Generally Accepted Quotes

32 quotes by 30 authors

• The conviction that all men are equal by reason of their natural dignity has been generally accepted. Hence racial discrimination can no longer be justified. — Pope John XXIII
• Given any rule, however "fundamental" or "necessary" for science, there are always circumstances when it is advisable not only to ignore the rule, but to… — Paul Feyerabend
• It reveals to me the causes of many natural phenomena that are entirely incomprehensible in the light of the generally accepted hypotheses. To refute the… — Galileo Galilei
• Sincere thought, real free thought, ready, in the name of superhuman authority or of humble common sense, to question the basis of what is officially… — Savitri Devi
• It's the generally accepted privilege of theologians to stretch the heavens, that is the Scriptures, like tanners with a hide. — Desiderius Erasmus
• When a man fails to see the truth of certain generally accepted views, there is no law compelling him to provoke animosity by announcing his… — George Henry Lewes
• If we take the generally accepted definition of bravery as a quality which knows no fear, I have never seen a brave man. All men… — George S. Patton
• Caution in handling generally accepted opinions that claim to explain whole trends of history is especially important for the historian of modern times, because the… — Hannah Arendt
• I’ve never been certain whether the moral of the Icarus story should only be, as is generally accepted, ‘don’t try to fly too high,’ or… — Stanley Kubrick
• One of the prevailing sources of misery and crime is in the generally accepted assumption, that because things have been wrong a long time, it… — John Ruskin
• TOMB, n. The House of Indifference. Tombs are now by common consent invested with a certain sanctity, but when they have been long tenanted it… — Ambrose Bierce

Who Wrote These Generally Accepted Quotes

30 authors contributed a total of 32 Generally Accepted Quotes, led by these top contributors:

• 2 Generally Accepted Quotes by Leo Buscaglia
• 1 Generally Accepted Quote by George S. Patton
• 1 Generally Accepted Quote by Hannah Arendt
• 1 Generally Accepted Quote by Stanley Kubrick
• 1 Generally Accepted Quote by John Ruskin
• 1 Generally Accepted Quote by Ambrose Bierce
• 1 Generally Accepted Quote by David Sarnoff
• 1 Generally Accepted Quote by Bill Moyers
• 1 Generally Accepted Quote by Arthur Schuster
• 1 Generally Accepted Quote by Norbert Elias
• 1 Generally Accepted Quote by Jimmy Carter
• 1 Generally Accepted Quote by George Soros
• 1 Generally Accepted Quote by Niki Lauda
• 1 Generally Accepted Quote by Jacky Ickx
• 1 Generally Accepted Quote by G. Edward Griffin
• 1 Generally Accepted Quote by Lawrence Summers
• 1 Generally Accepted Quote by Derek Freeman
• 1 Generally Accepted Quote by Aristotle
• 1 Generally Accepted Quote by Pope John Paul II
• 1 Generally Accepted Quote by Ferdinand Mount
• 1 Generally Accepted Quote by F. Scott Fitzgerald
• 1 Generally Accepted Quote by Claude Bernard
• 1 Generally Accepted Quote by Linus Pauling
• 1 Generally Accepted Quote by Victor Davis Hanson
• 1 Generally Accepted Quote by Pope John XXIII