Acknowledged Quotes

226 quotes by 204 authors

Man is a wretch without woman; but woman is a monster-and thank Heaven, an almost impossible and hitherto imaginary monster--without man, as her acknowledged principal! — Nathaniel Hawthorne
Do not expect to be acknowledged for what you are, much less for what you would be; since no one can well measure a great… — Walter Savage Landor
We could improve worldwide mental health if we acknowledged that parents can make you crazy. — Frank Zappa
It is an acknowledged truth in philosophy that a just theory will always be confirmed by experiment. — Thomas Malthus
I've had a blessed career, and that has been acknowledged in many ways over the years. — Jimmy Nail
I am not (yet) facing the problem of emigration. I want my music to be acknowledged here first of all, in this country: after that,… — Alfred Schnittke
For a Bostonian... we live in the shadow of New York, and to be acknowledged by New Yorkers is really the greatest feeling. — Donnie Wahlberg
The IRA has abandoned its armed struggle in pursuit of its goals by political means. This must be fully acknowledged. Continued challenge does nothing but… — James T. Walsh
I think, as written, 'Assassins' simply acknowledges the very human need to be acknowledged. As director, I've got to put aside any particular biases or… — Joe Mantello
BP has finally acknowledged what the American people have been saying for weeks: It must take responsibility for its reckless conduct, clean up the Gulf… — Peter Welch
It is our own pain, and our own desire to be free of it, that alerts us to the suffering of the world. It is… — Sylvia Boorstein
Long before the word Zionism was uttered for the first time, old religious Jews came from all over the world to die in Jerusalem. It… — George Mikes
Where the law of the majority ceases to be acknowledged, there government ends; the law of the strongest takes its place, and life and property… — Thomas Jefferson
When I started out, everyone seemed to be adopting these names... Johnny Rotten, Sid Vicious. I wasn't really Rotten or Vicious or Nasty, so I… — Billy Idol
I am fond of depicting the lives of young folks for one thing, and if you have parts for girls or young men, you must… — D W Griffith
There are some amazing stories from all over this country, where people's work and contribution has been acknowledged. To be part of that is an… — Kenneth Branagh
The presence of American troops is fueling the insurgency in Iraq, as acknowledged by General Casey and numerous other experts, and is helping terrorist recruiters… — John Conyers
Some respected and beloved brethren insist that the forming and organising of churches is, according to God's will, the only means of finding blessing in… — John Nelson Darby
In matters of religion, I have considered that its free exercise is placed by the Constitution independent of the powers of the general government. I… — Thomas Jefferson
Unless the religious claims of the Bible are again acknowledged, its literary claims will, I think, be given only 'mouth honour' and that decreasingly. — C.S. Lewis

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