Au Contraire Quotes

#1. Au contraire..."
"What?" Constance demanded.
Curtain blinked.
~ The Perilous Journey

Trenton Lee Stewart

#2. Young would-be novelists and poets believe that art is eternal. Au contraire: we are in the business of ephemera, the era of floating islands of trash, and most of the things we feel deeply and inscribe on the page will disappear.

Julie Schumacher

#3. People think that if you are enlightened you are not in touch with the pulse of the physical. Au contraire! The higher you go, the deeper you become, and the more conscious you are of the physical and the sensorial.

Frederick Lenz

#4. Irene gasped. "Have you taken leave of your senses, Stuart?" she hissed. "Have you?"
Stuart closed his eyes.
"No," he said. "Au contraire." It was strong language for the Edinburgh New Town, but he had to say it.
"Don't au contraire me," said Irene.
But it was too late. He had.

Alexander McCall Smith

#5. To practice properly the Art of Peace, you must: Calm the spirit and return to the source. Cleanse the body and spirit by removing all malice, selfishness, and desire. Be ever grateful for the gifts received from the universe, your family, Mother nature, and your fellow human beings.

Morihei Ueshiba

#6. I know what it's like to scream when you see Justin Timberlake in person because I've done it.

Ross Mathews

#7. We're not disinterested in politics. It's just that politicians are disinteresting.

John Lennon

#8. Democracy or reading, democracy of space: our public library tradition, wherever we live in the wide world, was incredibly hard-won for us by the generations before us and ought to be protected, not just for ourselves but in the name of every generation after us.

Ali Smith

#9. Art was born as a desire, not as a demand.

Eliel Saarinen

#10. I'm a control freak. And more so now that I have children.

Mariella Frostrup

#11. I really have been so, so blessed with all my leading men.

Laura Osnes

#12. Music takes us out of ourselves, away from our worries and tragedies, helps us look into a different world, a bigger picture. All those cadences and beautiful chord changes, every one of them makes you feel a different splendor of life.

Jennifer Ryan

#13. Molly Cade, you could be wearing a White Sox shirt, a Yankees thong, and a Packers Cheesehead and I would still want to do you."
She sighed. "Such a romantic.

Kate Meader

#14. I've had a lot of experience building things, organizing things, a national scholarship program.

Benjamin Carson