#opposed

Entrenched bureaucracies are always opposed to fundamental changes. ↗

— Christopher Dodd

#bureaucracies #changes #entrenched #fundamental #opposed

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

#ability #first-rate #function #hold #ideas

I always received much more satisfaction as a defense attorney in obtaining an acquittal for a client than I ever have as a D.A. in obtaining a conviction. All my interests and sympathies tend to be on the side of the individual as opposed to the state. ↗

— Jim Garrison

#always #attorney #client #conviction #defense

It's always nice when you do something and it's well received as opposed to the other way which God knows happens to everybody. When the good times come around, you take a deep breath, appreciate it, but not take it too seriously. ↗

— Laura Linney

#appreciate #around #breath #come #deep

What you want, when you want it. As opposed to everything you could ever want, even when you don't. ↗

— Marissa Mayer

#even #ever #everything #opposed #want

Police in Washington D.C. are now using cameras to catch drivers who go through red lights. Many congressmen this week opposed the use of the red light cameras incorrectly assuming they were being used for surveillance at local brothels. ↗

— Dennis Miller

#being #being used #brothels #cameras #catch

As the TiVos and the Replays are coming into our world - and they're coming - it's better to - be inside the tent and figure out what they're doing and to work hand in hand with them as opposed to saying, 'You know what, the automobile is not going to work. I'm going to stick to my horse and carriage,' you know. ↗

— Leslie Moonves

#better #carriage #coming #doing #figure

I saw music as a way to entertain people and take them away from their daily lives and put smiles on their faces, as opposed to what I see it being now, which is a way for me to actually communicate, and a way for me to tap into my subconscious. ↗

— Alanis Morissette

#away #being #communicate #daily #daily lives

I'm trying to figure out the trick of working to live as opposed to living to work, but I don't know if I've quite stumbled upon it just yet. ↗

— Brittany Murphy

#i #just #know #live #living

When the phone started ringing too many times, I had to take it back to what I can handle. I take my chances on a job or a person as opposed to a situation. I don't like to have a situation placed over my head. ↗

— Bill Murray

#chances #had #handle #head #i