Home / Topics / Contrariness Quotes

Contrariness Quotes

Browse 6 quotes about Contrariness.

Contrariness Quotes

“He had a simple maxim for all competitive or adversarial situations: work out what the other party least wants you to do, and then do it. Relieving your feelings was fun, but the best course of action was to make things as difficult as possible for the person trying to make things difficult for you.”

Conflict Competition Adversaries Difficulties Contrariness

Book:Capital

Source: Capital

“Rebellion is as much of a cage as obedience is. They both mean living in reaction to someone else's way instead of forging your own.”

Contrary Rebellion Anarchy Rebel Anarchism Anarchist Rebels Contrarianism Contrariness Rebelliousness

Book:Untamed: Stop Pleasing, Start Living / A Toolkit for Modern Life

Source: Untamed: Stop Pleasing, Start Living / A Toolkit for Modern Life

“To hell with you. To hell with you and to hell with the Internet.”

Humanity Reading Technology Internet Aversion Ebooks Contrariness

Author:Ray Bradbury

“Stand out. Someone has to. It is easy to follow along. It can feel strange to do or say something different. But without that unease, there is no freedom. Remember Rosa Parks. The moment you set an example, the spell of the status quo is broken, and others will follow.”

Resistance Standing Out Difference Setting An Example Contrariness Not Following Along

Book:On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century

Source: On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century

“…he knew no other pleasure but what consisted in opposition.”

Defiance Contrariness

Book:The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner

Source: The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner

“Jeżeli dadzą ci papier w linie, pisz w poprzek.”

Lines Polish Contrariness Linie Przekora

Book:The Lovely Bones

Source: The Lovely Bones