Widely Held Quotes

23 quotes by 18 authors

It was, just as Kinski had predicted, suicide. He should never have done it. It is widely held by those who knew him, and Kinski… — Cintra Wilson
During the last century, and part of the one before, it was widely held that there was an unreconcilable conflict between knowledge and belief. The… — Albert Einstein
It is widely held that too much wine will dull a man's desire. Indeed it will...in a dull man. — Tom Jones
What really drives the battle against law enforcement and punishment is not a commitment to treatment, but the widely held view that, first, we are… — John P. Walters
It used to be widely held that evil was incompatible with the existence of God: that no possible world contained both God and evil. So… — Peter van Inwagen
I realize that in this undertaking I place myself in a certain opposition to views widely held concerning the mathematical infinite and to opinions frequently… — Georg Cantor
Although socialism is widely held by the establishment to be outdated, the things that are most popular in British society today are little pockets of… — Tony Benn
Significant inventions are not mere accidents. The erroneous view [that they are] is widely held, and it is one that the scientific and technical community,… — Paul Flory
Neither the wording of the amendment itself nor common practice challenged the widely held belief that government guaranteed freedom of religion, not freedom from religion. — Linda Chavez
Some critics of my work took the view that a satirist should defer to the finer feelings of his readers and respect widely held beliefs. — David Low
In college, in the early 1950s, I began to learn a little about how science works, the secrets of its great success, how rigorous the… — Carl Sagan
A widely held, but rarely articulated, belief in our society is that the ideal self is bold, alpha, gregarious. Introversion is viewed somewhere between disappointment… — Susan Cain
As a child, I was aware of the widely-held attitude that the ocean is so big, so resilient that we could use the sea as… — Sylvia Earle
However, I think the major opposition to ecology has deeper roots than mere economics; ecology threatens widely held values so fundamental that they must be… — Garrett Hardin
The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd. — Bertrand Russell
Those who most obstinately oppose the most widely-held opinions more often do so because of pride than lack of intelligence. They find the best places… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Whether I like it or not, most of my images of what various historical periods feel, smell, or sound like were acquired well before I… — Lauren Willig
The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed in view of the silliness… — Bertrand Russell
During the last century, and part of the one before, it was widely held that there was an unreconcilable conflict between knowledge and belief. — Albert Einstein
The widely held belief that the heterosexual nuclear family is best for children has long been used as a smoke screen for homophobia and as… — Jessica Valenti

Who Wrote These Widely Held Quotes

18 authors contributed a total of 23 Widely Held Quotes as follows: