Concede Quotes

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All will concede that in order to have good neighbors, we must also be good neighbors. That applies in every field of human endeavor. — Harry S. Truman
You can concede to an opponent something he hasn't earned. It's one thing to underestimate an opponent. But maybe the worst thing is to overestimate.… — Chuck Knox
We are already engaged in World War III. It is a war against nature, and it is simply no contest. As a result, the threat… — Norman Myers
Part of the power of Emerson's individualism is his insistence, at crucial moments, that individualism does not mean isolation or self-sufficiency. This is not a… — Robert D. Richardson
The human race is a herd. Here we are, unique, eternal aspects of consciousness with an infinity of potential, and we have allowed ourselves to… — David Icke
A growing awareness of the depth of popular attachment to the family has led some liberals to concede that family is not just a buzzword… — Christopher Lasch
I think good-looking people seldom make good television. And American television studios almost concede before they start: 'Well, it won't be good, but at least… — Hugh Laurie
We do not just blindly concede control to authorities; instead we follow the cues provided by our moral communities on how best to behave. — Michael Shermer
I lost many literary battles the day I read 'Their Eyes Were Watching God.' I had to concede that occasionally aphorisms have their power. I… — Zadie Smith
There is only one thing I will not concede: that it might be meaningless to strive in a good cause. — Vaclav Havel
There is too much tendency to attribute to God the evils that man does of his own free will. I must concede you the Devil.… — Agatha Christie
When feeling came back, in a storm of color and force and sensation, the most you could do was hold on to the person beside… — Jodi Picoult
Where there must be a choice, a girl will choose Daddy. Even if you are Mommy, you concede that this must be so: you remember… — Joyce Carol Oates
to rest one's case on faith means to concede that reason is on the side of one's enemies- that one has no rational arguments to… — Ayn Rand
Q.Do you have any positive message, in your opinion? A.Indeed I do think that I do. Q.Such as what? A.The crying, almost screaming, need of… — Tennessee Williams
America's intellectual community has never been very bright. Or honest. They're all sheep, following whatever the intellectual fashion of the decade happens to be. Demanding… — Orson Scott Card
I can concede that the government has no knowledge of the people, but I believe the people know less of the government. There are useless… — Jose Rizal
You concede nothing to me and I have to concede everything to you. — Thomas Hardy
One will abide, and will confess that another is nobler than he, that another is richer, more handsome, and even that he is more learned,… — Juana InÃ©s de la Cruz
I would simply ask why so many critics, so many writers, so many philosophers take such satisfaction in professing that the experience of a work… — Pierre Bourdieu

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