#contrary

At that time, the academic orientation was rather technical contrary to that of the university, where art theory is very important. The teachers were renowned artists and among the best of that time. ↗

— Ralph Allen

#among #art #artists #best #contrary

Liberal capitalism is not at all the Good of humanity. Quite the contrary; it is the vehicle of savage, destructive nihilism. ↗

— Alain Badiou

#contrary #destructive #good #humanity #liberal

The only thing that might have annoyed some mathematicians was the presumption of assuming that maybe the axiom of choice could fail, and that we should look into contrary assumptions. ↗

— Alonzo Church

#assuming #assumptions #axiom #choice #contrary

When we see men of worth, we should think of equalling them; when we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inward and examine ourselves. ↗

— Gustave Courbet

#contrary #examine #inward #men #ourselves

If the facts are contrary to any predictions, then the hypothesis is wrong no matter how appealing. ↗

— David Douglass

#appealing #contrary #facts #how #hypothesis

Faith is not contrary to reason. ↗

— Sherwood Eddy

#contrary #reason

Our career path has tended to be the most perverse and contrary approach to the entertainment industry imaginable, while at the same time doing the kinds of things that you have to do, the videos, the photos and all that sort of stuff. ↗

— Peter Garrett

#career #career path #contrary #doing #entertainment

The meaning of life is not to be discovered only after death in some hidden, mysterious realm; on the contrary, it can be found by eating the succulent fruit of the Tree of Life and by living in the here and now as fully and creatively as we can. ↗

— Paul Kurtz

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The house has to please everyone, contrary to the work of art which does not. The work is a private matter for the artist. The house is not. ↗

— Adolf Loos

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On the contrary, history generally confirms that the more conscious and the better you are organized in vanguard organizations, the more constructively you operate in the mass organizations of the working class. ↗

— Ernest Mandel

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