Confirmed Quotes

201 quotes by 188 authors

If I am confirmed, I will commit to show Heller and the principles articulated in it the full measure of respect that is due to… — Elena Kagan
Authority that is not confirmed by true reason seems weak. Whereas true reason does not need to be confirmed by any authority. — Johannes Scotus Eriugena
There is no government in Europe where ministers go through that kind of confirmation process, which in fact is modeled on the way the U.S.… — Mario Monti
Now a confirmed atheist, I've become convinced of the enormous contribution that Christian evangelism makes in Africa: sharply distinct from the work of secular NGOs,… — Matthew Parris
Measurements, observations, descriptions can only be considered scientific when they are independently confirmed by other people. — Jose Padilha
Have your name put in the Lamb's Book of Life in Heaven so you'll be sure you've got your reservation confirmed for one of those… — David Berg
Call Loretta Lynch for a vote. Get her confirmed. Put her in place. Let her do her job. — Barack Obama
Where we desire to be informed 'tis good to contest with men above ourselves; but to confirm and establish our opinions, 'tis best to argue… — Thomas Browne
I'm a confirmed negaholic. I don't just see a glass that's half full and call it half-empty; I see a glass that's completely full and… — Peter McWilliams
Each artist comes to the painting or sculpture because there he can be told that he, the individual, transcends all classes and flouts all predictions.… — Ben Shahn
Do not put too much confidence in experimental results until they have been confirmed by theory. — Arthur Eddington
The Bolshevik slogans and ideas on the whole have been confirmed by history; but concretely things have worked out differently; they are more original, more… — Vladimir Lenin
The modern concept of the vacuum of space, confirmed every day by experiment, is a relativistic ether. — Robert B. Laughlin
Wisdom is nothing more than confirmed imagination: just because one did not study for his exam does not mean that he should leave it blank. — Criss Jami
The reality of spirit-matter is inevitably translated into and confirmed by a structure of the spirit. — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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
I was confirmed at my prep school at the age of 13. — Richard Dawkins
It is also a good rule not to put overmuch confidence in the observational results that are put forward until they are confirmed by theory. — Arthur Eddington
In earlier religions the spirit of the time was expressed through the individual and confirmed by miracles. In modern religions the spirit is expressed through… — Heinrich Heine
Mozart and Neil Diamond may have begun with the same idea, but that a work of art is more than an idea is confirmed by… — Mark Helprin

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