#contra

The house has to please everyone, contrary to the work of art which does not. The work is a private matter for the artist. The house is not. ↗

— Adolf Loos

#art #artist #contrary #does #everyone

Jesus was not denying the legitimacy of biblical law. On the contrary, He was affirming biblical law. We love God first; God commands us to keep His word; therefore, we must enforce the law on ourselves. ↗

— Gary North

#commands #contrary #denying #enforce #first

Great progress was made when arbitration treaties were concluded in which the contracting powers pledge in advance to submit all conflicts to an arbitration court, treaties which not only specify the composition of the court, but also its procedure. ↗

— Ludwig Quidde

#also #arbitration #composition #concluded #conflicts

Do not be fooled into believing that because a man is rich he is necessarily smart. There is ample proof to the contrary. ↗

— Julius Rosenwald

#because #believing #contrary #fooled #into

I think the existence of zombies would contradict certain laws of nature in our world. It seems to be a law of nature, in our world, that when you get a brain of a certain character you get consciousness going along with it. ↗

— David Chalmers

#brain #certain #character #consciousness #contradict

I like to have Chinese furniture in my home as a constant and painful reminder of how much has been destroyed in China. The contrast between the beauty of the past and the ugliness of the modern is nowhere sharper than in China. ↗

— Jung Chang

#been #between #china #chinese #constant

I had always owned them to be the Word of God... the careful reading of the Acts afforded me a practical picture of the early church; which made me feel deeply the contrast with its actual present state; though still, as ever beloved by God. ↗

— John Nelson Darby

#actual #afforded #always #beloved #careful

In the NFL they talk about 'contracts,' but it's not really a contract, it's a one year agreement. If you have a 10 year contract, it means nothing. If you get cut in the NFL, you get nothing. People don't talk about that. ↗

— Eric Dickerson

#agreement #contract #contracts #cut #get

From cutting back on state contracts to reducing the number of state cars, We're making state government smaller, smarter, more efficient, and more accountable. ↗

— Jim Doyle

#back #cars #contracts #cutting #efficient

People think I should be a multi-millionaire if I had gotten the right contract. I'm not getting anything for all that commercial stuff they do. But I would have had to pay for that. ↗

— Jonathan Frid

#commercial #contract #getting #gotten #had