Jason Reitman

When you're young, you want to make every kind of film: musicals, Westerns, horror. Slowly you begin to hear your own voice. I hope people receive what I do as small, personal films that are somewhat contrarian about their main characters.

Canadian Director

Lou Doillon

I'm a bit of a contrarian, so I like the idea of going on stage without makeup, without the hair being done, in the jeans and shirt I've been wearing all day. At first that was an issue, because I didn't want to be disrespectful.

French Actress

Boyan Slat

The way you advance a technological society is to try things - to be controversial and contrarian in your thinking in order to get to something that eventually people say, 'I told you it was a great idea.

Dutch Businessman

Mariam Naficy

Don't be afraid of developing a contrarian viewpoint on what type of person is perfect for your company as CTO and how you're going to find that person.

American Businesswoman

Sarah Carter

I have followed my heart my whole life - the crazy kid, a contrarian by nature, and I've been in trouble in points in my career.

Canadian Actress

Peter Thiel

I think what's always important is not to be contrarian for its own sake but to really get at the truth.

American Businessman

James Carville

To be a contrarian, you've got to be a contrarian against your own people.

American Lawyer

John F. Kennedy Jr.

I have a slight contrarian impulse I can't seem to shake.

George T. Conway III

Sean Waltman

American Wrestler

Often implies a person takes a skeptical view of the general consensus.

Critical Stance

Useful in discussions to show you understand all sides of an argument.

Debate Usage

Contrarians can be positive, often bringing new ideas where others follow the crowd.

Not Always Negative

Contrarian ideas can provide a fresh, alternative perspective in a discussion.

Novel Perspectives

Contrarian strategies can be risky but rewarding in fields like investing.

Risk and Reward

Suggests an individual thinks independently, not swayed by majority opinion.

Intellectual Independence

 Guys -- contrarian white teens of the world -- if you are being a round earth skeptic and a male privilege skeptic and a racism is bad skeptic, you're not being a skeptic, you're being a jerk.

Inside the bizarre world...

 is certainly a dream that most of humanity has cherished the celebration of universal knowledge rationality tolerance respect for science and for the contrarian view all of these values