Concession Quotes

37 quotes by 37 authors

Each concession we make is accompanied by an inner diminution of which we are not immediately conscious. — Emile M. Cioran
The most amazing thing I've ever seen was Jay Johnstone, in uniform, in line at a concession stand in Dodger Stadium after the game had… — Fred Claire
The yielding of the weak is the concession to fear. — Edmund Burke
To obtain a just compromise, concession must not only mutual-it must be equal also....There can be no hope that either will yield more than it… — John Marshall
Do you know that the ready concession of minor points is a part of the grace of life? — Henry Harland
As for cages themselves, an ordinary citizen who kept dogs in similar conditions for their entire lives would risk prosecution for cruelty. A pig producer… — Peter Singer
The indigenous peoples understand that they have to recover their cultural identity, or to live it if they have already recovered it. They also understand… — Samuel Ruiz
It is superfluous to try by the standards of theory, a part of the constitution which is allowed on all hands to be the result… — James Madison
I'm six foot four and a half and I have a temper. It's reserved for very important issues. If someone is asking me to make… — Tim Robbins
Everyone must concede that there is in existence something wiser than himself. Now there is a challenge, there is a challenge which few even investigate.… — Vernon Howard
You may gain temporary appeasement by a policy of concession to violence, but you do not gain lasting peace that way. — Anthony Eden
Meetings are by definition a concession to a deficient organization. For one either meets or one works. One cannot do both at the same time. — Peter Drucker
But even if ego-death is regarded as the optimum model for human existence, one of liberation from ourselves, it still remains a compromise with being,… — Thomas Ligotti
Knowledge is one. Its division into subjects is a concession to human weakness. — Halford Mackinder
Nobody does Israel any service by proclaiming its 'right to exist.' Israel's right to exist, like that of the United States, Saudi Arabia and 152… — Abba Eban
My one concession to American sensibilities was to remove my nail polish. — Sebastian Horsley
If you want to do anything, do it now, without compromise or concession, because you have only one life. — Gao Xingjian
The free expression of opinion, as experience has taught us, is the safety-valve of passion. The noise of the rushing steam, when it escapes, alarms… — Herbert Gladstone, 1st Viscount Gladstone
If we do not defend ourselves none will defend us; if we yield we will be more and more pressed as we recede; and if… — John C. Calhoun
From her concession speech: Although we weren't able to shatter that highest, hardest glass ceiling this time, thanks to you, it's got about 18 million… — Hillary Clinton

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