OXIMORONS
1. Deep down (inside), I am deeply/pretty superficial.
2. Don't ask what your country can do for you. Ask instead what you can do for your country.
3. Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.
4. I find nothing more depressing than optimism.
5. I was never less alone than (when) by myself.
6. I love mankind ... it’s people (that) I can’t stand.
7. Many would be cowards if they dared
8. In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.
9. Women always worry about the things that men forget; men always worry about the things women remember
10. If you can't find somethin' to live for, you'd better find somethin' to die for.
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Oxímoron: a combination of words that have opposite or very different meanings. It is a figure of speech used to denote two contradictory words in the same sentence. It can be used to create humor, sarcasm etc. Ex: "a fine mess", "seriously funny", "deafening silence", "open secret", "an authentic phony" (describing Ronald Reagan).An oxymoron could also be a paradox at times
The usual definition of paradox / oxymoron is an apparent contradiction, licensed when analysed more carefully. The term oxymoron is reserved for a succinct version. A true contradiction in terms is just a 'contradiction in terms'.
A paradox is when two opposites-- contradictions--are in a sentence, but are not side by side. They are statements that may be true, but are self-contradictory and unusual to happen at the same time. e.g.You can "save" money by "spending" it.
An oxymoron is just like a paradox; however, the two opposites are side by side e.g. This is a "love-hate" relationship.
I am a deeply superficial person.
I had no choice but to do what I was told.
I will ask the professor for his unbiased opinión.
This is another fine mess you have got us into.
The comedian was seriously funny.
You are clearly confused by the situation you have found yourself in.
His new girlfriend really is pretty ugly.
My trip to Bali was very much a working holiday.
The sermon lasted for an endless hour.
Your apple pie is awfully good.
A small crowd gathered to watch the concert.
It’s an open secret that they have been having an affair for the past six months.
Stop being a big baby.
You were awfully lucky to escape the car crash unscathed.
I am sure I am growing smaller as I get older.
I’m on a heavy diet until my wedding day.
That is an example of the typically weird behavior she continually demonstrates.
She was terribly pleased with her Birthday present.
Oximoron Quotes
I find nothing more depressing than optimism.
I am deeply superficial. (Ava Gardner)
Don't ask what your country can do for you. Ask instead what you can do for your country.
Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.
I was never less alone than (when) by myself.
I love mankind ... it’s people (that) I can’t stand.
Many would be cowards if they dared.
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(As) Likely as not (very probably), the child you can do the least with will do the most to make you proud.
A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.
A man who won't die for something is not fit to live.
Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.
Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.
From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.
I don’t drink. I don’t like it. It makes me feel good.
I had to give up masochism — I was enjoying it too much.
I no doubt deserved my enemies, but I don't believe I deserved my friends.
If a man has not discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.
If you can't find somethin' to live for, you'd better find somethin' to die for.'
It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.
If it is important to you, you will find a way. If not, you'll find an excuse.
In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but how many can get through to you.
get through to so: Make understand (hacer ver, abrir los ojos)| get through (sth): insep | informal (ordeal: survive) | superar. |
It is by universal misunderstanding that all agree. For if, by ill luck, people understood each other, they would never agree.
Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put and end to mankind. - John F. Kennedy
Promiscuity is like never reading past the first page.
Monogamy is like reading the same book over and over.
Sex without love is as hollow and ridiculous as love without sex.
Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they leave.
What you plant now, you will harvest later.
What's right isn't always popular. What's popular isn't always right.
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Oximoron Quotes
A man who won't die for something is not fit to live.
Don't ask what your country can do for you. Ask instead what you can do for your country.
From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.
Deep down (inside), I am deeply/pretty superficial.
Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.
I find nothing more depressing than optimism.
I love mankind — it’s people I can’t stand.
I think it would be fair to say that advocates are routinely ruder to publishers than vice versa.
I was never less alone than when by myself.
In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.
If you can't find somethin' to live for, you'd better find somethin' to die for.'
If it is important to you, you will find a way. If not, you'll find an excuse.
In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but how many can get through to you. get through to so: Make understand (hacer ver, abrir los ojos), get through: survive
It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.
It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.
Many would be cowards if they dared.
We learn from failure, not from success!
Women always worry about the things that men forget; men always worry about the things women remember.
You'd be surprised how much fun you can have sober. When you get the hang of it.
The Paradoxical Commandments
People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.
Love them anyway.
If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
Do good anyway.
If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies.
Succeed anyway.
The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.
Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
Be honest and frank anyway.
The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds.
Think big anyway.
People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs.
Fight for a few underdogs anyway.
What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway.
People really need help but may attack you if you do help them.
Help people anyway.
Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth.
Give the world the best you have anyway."
The big paradox
"The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider Freeways, but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness.
We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom. We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often.
We've learned how to make a living, but not a life. We've added years to life not life to years. We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor. We conquered outer space but not inner space. We've done larger things, but not better things.
We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul. We've conquered the atom, but not our prejudice. We write more, but learn less. We plan more, but accomplish less. We've learned to rush, but not to wait. We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, but we communicate less and less.
These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small character, steep profits and shallow relationships.
These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken homes. These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill. It is a time when there is much in the showroom window and nothing in the stockroom. A time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to share this insight, or to just hit delete...
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