Oxymoron Quotes

“Successful therapy is an oxymoron.”

“Plantation forests and Biodiversity: Oxymoron or Opportunity?”

“Independent film is not only an oxymoron; it doesn't exist anymore.”

“Wikipedia: Oxymoron”

“Sex and older women used to be considered an oxymoron, rarely mentioned in the same breath.”

“Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings though has perfected praise... is the perfect oxymoron.”

“Wiktionary: Oxymoron”

“An 'oxymoron' is a figure of speech using an intended combination of two apparently contradictory terms.”

“Responsible Drinking? Now that's an Oxymoron.”

“To be a mainstream American is to live as an oxymoron. You are a good Christian, but you strain to remain dynamically competitive.”

“The phrase "domestic cat" is an oxymoron.”

“The word oxymoron is itself oxymoronic because it is formed from two Greek roots of opposite meaning, 'oxys' "sharp, keen," and 'moros' "foolish," the same root that gives us the word moron.”

“The term 'serious actor' is kind of an oxymoron, isn't it? Like 'Republican party' or 'airplane food.'”

“Conversion Puns are a group of oxymoronic pairs that rely on the coexistence of two parts of speech for the same word. Examples are: press release, kickstand, divorce court, building wrecking and White Rose.”

“Oxymorons, often hilarious contradictory expressions, are sure to be the next delightful word craze, and... some of the best oxymorons around--phrases such as "pretty ugly", "plastic glasses", and many more.”

“Logological Oxymora are words as surface letter combinations such as nook joins the opposing words no and OK, and the name Noyes, no and yes.”

“In terms of the romantic kind of lead, I just never enjoy those movies very much. Maybe they'll come to interest me more as I get older. I doubt it, but maybe. Romantic comedies tend to be, for me, an oxymoron.”

“Because the oxymoron introduces an unresolvable contradiction, it poses a problem in logic but not necessarily in tropics. If the desirable oxymoron is a representation, it can be dialectically resolved into two aspects of some greater truth.”

“I learned why 'out riding alone' is an oxymoron: An equestrian is never alone, is always sensing the other being, the mysterious but also understandable living being that is the horse.”

“I personally think intellectual property is an oxymoron. Physical objects have a completely different natural economy than intellectual goods. It's a tricky thing to try to own something that remains in your possession even after you give it to many others.”