“When a creature has developed into one thing, he will choose death rather than change into his opposite.” One ThingCreaturesOpposites Book:Dune Messiah Source: Dune Messiah
“I always cheerfully say, "Well, you know, the species is adapting, and whatever it needs to do, it'll do," but I do think it's maybe a little bit alarming. Everybody knows that one thing we really have to do is to be more wherever we are, more present, that's just kind of a commonplace. And the whole mobile phone thing is completely 100% the opposite - to never be where you are because you can always be somewhere else; and yet it's so fun and addictive.” ThinkingKnowsNeedsWellsKindLittlesWholeFunBitsOne ThingLittle BitOppositesSpeciesPhonesWhere You AreMobileSomewhere ElseCommonplaceAdaptingMobile Phones Author:George Saunders
“I'm excited about mobile; clearly that's important. Mobile devices are kind of at the opposite end of PCs, in that PCs are pretty open and you can do a fair amount with them, but many mobile devices aren't. We're excited at the idea that we can make the same kind of contribution in the mobile space. So that's one thing coming down the pike.” KindImportantIdeasEndsCan DoSpaceOne ThingAmountFairsOppositesExcitedContributionDevicesMobile Author:Mitchell Baker
“An actor can play two or three lines where he says one thing, but plays the opposite. That's the most important moving part of a film.” TwoImportantPlayFilmMovingThreeActorsLinesOne ThingOppositesMoving Parts Author:Jaco Van Dormael
“I mean, let's face it, we didn't have slavery in this country for over 100 years because it was a bad thing. Quite the opposite: Slavery built the South. I'm not saying we should bring it back. I'm just saying it had its merits. For one thing, the streets were safer after dark.” ShouldYearsMeanCountryFacesDarkOne ThingStreetsBuiltOppositesSlaverySouthMeritBad ThingsJust SayingPosthumous Author:Dave Zirin
“know that without night there is no day; without lies, no truth;without despair,no hope. Beware above all of hate, but call to its opposite too. For all things have an opposite and, if you choose it, with will and care, you may turn one thing into its reflection.” IfsKnowsMayCareLyingNightHateTurnsOne ThingDespairReflectionAll ThingsOppositesYou ChooseNo Hope Author:David Clement-Davies
“The tension of opposites: Life is a series of pulls back and forth. You want to do one thing, but you are bound to do something else. Something hurts you, yet you know it shouldn't. You take certain things for granted, even when you know you should never take anything for granted. A tension of opposites, like a pull on a rubber band. And most of us live somewhere in the middle.” KnowsWantShouldLife IsCertainHurtOne ThingMiddleBandOppositesSeriesBoundsGrantedTensionBack And ForthTuesdayRubberRubber BandsMorrieTuesdays With MorrieNever Take Anything For Granted Author:Morrie Schwartz
“You can want one thing and have a secret wish for its opposite.” WantWishSecretOne ThingOpposites Author:Deb Caletti
“It was ironic, but when you scratched the surface, most successful men were working for one thing only--to retire--and the sooner the better. Whereas women were the complete opposite. She had never heard a woman say she was working so she could retire to a desert island or to live on a boat. It was probably, she thought, because most women didn't think they deserved to do nothing.” ThinkingMenSuccessfulOne ThingHeardOppositesSurfaceBoatDesertIslandsIronicRetiringSuccessful ManComplete Opposites Author:Candace Bushnell
“If you call one thing good, you must call its opposite bad. If you think it wonderful to make a big profit in your business, you will also think it terrible if you incur a large loss. The idea is to live above the opposites.” IfsThinkingMindIdeasBigsLossSinWonderfulOne ThingTerribleOppositesProfit Author:Vernon Howard
“When an economist says the evidence is "mixed," he or she means that theory says one thing and data says the opposite.” MeanOne ThingTheoryEvidenceEconomicsOppositesDataEconomist Author:Richard Thaler
“As soon as you tell me to do one thing, I do the opposite. As soon as someone tells me not to get any more tattoos, I have this intense fire burning inside me to cover myself with them. I don't care if it's self-destructive. I just have that need to rebel.” IfsNeedsSelfCareFireOne ThingOppositesDon't CareIntenseBurningI Don't CareDestructiveRebelTattooSelf DestructiveFire BurningBurning Inside Author:Megan Fox
“If there is one thing I will never have, it is an eating disorder. I won't have girls - even if it is just one or two who care - thinking that. Because it is a serious sickness, not something to plaster on the cover of a magazine. And I am the opposite. I want girls to love themselves. I want them to feel good about who they areThe thing is, I'm lucky because I was loved. But I have seen so many young women who can't feel good about themselves because they just don't have that love.” IfsThinkingWantFeelsTwoCareYoungGirlOne ThingSeriousLuckyEatingOppositesFeel GoodMagazinesJust OneSicknessDisorderYoung WomenWho CaresEating DisorderPlastersI Want A Girl Author:Kate Hudson
“The script will point you in certain directions and I go the opposite if I can. I try do do one thing and tell a different story with my eyes. I believe what's more interesting is always what's not being said.” IfsTryingBelieveSaidI CanDifferentStoriesEyeCertainI BelieveInterestingOne ThingOppositesScripts Author:Robert Carlyle