Sentence examples for two contradictory ideas from inspiring English sources

"For a horse, two contradictory ideas can both be true at the same moment".

Some say genius is the ability to hold two contradictory ideas at the same time.

To appreciate parody, you must be capable of holding two contradictory ideas in your head simultaneously.

People can contain two contradictory ideas in their heads at the same time, so telling them what to think at the end of a play insults their intelligence.

If, as F. Scott Fitzgerald said, the true test of a first-rate intellect is the ability to hold two contradictory ideas in mind at the same time and still be able to function, Wright passes with ease.

JOAN SCHENKAR: In order to understand pat, you have to be able to keep two contradictory ideas in your head at the same time — as well as two contradictory feelings in your heart.

Be able to keep two completely contradictory ideas alive and well in your heart and head at all times.

Two seemingly contradictory ideas — that it was necessary to keep the site "sacred" and also necessary to rebuild it for commerce — governed the design of the site from the beginning.

Given its primary sense of "having two poles or charges," it can legitimately be used to mean "having two opposite or contradictory ideas or natures," as the American Heritage Dictionary says.

There are two main and contradictory ideas about how that relationship might work.

To understand the furor over the decision by Standard & Poor's, the rating agency, to downgrade U.S. government debt, you have to hold in your mind two seemingly (but not actually) contradictory ideas.