#opposed

I am opposed to the laying down of rules or conditions to be observed in the construction of bridges lest the progress of improvement tomorrow might be embarrassed or shackled by recording or registering as law the prejudices or errors of today. ↗

— Isambard K. Brunel

#bridges #conditions #construction #down #embarrassed

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

— Jackie Chan

#country #every #lot #olympics #opposed

Moreover, as the leadership of the House confirmed last year, the Administration remains opposed to a congressional resolution on the Armenian Genocide due to Turkish objections. This approach sends absolutely the wrong signal to Turkey and to the rest of the world. ↗

— Patrick J. Kennedy

#administration #approach #armenian #armenian genocide #confirmed

The theme is the theme of humiliation, which is the square root of sin, as opposed to the freedom from humiliation, and love, which is the square root of wonderful. ↗

— Carson McCullers

#freedom from #humiliation #love #opposed #root

As a former Catholic, and as someone who even today is not opposed to being called a Christian, I felt I had every right to use the symbols of the Church and resented being told not to. ↗

— Andres Serrano

#called #catholic #christian #church #even

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

I am passionately opposed to capital punishment, and I have been all my life. ↗

— Richard Attenborough

#been #capital #capital punishment #i #i am

I was arrested in 1965 for opposing the war in Vietnam. There were 39 of us arrested that day. But thousands opposed us. And the majority of the people in the country supported the war then. ↗

— Bill Ayers

#country #day #i #majority #opposed

I think a lot of people want to be remembered the way they were, as opposed to the way they are now. ↗

— Bryan Adams

#i think #lot #now #opposed #people

My daughter's the greatest thing that's happened to me in my life and she turned me into a more responsible man, as opposed to just someone who's a perpetual teenager, thinking you're a man when you're not. ↗

— Adam Ant

#greatest #greatest thing #happened #into #just