#contrary

This assumes an upward revision of the European Budget, which is precisely what Jacques Chirac refuses to do. On the contrary, he has demanded a reduction. ↗

— Laurent Fabius

#budget #chirac #contrary #demanded #european

My disorder has been attended with several symptoms of a consumption; and I have been at times apprehensive that my great change was at hand: yet blessed be God, I have never been affrighted; but, on the contrary, at times much delighted with a view of its approach. ↗

— David Brainerd

#approach #attended #been #blessed #blessed be

There are two possible outcomes: if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you've made a measurement. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery. ↗

— Enrico Fermi

#contrary #discovery #hypothesis #made #measurement

There's two possible outcomes: if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery. ↗

— Enrico Fermi

#contrary #discovery #hypothesis #made #outcomes

Extremes, though contrary, have the like effects. Extreme heat kills, and so extreme cold: extreme love breeds satiety, and so extreme hatred; and too violent rigor tempts chastity, as does too much license. ↗

— George Chapman

#chastity #cold #contrary #does #effects

Some think that by preparing to deal with crises you make them more likely. I think the wiser judgment is the contrary. In this area at least, if you want peace or stability, it's better to prepare for war or instability. ↗

— Timothy Geithner

#better #contrary #crises #deal #i

Contrary to current cynicism about past golden ages, the abstraction known as 'the intelligent layperson' does exist - in the form of millions of folks with a passionate commitment to continuous learning. ↗

— Stephen Jay Gould

#abstraction #ages #commitment #continuous #contrary

You could think of extraordinary examples to the contrary: The Grapes of Wrath... and even into the 70s. ↗

— Charlton Heston

#could #even #examples #extraordinary #grapes

It is not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger. ↗

— David Hume

#destruction #finger #prefer #reason #scratching

My hope is that the Chinese government will come to realise that it is futile to repress free speech, and that contrary to what they believe a regime's strength rests not its suppression of a plurality of opinions and ideas, but in its capacity and willingness to encourage them. ↗

— Ma Jian

#capacity #chinese #chinese government #come #contrary