The power to tax, once conceded, has no limits; it…

But a most pernicious error widely prevails that Scripture has only so much weight as is conceded to it by the consent of the…

— John Calvin

I'm going to give Vargas the chance to cash his last paycheck. I would like to say publicly that Fatty Vargas has always feared…

— Ricardo Mayorga

The brain is conceded to be the master organ of the body, the regulator of life, the source of human progress.

— Frederick Tilney

You look tired," Rachel told Jason. "I wish I could jog and sleep at the same time." "Can't you?" Ferrin asked, joining them at…

— Brandon Mull

Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility. Nothing adds such dignity to character as the recognition of one's self-sovereignty; the…

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

A prudent man will think more important what fate has conceded to him, than what it has denied.

— Baltasar Gracian

I think it is conceded that I generally do pretty big things as a manager, am audacious in my outlays and risks, give much…

— P. T. Barnum

At John Schlesinger's funeral at a synagogue in St John's Wood some years ago the person I stood next to said to me encouragingly,…

— Stephen Fry

What is scurrilously called ragtime is an invention that is here to stay. That is now conceded by all classes of musicians... All publication…

— Scott Joplin

My favorite shots are the practice swing and the conceded putt. The rest can never be mastered.

— George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen

It must be conceded by those who admit the authority of Scripture (such only he is addressing) that from the decision of the word…

— William Wilberforce

Hale!' Kat cried, but the boy only stared at her. 'Fine,' she conceded. 'I love your boat.' 'Ship.' 'Ship ... Your ship is beautiful.

— Ally Carter

If my aim is to prove I am 'enough,' the project goes on to infinity-because the battle was already lost on the day I…

— Nathaniel Branden

How much sweeter life would be if it all happened in reverse, if, after decades of disappointments, you finally arrived at an age when…

— Karen Thompson Walker

The real struggle between an American government and the people was one of power, which was settled when they designed their Constitution, which conceded…

— Ndabaningi Sithole