we may not overlook them.
‐‐ Norman Lamm

Conventional forms of narrative allow for different points of view, but for this book I wanted a structure whereby each of the main characters contributed a distinctive version of the story.
‐‐ Penelope Lively

Conventional Indian cinema is about people falling in love. They sing, they dance.
‐‐ Anurag Kashyap

Conventional is not for me. I like things that are uniquely Flo. I like being different.
‐‐ Florence Griffith Joyner

Conventional manners are a kind of literacy test for the alien who comes among us.
‐‐ Katharine Elizabeth Fullerton Gerould

Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves.
‐‐ Bertrand Russell

Conventional show-biz savvy held that Americans hated to be the objects of satire.
‐‐ Carroll O'Connor