#opposed

When there's an authentic mystery, as opposed to just a question being asked, that's what makes you lean forward. ↗

— J. J. Abrams

#authentic #being #forward #just #lean

I'm still strongly opposed to antismoking laws, strongly opposed to any law that regulates personal behavior. ↗

— John Perry Barlow

#behavior #i #law #laws #opposed

I know my husband really loves me because he takes me to have ribs. He says I'm the only girl he ever took out who actually ate anything on her plate, as opposed to pushing it around. ↗

— Julia Barr

#anything #around #ate #because #ever

I am not opposed to the limited use of polygraphs in a case where a person is suspected of wrongdoing. But widespread use of the polygraph as a screening tool goes far beyond what is acceptable. ↗

— Jeff Bingaman

#am #beyond #case #far #goes

If children understand that beliefs should be substantiated with evidence, as opposed to tradition, authority, revelation or faith, they will automatically work out for themselves that they are atheists. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#authority #automatically #beliefs #children #evidence

You know, it's a different deal - throwing a football as opposed to throwing a baseball. ↗

— Drew Bledsoe

#deal #different #football #know #opposed

If you're opposed to the budget I submitted to the General Assembly, you're for a tax increase. ↗

— Matt Blunt

#budget #general #general assembly #i #increase

Science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith, and inconsistent with it. But all science, in fact, rests on a basis of faith, for it assumes the permanence and uniformity of natural laws - a thing which can never be demonstrated. ↗

— Tryon Edwards

#basis #been #demonstrated #fact #faith

I never say I have a preference for one medium as opposed to another. ↗

— Christine Baranski

#i #medium #never #opposed #preference

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