I am someone who values truth - actual truth as opposed to 'truthiness. '
Avarice is more directly opposed to thrift than generosity is.
We're not all on the same page here. So most of us in the technology community are opposed to what we call backdoors that would allow law enforcement to tap in.
Obama came in and gave $700 billion to the bankers off the top as opposed to giving $700 billion to the poor.
Well, the coffeehouse audiences never know what they're going to get, and all the comics are different, as opposed to when you go to a club, and they're pretty much all telling jokes with set-ups and punchlines. Coffeehouse audiences are the most forgiving: They really listen, which is the best part.
I am Catholic. But I am opposed to a monopoly when it comes to faith.
What is called a republic, is not any particular form of government. . . it is naturally opposed to the word monarchy, which means arbitrary power.
With us it is not a question of Bolshevism or democracy, but of life or death. A decision in favor of a Soviet could not be opposed by the Young Turks.
I've never been opposed to nudity. I've been opposed to nudity for box-office draw.
Secondly, man sins against nature when he goes against his generic nature, that is to say, his animal nature. Now, it is evident that, in accord with natural order, the union of the sexes among animals is ordered towards conception. From this it follows that every sexual intercourse that cannot lead to conception is opposed to man's animal nature.
What you want, when you want it. As opposed to everything you could ever want, even when you don't.
As a former Catholic, and as someone who even today is not opposed to being called a Christian, I felt I had every right to use the symbols of the Church and resented being told not to.
I never said I was opposed to the LEED program or to green building - I'm not.
I'm opposed to giving people money for doing nothing.
I'm not poor now, but unlike some of my friends who are now rich, I haven't embraced conservatism and religion. I'm not opposed to religion if you keep it out of my life.
When there's an authentic mystery, as opposed to just a question being asked, that's what makes you lean forward.
I think there's a misconception that I'm opposed to social media.
You can never fully put your finger on the reason why you're suddenly, inexplicably compelled to explore one life as opposed to another.
To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction.
For me, the game would be to assume a very intelligent reader who can extrapolate a lot from a little. And that's become my definition of art; to get that pitch just right, where I can put a hint on page three, and the reader's ears go up a bit, as opposed to dropping it all on the first page.