Admitted Quotes

323 quotes by 275 authors

This is about an admitted attempt, encouraged from outside, to challenge and break the State's authority. That is intolerable. Whoever deviates from this policy that… — Maurice Duplessis
The thing I want to do is put as many new ideas into the law as I can, to show how particular solutions involve general… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
The admitted right of a government to prevent the influx of elements hostile to its internal peace and security may not be questioned, even where… — Grover Cleveland
The past history of our globe must be explained by what can be seen to be happening now. No powers are to be employed that… — James Hutton
Modification of form is admitted to be a matter of time — Alfred Russel Wallace
My path to wisdom began when I stopped pretending to know things I didn't know. When I explicitly admitted to the limits of my knowledge,… — Tucker Max
A man of abilities and character, of any sect whatever, may be admitted to any office of public trust under the United States. — Edmund Randolph
The head of the CIA, it seems to me, would think long and hard before he admitted that former employees of his had been involved… — Jim Garrison
It is generally admitted that the most beautiful qualities of a color are in its transparent state, applied over a white ground with the light… — Maxfield Parrish
"And now you have joy?" "I do indeed." "And how did you get it?" "I chose it, admitted it into my life, then I celebrated… — Calvin Miller
If a friend of mine gave a feast, and did not invite me to it, I should not mind a bit. but if a friend… — Oscar Wilde
Riches should be admitted into our houses, but not into our hearts; we may take them into our possession, but not into our affections. — Pierre Charron
To go into acting is like asking for admission to an insane asylum. Anyone may apply, but only the certifiably insane are admitted. — Michael Shurtleff
I believe that the souls of believers are at their death made perfectly holy, and immediately taken to glory: that at the end of this… — Roger Sherman
In such a case secrecy must be absolute to be effective, and although mere vague curiosity induced many persons of my intimate acquaintance to ask… — Henry Bessemer
And as this is the obvious appearance of things, it must be admitted, till some hypothesis be discovered, which by penetrating deeper into human nature,… — David Hume
The time has come for writers, especially those who are artists, to admit that in this world one cannot make anything out, just as Socrates… — Anton Chekhov
Books admitted me to their world open-handedly, as people for their most part, did not. The life I lived in books was one of ease… — Jonathan Raban
Horses and jockeys mature earlier than people - which is why horses are admitted to racetracks at the age of two, and jockeys before they… — Dick Beddoes
It is freely admitted that this "testing" is far from ideal and could even be described as anecdotal. — Eric Gill

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