Admitted Quotes

323 quotes by 275 authors

It will be readily admitted, that a degree conferred by an university, ought to be a pledge to the public that he who holds it… — Charles Babbage
There is, however, another purpose to which academies contribute. When they consist of a limited number of persons, eminent for their knowledge, it becomes an… — Charles Babbage
Pride is a sin that can readily be seen in others but is rarely admitted in ourselves. — Ezra Taft Benson
It was admitted by the early rabbis that the sectarians could be as full of good works as eggs were full of meat. — Lionel Blue
It must be admitted that there are some parts of the soul which we must entirely paralyse before we can live happily in this world. — Nicolas Chamfort
You must picture me alone in that room in Magdalen, night after night, feeling, whenever my mind lifted even for a second from my work,… — C.S. Lewis
Sixty percent of our immigrants are admitted merely because they have relatives here. Many of these people are not immediate relative, but are part of… — Ronald Reagan
I gave in, and admitted that God was God, and knelt and prayed: perhaps, that night, the most dejected and reluctant convert in all England. — C.S. Lewis
Once miracles are admitted, every scientific explanation is out of the question. — Johannes Kepler
You're not supposed to be admitted to America if you're likely to be a charge on the public - if you're going to need government… — Jeff Sessions
I never met an author who admitted that people did not buy his book because it was dull. — W. Somerset Maugham
What you see is from outside yourself, and may come, or not, but is beyond your control. But your fear is yours, and yours alone,… — Marion Zimmer Bradley
After years of denial and deception, the Philip Morris company has admitted that cigarette smoking causes lung cancer and other diseases. This formal acknowledgment comes… — William J. Clinton
Lay down this rule of friendship: neither ask nor consent to do what is wrong. The plea, 'for friendship's sake,' is a discreditable one, and… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
It's horrible to think that a small cadre of people would manipulate that information. I mean, for God's sake, we've admitted that we were experimenting… — Dwight Schultz
First... a new theory is attacked as absurd; then it is admitted to be true, but obvious and insignificant; finally it is seen to be… — William James
If Watson and I had not discovered the [DNA] structure, instead of being revealed with a flourish it would have trickled out and that its… — Francis Crick
I don't think any religion makes any sense and I think people who are into that are really getting duped, and I don't think Judaism… — Howard Stern
Science is incompetent to reason upon the creation of matter itself out of nothing. We have reached the utmost limit of our thinking faculties when… — James Clerk Maxwell
This position will not be disputed, so long as it is admitted that the desire of reward is one of the strongest incentives of human… — Alexander Hamilton

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