#oppose

Every country when they have Olympics, a lot of people come out opposed. ↗

— Jackie Chan

#country #every #lot #olympics #opposed

If a politician murders his mother, the first response of the press or of his opponents will likely be not that it was a terrible thing to do, but rather that in a statement made six years before he had gone on record as being opposed to matricide. ↗

— Meg Greenfield

#before #being #first #gone #had

Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike. ↗

— Alexander Hamilton

#because #been #dislike #had #may

My father came from an intellectual and studious avenue as opposed to a brawler's avenue. So I had to go further afield and I brought all kinds of unscrupulous oiks back home - earless, toothless vagabonds - to teach me the arts of the old bagarre. ↗

— Tom Hardy

#avenue #back #brought #came #father

A majority of Americans oppose partial-birth abortion, and Judge Hamilton's decision flies in the face of Congress passing and President Bush signing legislation banning such horrible acts of violence. ↗

— Marc Racicot

#acts #banning #bush #congress #decision

That was something. As opposed to nothing. ↗

— Kevin Ayers

#opposed #something

I'm still strongly opposed to antismoking laws, strongly opposed to any law that regulates personal behavior. ↗

— John Perry Barlow

#behavior #i #law #laws #opposed

I know my husband really loves me because he takes me to have ribs. He says I'm the only girl he ever took out who actually ate anything on her plate, as opposed to pushing it around. ↗

— Julia Barr

#anything #around #ate #because #ever

A sign of power in a man is not only when people follow what he suggests, but also when people make a conscious effort to do the exact opposite of what he suggests. ↗

— Criss Jami

#conscious #control #controlled #effort #envy

I do 100 shows a year, but I do it in fits and starts, as opposed to going on a long run. ↗

— Bryan Adams

#going #i #i do #long #long run