I have this idea of myself as this quiet, observant, thoughtful child, which my parents roundly contradict. They claim that I was loud and bossy and dancing all the time.
I always love to quote Albert Einstein because nobody dares contradict him.
As liberty and intelligence have increased the people have more and more revolted against the theological dogmas that contradict common sense and wound the tenderest sensibilities of the soul.
Even putting aside the Judeo-Christian morality upon which the Constitution and our nation's culture are based, the notion of forced euthanasia would contradict the long-held body of medical ethics to which all American doctors must adhere.
I have forced myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to my own taste.
I believe every chess player senses beauty, when he succeeds in creating situations, which contradict the expectations and the rules, and he succeeds in mastering this situation.
I think if we didn't contradict ourselves, it would be awfully boring. It would be tedious to be alive.
Today's interpretations of religion are often backward and contradict the needs of civilization.
You are a woman: you must never speak what you think; your words must contradict your thoughts, but your actions may contradict your words.
I begin with the principle that all men are bores. Surely no one will prove himself so great a bore as to contradict me in this.