#oppose

The danger I faced was not accepted as reasonable grounds for deferring my tax payments, as authorities, who despite being told all of this, still chose to pursue action against me, as opposed to finding an alternative solution. ↗

— Lauryn Hill

#action #against #alternative #authorities #being

It's a different thing shooting for 10 weeks in India as opposed to on a set on stage pretending you're in India. ↗

— Chris Kattan

#different thing #india #opposed #pretending #set

You know, it's a different deal - throwing a football as opposed to throwing a baseball. ↗

— Drew Bledsoe

#deal #different #football #know #opposed

Mr. Speaker, in the years since we enacted our attack against Iraq, the threat from Iran has only grown more difficult, and our capacity to meet that threat actually has diminished. It is one of the reasons many of us opposed that action against Iraq. ↗

— Earl Blumenauer

#actually #against #attack #capacity #difficult

I'm not scared of anything in particular, but I am motivated by a fear of failure as opposed to a need to succeed. ↗

— Heston Blumenthal

#anything #failure #fear #i #i am

Science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith, and inconsistent with it. But all science, in fact, rests on a basis of faith, for it assumes the permanence and uniformity of natural laws - a thing which can never be demonstrated. ↗

— Tryon Edwards

#basis #been #demonstrated #fact #faith

The skeptic does not mean him who doubts, but him who investigates or researches, as opposed to him who asserts and thinks that he has found. ↗

— Miguel de Unamuno

#does #doubts #found #him #investigates

Hence a ship is said to head the sea, when her course is opposed to the setting or direction of the surges. ↗

— William Falconer

#direction #head #hence #her #opposed

The last really expensive trip we took was so uncomfortable. It's so lazy. I want somebody to give me a great $30 massage as opposed to a bad $265 massage. ↗

— Josh Brolin

#expensive #give #give me #great #i

Most of the bad taste I've been accused of has been generic bad taste; it's been making fun of an idea as opposed to a person. ↗

— John Cleese

#bad #bad taste #been #fun #generic