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 Oxymorons by Subject: General (271)

Accidentallyon PurposeDiscuss
Aircraft Black Box(It's painted orange!)Discuss
Almost (is it all or most?)Discuss
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Cheap isExpensiveDiscuss
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EndlessNight [from the song 'Lies' by Evanescence]Discuss
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Expensive isCheapDiscuss
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NearMiss (The airplanes didn't nearly miss, they nearly hit)Discuss
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No MeansYesDiscuss
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Unpublished Lettersto the Daily Telegraph (Column in the Daily Telegraph)Discuss
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Upthe Down Staircase (book by Bel Kaufman)Discuss
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 Oxymoron Quotes and Sayings: General (96)

  • A blind man looks back into the future with the ear-splitting whispers of unconcealed ghosts thundering silently.
  • A story told in silence.
  • Ah, the good old times when we were so unhappy! - French Saying
  • All generalizations are wrong, including this one.
  • Always be on the lookout for the obvious.
  • Always remember you're unique.. just like everyone else!
  • Anyone who isn't confused here doesn't really know what's going on.
  • Australia is a pretty big continent.
  • Bad becomes good when worse happens.
  • Bad is never good until worse happens.
  • Be here Now, when you can. - Ron McIntosh
  • Be realistic: Go for the impossible! - Paulo Coelho
  • Birthing a dawn to this endless night... - [from the song 'Lies' by Evanescence]
  • Complexity is not so complex after all.
  • Don't Forget To Remember Me! - Song by Carrie Underwood
  • Drive slowly, we're in a hurry. - Winston Churchill to his chauffeur
  • Easy things don't come easily.
  • Everything is so random there must be a pattern.
  • Excuse me? I happen to be genuinely self-absorbed and deeply shallow. - Fiyero Tiggular, Wicked musical
  • Feels like the weight of the world... Like all my screaming has gone unheard... - [from the song 'Weight of the World' by Evanescence]
  • For you time will always wait. - [from the song 'Hide' by Red]
  • Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day. - Samuel Goldwyn
  • Half the lies our opponents tell about us are not true. - Sir Boyle Roche
  • He has Van Gogh's ear for music. - Billy Wilder
  • How could I have burned paradise? - song title
  • I am a deeply superficial person. - Andy Warhol
  • I am easily satisfied with the very best. - Winston Churchill
  • I am easily satisfied with the very best.
  • I came for leave.
  • I can give you a definite perhaps. - Samuel Goldwyn
  • I can resist everything but temptation. - Mark Twain
  • I can't remember having a more memorable time.
  • I didn't do anything wrong, and I won't do it again.
  • I didn't keep score, but it could have been twenty.
  • I feel the numbness around.
  • I hate cliches because "They're a dime a dozen".
  • I never said most of the things I said. - Yogi Berra
  • If there's one thing I can't stand, it's intolerance.
  • I'm never Wrong!!! Once I thought I was wrong... but it turned out I was mistaken.
  • I'm proud of my humility.
  • I'm still not sure if I understand ambiguity.
  • It is so disturbing... that it is beautiful.
  • It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up.
  • It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. - Opening sentence of the 'A Tale of Two Cities'
  • It's eight o'clock, sir! - Why the devil didn't you tell me that before? - Overheard in hotel
  • It's simply hard...
  • It's wrong to be always right.
  • Life is full of uncertainties ... or I could be wrong about that?
  • Man was predestined to have free will.
  • My answer is "Maybe", and that's final...
  • Never say Never again! - [movie title]
  • No one goes to that place anymore - it's always too crowded. - Yogi Berra
  • Nobody goes to Miami in the Winter. It's too crowded. - Yogi Berra
  • One fine day in the middle of the night, two dead men woke up to fight, back-to-back they faced each other, drew their swords and shot one another.
  • One should never generalize.
  • One step forward. Two steps backward.
  • Perspective is in the eye of the beholder.
  • Plan to be surprised. - ['Dan in Real Life' movie]
  • Prejudiced people are all alike.
  • Rebel without a cause. - (Movie Title)
  • Remember the future. - Tagline for the movie "Paycheck"
  • Reporter: You say you've never made a picture before? Samuel Goldwyn: Yes, but that's our strongest weak point. - Samuel Goldwyn
  • Same old brand new excuse.
  • Searching for the light under the sun!
  • Simplicity is not a simple thing. - Charles Chaplin
  • Some people say that I'm superficial, but that's just on the surface.
  • Tell them to stand closer apart. - Samuel Goldwyn
  • The beginning is always today. - Mary Wollstonecraft
  • The clock is two minutes ahead and one hour behind.
  • The future is now.
  • The golden rule is that there are no golden rules. - George Bernard Shaw
  • The good oxymoron, to define it by a self-illustration, must be a planned inadvertency. - Wilson Follett
  • The green bin is for non-recyclables.
  • The heaviest baggage for a traveler is an empty purse.
  • The next time I send a damn fool for something, I go myself. - Samuel Goldwyn
  • The other day, I saw my cat barking while the sun was freezing me up.
  • The Right way is the Wrong way and the Left way is the Right way. (Driving directions)
  • The saddest moment in a person's life comes but once.
  • The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be. - Paul Valery
  • The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools. - Herbert Spencer
  • The world is full of apathy, but I don't care.
  • There is only one difference between a madman and me. I am not mad. - Salvador Dali
  • There's no such thing as non-existence.
  • They say it's not as bad as they say it is.
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  • Time won't give me time!
  • To be simple is to be great. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Two wrongs don't make a right, but three rights make a left.
  • Walking but not moving... nowhere to go on this endless road...
  • Walking up stairs gets me down.
  • We are not retreating.. we are advancing in another direction.
  • We must believe in free will. We have no choice. - Isaac B. Singer
  • You always find something in the last place you look.
  • You are one of God's mistakes... - [from the song 'Song to Say Goodbye' for Placebo]
  • You're the dumbest smart person I've ever met. - from the movie 'I, Robot'
  • You've no idea of what a poor opinion I have of myself, and how little I deserve it. - W.S. Gilbert


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