#oppose

My dad was vehemently opposed to electric guitars. He did not look on that kind of music as legitimate in any way. ↗

— Dan Fogelberg

#dad #did #electric #guitars #kind

I didn't really have an act per se - a theatrical performance, as opposed to just: here I am, folks, and you're all supposed to be dead quiet while I sing eight or nine songs, then get off the stage. ↗

— Mel Torme

#am #dead #eight #folks #get

It's been too many years since I've played live as myself as opposed to in a fake band for a film. ↗

— Luke Treadaway

#been #fake #film #i #live

Study after study has demonstrated that people are better off financially, healthier, happier if they are married, and indeed, I repeat, if they are formally married as opposed to simply living together. ↗

— Malcolm Turnbull

#better #better off #demonstrated #financially #formally

But I would have executed much greater things, had not government always opposed my exertions, and placed others in situations which would have suited my talents. ↗

— Adam Weishaupt

#executed #exertions #government #greater #had

In summary, the Romans were opposed to tyranny in any form; and the feature of government to which they gave the most thought was an elaborate system of checks and balances. ↗

— Robert Welch

#balances #checks #elaborate #feature #form

As far as I know, the guys at Pixar are opposed to a Monsters, Inc. sequel. ↗

— John Goodman

#far #guys #i #inc #know

Judges who take the law into their own hands, who make up constitutional 'rights' in order to strike down laws they oppose, undermine the people's right to have their values shape public policy and define the culture. ↗

— Orrin Hatch

#culture #define #down #hands #into

Everything in excess is opposed to nature. ↗

— Hippocrates

#excess #nature #opposed

The cause of my life has been to oppose superstition. It's a battle you can't hope to win - it's a battle that's going to go on forever. It's part of the human condition. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#been #cause #condition #forever #go