Contravened Quotes

#1. In this regard, I reiterate that the prohibition against torture cannot be contravened under any circumstances.

Pope Benedict XVI

#2. Yet nature cannot be contravened, but preserves a fixed and immutable order.

Baruch Spinoza

#3. The US-led invasion of Iraq was an illegal act that contravened the UN charter.

Kofi Annan

#4. There is nothing in the world that could make me turn from the law. With a clear conscience, I am prepared to answer for each and every one of my political and administrative orders and actions, and to do so before the court of public opinion ...

Djemal Pasha

#5. What wonderful minds we have, even though they don't seem to get us anywhere, or make us happy.

Tim Parks

#6. I have been taking voice and singing lessons since age 10 and originally got into it because I was really interested in musical theater. After writing my first couple of songs and performing at age 14, I knew that I really wanted to be a singer.

Daya

#7. It was the kind of love that, sooner or later, cornered you into a choice: either you tore free or you stayed and withstood its rigor even as it squeezed you into something smaller than yourself.

Khaled Hosseini

#8. Many scientists simply do not look at the evidence of the reality of God.

M. Scott Peck

#9. Like legend and myth, magic fades when it is unused
hence all the old tales of elfin kingdoms moving further and further away from our world, or that magical beings require our faith, our belief in their existence, to survive. That is a lie. All they require is our recognition.

Charles De Lint

#10. I needed no man to empower me. I had my father to thank for that much; his absence in most everyday things had prepared me well enough to stand on my own.

Kerri Maniscalco

#11. It's not the nineteenth century; I'm not meant to be judged on how good a housekeeper I am. Getting down on the floor with a lemon and a bucket of vinegar does not make me a better person.

Emily Matchar