Contrast Quotes

“In Los Angeles, you can have the city of appeal and the city of smog. You can have the city of blessed sunshine and the city of awful traffic.”

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”

“Without an element of boredom, you can't have excitement.”

“Without disgust and depression, you can't appreciate happiness.”

“Africa is a continent of extremes, of contrasts, of light and shade, of laughter and tears, of great poverty and great wealth.”

“It is a city of conspicuous smoke-stacks, factory towers and church spires, a city of handsome streets and rancid slums, a city of glittering department stores and scabby back-street markets.”

“Quietly a red flame leaps in a dark room.”

“I've made a living writing scenes that are precisely the opposite of how I behave in real life.”

“I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.”

“You can't have a light without a dark to stick it in.”

“You need the dark in order to show the light.”

“I'd like to see a tank come down the stalls, Lurching to rag-time tunes, or 'Home, sweet Home'.”

“The ideal is a bore. It's the contrast that's interesting.”

“I was the guy who was the quiet one, and he was the loud one.”

“The brighter the star, the darker the night.”

“I like the juxtaposition of a sweet melody with a dark lyric.”

“I like making images that from a distance seem kind of seductive, colorful, luscious and tempting, but then you get up close and see something disturbing in them.”

“So black is the earth, so white is the snow, oh, darling, oh, darling, give me your hand.”

“I found more joy in sorrow than you could find in joy.”

“My private life has been a peaceful affair, which is in direct contrast with my screen life.”