Quotes about Ambivalence
I'm going back to Mike." I could feel her crying as I held her close. "He's so damned nice and he's so awful. He's my sort of thing.
— Ernest Hemingway
Human nature is not black and white but black and grey.
— Graham Greene
That horrible Benito Hoover! And yet the man had meant well enough. Which only made it, in a way, much worse. Those who meant well behaved in the same way as those who meant badly.
— Aldous Huxley
Whatever ambivalence I felt about my own career, Frankie more than made up for it with his ambition and tenacity.
— Annette Funicello
It was a great game if you don't care who won. I cared.
— Lou Holtz
I guess one of the great agonies of life is that we are constantly trying to finish that which is unfinishable
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Prudence is not hesitation, procrastination, or moderation. It is not driving in the middle of the road. It is not the way of ambivalence, indecision, or safety.
— John Ortberg
The border between good and evil is terribly fuzzy.
— Milan Kundera
Lukewarm acceptance is more bewildering than outright rejection.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
I care so much about everything that I care about nothing
— William Saroyan
The best ideas make you want to say 'yes' and 'no' in the same breath.
— Reid Hoffman
I wouldn't want to live without strong misgivings.
— Joseph Heller