Concession Quotes

37 Concession quotes by 35 unique 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… — Unknown Author
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? — Unknown Author
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
Green grass, green grandstands, green concession stalls, green paper cups, green folding chairs and visors for sale, green and white ropes, green-topped Georgia pines. If… — John Updike
The Word of God makes use of poetic imagery when discussing... formless intelligences but... it does not do so for the sake of art, but… — Pope Dionysius
Keeping the people's government open is not a concession to me. Keeping vital service running and hundreds of thousands of Americans on the job is… — Barack Obama
Moore's only concession to the Democrats' role-playing is to deny that he is a Democrat, hoping enough Americans were taught by public school teachers that… — Ann Coulter
When a man really believes that it is necessary to do a certain thing to be happy forever, or that a certain belief is necessary… — Robert Green Ingersoll

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