Concerning Quotes

380 Concerning quotes by 292 unique authors

Geology differs as widely from cosmogony, as speculations concerning the creation of man differ from history. — Charles Lyell
All knowledge resolves itself into probability. ... In every judgment, which we can form concerning probability, as well as concerning knowledge, we ought always to… — David Hume
[Concerning] the usual contempt with which an orthodox analytic group treats all outsiders and strangers ... I urge you to think of the young psychoanalysts… — Abraham Maslow
A theory is the more impressive the greater the simplicity of its premises is, the more different kinds of things it relates, and the more… — Albert Einstein
A zeal for different opinions concerning religion...[has] divided mankind into parties, inflamed them with mutual animosity, and rendered them much more disposed to vex and… — James Madison
I [i.e., God] have given you baptism as a gift for the forgiveness of sins, and preach to you unceasingly by word of mouth concerning… — Martin Luther
The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed. — Alexander Hamilton
... I must say this concerning the great controversy over rifles and shotguns. The only thing I've ever said is that in areas where the… — Malcolm X
Friendship is the only thing in the world concerning the usefulness of which all mankind are agreed. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
I have decided, it is fruitless. For I am no longer sure of anything concerning my existance. A philosopher is a dead poet and a… — Roger Zelazny
...they have never affirm'd any thing, concerning the Cause, till the Trial was past: whereas, to do it before, is a most venomous thing in… — Thomas Sprat
Make no laws whatever concerning speech, and speech will be free; so soon as you make a declaration on paper that speech shall be free,… — Voltairine de Cleyre
The assertion that 'culture' explains human variation will be taken seriously when there are reports of women war parties raiding villages to capture men as… — John Tooby
And in any preaching you do, admonish the people concerning repentance, and that nobody can be saved except he who receives the most holy Body… — Francis of Assisi
Every writer is necessarily a critic - that is, each sentence is a skeleton accompanied by enormous activity of rejection; and each selection is governed… — Thornton Wilder
Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative and creation, there is one elementary… — W H Murray
The observances of the church concerning feasts and fasts are tolerably well kept, since the rich keep the feasts and the poor the fasts. — Philip Sidney
This is no magnificent deed, because I do not want followers, and I mean this. The moment you follow someone you cease to follow Truth.… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
But now inquiry is being made concerning these issues. First, can any believer enlist in the military? Second, can any soldier, even those of the… — Tertullian
He who has a true idea, knows at that same time that he has a true idea, nor can he doubt concerning the truth of… — Baruch Spinoza
As concerning football, I protest unto you that it may rather be called a friendly kind of fight than a play or recreation - a… — Philip Stubbs
The radical hostility, the deadly hostility against sensuality, is always a symptom to reflect on: it entitles us to suppositions concerning the total state of… — Friedrich Nietzsche
The first issue to be settled is whether socialism has a right to exist. Are its allegations concerning the present system true? Is industry proceeding… — John Bates Clark
Let us never tolerate outrageous conspiracy theories concerning the attacks of September the 11th; malicious lies that attempt to shift the blame away from the… — George W. Bush
There is a burden of care in getting riches; fear in keeping them; temptation in using them; guilt in abusing them; sorrow in losing them;… — Matthew Henry

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