General Acceptance Quotes

11 quotes by 9 authors

The antiquity and general acceptance of an opinion is not assurance of its truth. — Pierre Bayle
The history of acceptance of new theories frequently shows the following steps: At first the new idea is treated as pure nonsense, not worth looking… — Kurt Lewin
Art, to me is the interpretation of the impression which nature makes upon the eye and brain. The word 'Impressionism' as applied to art has… — Childe Hassam
The security provided by a long-held belief system, even when poorly founded, is a strong impediment to progress. General acceptance of a practice becomes the… — Bernard Lown
The simplest truths often meet the sternest resistance and are slowest in getting general acceptance. — Frederick Douglass
The pornography of violence of course far exceeds, in volume and general acceptance, sexual pornography, in this Puritan land of ours. — Ursula K. Le Guin
The pornography of violence of course far exceeds, in volume and general acceptance, sexual pornography, in this Puritan land of ours. Exploiting the apocalypse, selling… — Ursula K. Le Guin
PC stuff just lowers the general acceptance of good work and replaces it with bogus poetry that celebrates values that in themselves are probably quite… — Diane Wakoski
The word 'impressionism' as applied to art has been abused, and in the general acceptance of the term has become perverted. — Childe Hassam
No intelligent idea can gain general acceptance unless some stupidity is mixed in with it. — Fernando Pessoa
The principal barrier to a general acceptance of the monist position is that it is counterintuitive. — Michael Shermer

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