Bill Gates

Contrary to popular belief, I don't spend a whole lot of time following soccer. But as I have traveled around the world to better understand global development and health, I've learned that soccer is truly universal. No matter where I go, that's what kids are playing. That's what people are talking about.

American Businessman

Voltaire

The little may contrast with the great, in painting, but cannot be said to be contrary to it. Oppositions of colors contrast; but there are also colors contrary to each other, that is, which produce an ill effect because they shock the eye when brought very near it.

French Writer

Giambattista Vico

It is true that men themselves made this world of nations... but this world without doubt has issued from a mind often diverse, at times quite contrary, and always superior to the particular ends that men had proposed to themselves.

Italian Philosopher

Isabel Allende

Many fiction writers write for the critics or for themselves; they forget the common reader. I never do. I don't think journalism clashes with my fiction; on the contrary, it helps enormously.

Chilean Writer

Johnny Lever

It is said that a person who makes other people laugh has a lot of pain in his heart. On the contrary, I have thoroughly enjoyed being a comedian and don't nurse such thoughts.

Indian Actor

James Rodriguez

Some people think that your life changes for the worse when you become a father, but on the contrary, when my daughter was born, she brought light and joy into my life.

Colombian Athlete

David Hume

It is not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger.

Scottish Philosopher

Aldous Huxley

Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are dead.

English Novelist

Jean de la Bruyere

The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth.

French Philosopher

John Petit-Senn

True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher.

French Poet

Use 'contrary' when outcomes are different from what was thought or intended.

Expect Unexpected

'Contrary to popular belief' is a common phrase to introduce a widely held misconception.

Cultural Expressions

To stress that a belief or opinion is incorrect, start with 'contrary to'.

Emphasizing Error

'Contrary' often describes someone deliberately acting against advice or expectations.

Obstinate Character

Use 'contrary' to talk about reactions that are the opposite of what would be normal or expected.

Unexpected Reactions

In debates or discussions, taking a contrary position can be strategic, showing a different perspective.

Surprise Tactic

Say 'on the contrary' to correct a false statement and explain the truth.

Clarifying Truth

Using 'to the contrary' is a polite way to contradict someone or argue against a point.

Contradicting Politeness

Use 'contrary' when emphasizing the degree of opposition or difference.

Stress Opposition

 underestimated our strength contrary to popular belief millions are waking up out of their sleep saying our home being taken right up under our feet we cannot allow a history to be written by the wicked greedy and loony it is our duty to protect Mother Nature from those who refuse to see her beauty call me crazy

His Epic Message Will...

 of people against their will. In most cases, people who out themselves will help to destroy the myth that there is something wrong with atheists. On the contrary, they'll demonstrate that atheists are often the kinds of people who could serve as decent role models for your children,

Militant atheism PIPE...

 They're very important. I'm not here to argue against science and math. On the contrary, they're necessary but they're not sufficient. A real education has to give equal weight to the arts, the humanities, to physical education. An awful lot of kids, sorry, thank you --

How to escape...

 generating new ideas for products and marketing based on deeper understanding of consumer habits. For example, early focus groups found that contrary to popular opinion at the time, wives often had more influence than their husbands when choosing which car to buy,

How do focus groups...

 better that's the first time ever heard that thought from the cowboy friends contrary to popular belief rattlesnakes do not deliberately attack humans she'll settle down and the dark will certainly help and she won't bite through your backpack

How to Catch a...

 you have to deny the theory of evolution by natural selection. And I think, on the contrary, that it is very important to solving the world's problems that we take evolutionary biology seriously. Whose truth are we going to listen to?

Dan Dennett: Responding...

 They did not say to this farmer, "Hey, buddy, you need to pull yourself together. It's your job to figure out and fix this problem on your own." On the contrary, what they said is, "We're here as a group to pull together with you,

This could be why you're...

 I wasn't with it but I saw the change because of my life what would be the right so that gave me a new sense of awakening a new sense of consciousness I found that contrary to my previous perception the doors who find imprison

Can we improve prison...

 The world will give you the opportunity to work really, really, really, really hard. But, are you so sure that that's going to give you a great career, when all the evidence is to the contrary?

Larry Smith: Why you...

 in an antidote to death. And contrary to what you may think, affairs are way less about sex, and a lot more about desire for attention, desire to feel special, desire to feel important.