Retract Quotes
23 quotes by 22 authors
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In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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I am better able to retract what I did not say than what I did.
— Solomon Ibn Gabirol
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Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth.
— Joseph Joubert
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I repeat the declaration made a year ago, that 'while I remain in my present position I shall not attempt to retract or modify the…
— Abraham Lincoln
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If the claws didn't retract, cats would be like Velcro
— Bruce Fogle
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Disclaimer: If anyone disagrees with anything I say, I am quite prepared to not only retract it, but also to deny under oath I ever…
— Tom Lehrer
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I have nothing to regret, to retract or take back . . . I can only say; God Save Ireland!
— Edward Condon
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In all determinations of morality, this circumstance of public utility is ever principally in view; and wherever disputes arise, either in philosophy or common life,…
— David Hume
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I can't think of a major story that we have broken that was incorrect. But we have had to correct some things that were false;…
— Mary Hart
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We can't retract the decisions we've made, we can only affect the decisions we're going to make from here.
— Jamie Foxx
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With 'swift-boating' now being used by the ignorant as a synonym for false charges, it's worth remembering that it was John Kerry who had to…
— Glenn Reynolds
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People say the most stupid things on the spur of the moment that they then have to retract.
— Michael Palin
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The pressure to make public retractions of past statements - there's something medieval about it. What does it mean, anyway, to 'retract' what you've said?…
— Milan Kundera
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What have we given? My friend, blood shaking my heart The awful daring of a moment's surrender Which an age of prudence can never retract…
— Thomas Stearns Eliot
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At least we know we tend to be afraid. If you object to my plural noun, I'll retract it.
— Janis Joplin
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Never retract, never explain, never apologize; get things done and let them howl.
— Nellie L. McClung
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The story of technology seems to go up and then retract into simplicity again.
— Ze Frank
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I think the bottom line for me and for Newsweek is that there were a lot of - we did retract this specific matter about…
— Michael Isikoff
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The awful daring of a moment's surrender which an age of prudence can never retract.
— Thomas Stearns Eliot
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You know I have invested so much emotion on you and how you think I will retract back.
— Tequilamucho
Who Wrote These Retract Quotes
22 authors contributed a total of 23 Retract Quotes as follows: