Trying to impress others does - usually in quite the opposite way.

Lots of English people say exactly the opposite of what they mean.

Most men like in women what is most opposite their own characters.

Irony deals with opposites; it has nothing to do with coincidence.

Without the existence of the opposite, the concept has no meaning.

Steve is very quiet, even shy. I am very gregarious. So, opposites.

Illness is the opposite of freedom. It makes everything impossible.

Whatever you can rightly say about India, the opposite is also true.

The opposite of play is not work—the opposite of play is depression.

The opposite of ‘open’ isn’t closed. The opposite of open is broken.

Remembering is the opposite of being here now; it's being there now.

Never were two people more opposite in sentiment than my companions.

The opposite of love is indifference to the genuine needs of others.

When I see everyone doing the same thing, I want to do the opposite.

Consciousness is not about information but about its opposite: order.

There is no cash in battling evil: just the opposite in my experience

So the opposite of addiction is not sobriety. It is human connection.

Making those around you feel invisible is the opposite of leadership.

Mutation is random; natural selection is the very opposite of random.

Fear is not the opposite of courage. Fear is the catalyst of courage.

In society, one doesn't tell the truth, one tells the exact opposite.

Love and hate are not opposites. The opposite of love is indifference.

Take the course opposite to custom and you will almost always do well.

Paired opposites define your longings and those longings imprison you.

That was perfect. It was just the opposite from what I said yesterday.

Life has no opposite. The opposite of death is birth. Life is eternal.

The activities of the liberated soul transcend the pairs of opposites.

We're probably the opposite of the Osbournes. We run a very tight ship.

The opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference.

The pair of opposites do not effect a yogi - neither praise nor insult.

I play opposite Beverly D'Angelo, and that was definitely a great time.

Law practice is the exact opposite of sex:even when it's good, it's bad.

The most exciting attractions are between two opposites that never meet.

The comic is the perception of the opposite; humor is the feeling of it.

Bacon is like the opposite of medicine. It's like, "Take that, Lipitor."

Autism is not a choice. Acceptance is. Imagine if the opposite was true.

In Washington, it's dog eat dog. In academia, it's exactly the opposite.

Figure out what your opponent wants you to do and try to do the opposite.

Making a living and making a life sometimes point in opposite directions.

We're intellectual opposites. Well, I'm intellectual and you're opposite.

Opposites are attracted when each one is anxious about its own character.

Newton's Fourth Law: Every action has an equal and opposite satisfaction.

Two quite opposite qualities equally bias our minds - habits and novelty.

Are not all things which have opposites generated out of their opposites?

Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.

The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.

I will love myself despite the ease with which I lean toward the opposite.

That's why I'm an actress, to do something completely opposite from myself

Avoid evil, particularly if they're attractive members of the opposite sex.

Transformations don't scare me: it thrills me to become the polar opposite.

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