Accustomed Quote by Deborah Sampson

I am indeed willing to acknowledge what I have done, an error and presumption. I will call it an error and presumption because I…

— Deborah Sampson

Those with power are frequently least aware of -- or least willing to acknowledge -- its existence [and] those with less power are often…

— Lisa Delpit

“Denial makes people repeat what they aren’t willing to acknowledge.”

— Daniel Black

“We have to be willing to acknowledge the good, or all we bring is bitterness to the bad, and that doesn’t help make things…

— Scott Stabile

We are a country that continues to evolve. We're not perfect, but we are willing to acknowledge our foibles. We are willing to talk…

— Linda Thomas-Greenfield

Aye, aye! and I'll chase him round Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round the Norway Maelstrom, and round perdition's flames before I…

— Herman Melville

Orchestras only need to be sworn at, and a German is consequently at an advantage with them, as English profanity, except in America, has…

— George Bernard Shaw

Let no man trust the first false step of guilt; it hangs upon a precipice, whose steep descent in last perdition ends.

— Edward Young

The poor of the world cannot be made rich by the redistribution of wealth. Poverty can't be eliminated by punishing people who've escaped poverty,…

— P. J. O'Rourke

She was the temptress who had ensnared the first man, and who still continued her work at damnation; she was the being who is…

— Guy de Maupassant

Do not forget, do not ever forget, that you have promised me to use the money to make yourself an honest man.' Valjean, who…

— Victor Hugo

Poverty can't be eliminated by punishing people who've escaped poverty.

— P. J. O'Rourke