Assent Quotes

57 Assent quotes by 52 unique authors

"More than him has done that," said Antonia sadly, and the girls murmured assent. — Willa Cather
ACCOMPLICE, n. One associated with another in a crime, having guilty knowledge and complicity, as an attorney who defends a criminal, knowing him guilty. This… — Ambrose Bierce
The thought of being a creator, of engendering, of shaping is nothing without the continuous great confirmation and embodiment in the world, nothing without the… — Rainer Maria Rilke
Most acts of assent require far more courage than most acts of protest, since courage is clearly a readiness to risk self-humiliation. — Nigel Dennis
Even the stoics agree that certainty is very hard to come at; that our assent is worth little, for where is infallibility to be found? — Marcus Aurelius
One solace yet remains for us who came Into this world in days when story lacked Severe research, that in our hearts we know How,… — William Wordsworth
All wars of interference, arising from an officious intrusion into the concerns of other states; all wars of ambition, carried on for the purposes of… — Charles Caleb Colton
I hope you realize, in a democracy, laughter is assent. — Al Franken
Every formula of every religion has in this age of reason, to submit to the acid test of reason and universal assent. — Mahatma Gandhi
In science, 'fact' can only mean 'confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent.' I suppose that apples might… — Stephen Jay Gould
You can get assent to almost any proposition so long as you are not going to do anything about it. — Nathaniel Hawthorne
That all men are equal is a proposition to which, at ordinary times, no sane human being has ever given his assent. — Aldous Huxley
not to find out new principles, or new arguments, never before thought of . . . but to place before mankind the common sense of… — Thomas Jefferson
Much Madness is divinest Sense -- To a discerning Eye -- Much Sense -- the starkest Madness -- 'Tis the Majority In this, as All,… — Emily Dickinson
The Bible is not my book and Christianity is not my religion. I could never give assent to the long complicated statements of Christian dogma. — Abraham Lincoln
Belief, in one of its accepted senses, may consist in a merely intellectual assent, while faith implies such confidence and conviction as will impel to… — James E. Talmage
A friend came to visit James Joyce one day and found the great man sprawled across his writing desk in a posture of utter despair.… — Stephen King
We shortchange ourselves by regarding religious faith as a matter of intellectual assent. This is a modern aberration; the traditional Christian view is far more… — Kathleen Norris
Sometimes, to remain silent is to lie, since silence can be interpreted as assent. — Miguel de Unamuno
You doubt God? Well more to the point I credit God with the good sense to doubt me. What is mortality after all but divine… — Anne Carson
For authority proceeds from true reason, but reason certainly does not proceed from authority. For every authority which is not upheld by true reason is… — Johannes Scotus Eriugena
If creators of Christian culture hope to produce work that will bear good fruit, we must draw our life from the true source - our… — Michael O'Brien
I am a fairly orthodox Christian. Every Sunday, I say and do my best to mean the whole of the Creed, which is a series… — Francis Spufford
Nowadays, what an award gives is a sense of solidarity with the poetry guild, as it were: sustenance coming from the assent of your peers… — Seamus Heaney
As marriage and the family institution constitute the foundation and chief cornerstone of civil society, it is of the greatest moment that the marriage-tie should… — Joseph P. Bradley

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