Conceded Quotes

• In requiring this candor and simplicity of mind in those who would investigate the truth of our religion, Christianity demands nothing more than is readily conceded to every branch of human science.

  Simon Greenleaf

  Simplicity, Mind, Demand

  Simon Greenleaf (1995). “The Testimony of the Evangelists: The Gospels Examined by the Rules of Evidence”, p.12, Kregel Publications

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• When the Industrial Revolution of the nineteenth century brought a rapid increase in wealth, the demand of workers for a fair share of the wealth they were creating was conceded only after riots and strikes.

  John Boyd Orr

  Creating, Revolution, Demand

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• The learned are not agreed as to the time when the Gospel of John was written; some dating it as early as the year 68, others as late as the year 98; but it is generally conceded to have been written after all the others.

  Simon Greenleaf

  Years, Dating, Late

  Simon Greenleaf (1995). “The Testimony of the Evangelists: The Gospels Examined by the Rules of Evidence”, p.27, Kregel Publications

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• The blunting effects of slavery upon the slaveholder's moral perceptions are known and conceded the world over; and a priveleged class, an aristocracy, is but a band of slaveholders under another name.

  Mark Twain

  Class, Names, Perception

  Mark Twain, Bernard L. Stein (1983). “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court”, p.239, Univ of California Press

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• The power of daring anything their fancy suggest, as always been conceded to the painter and the poet.

  Horace

  Power, Risk, Fancy

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• If God has made the world a perfect mechanism, He has at least conceded so much to our imperfect intellect that in order to predict little parts of it, we need not solve innumerable differential equations, but can use dice with fair success.

  Max Born

  Order, Perfect, Needs

  Max Born (2013). “Physics in My Generation”, p.63, Springer

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• Philosophers have long conceded, however, that every man has two educators: 'that which is given to him, and the other that which he gives himself. Of the two kinds the latter is by far the more desirable. Indeed all that is most worthy in man he must work out and conquer for himself. It is that which constitutes our real and best nourishment. What we are merely taught seldom nourishes the mind like that which we teach ourselves.

  Carter G. Woodson

  Real, Men, Two

  Carter G. Woodson (2006). “The Mis-Education of the Negro”, p.126, Book Tree

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• If my aim is to prove I am 'enough,' the project goes on to infinity-because the battle was already lost on the day I conceded the issue was debatable.

  Nathaniel Branden

  Issues, Battle, Goes On

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• The wise use of leisure, it must be conceded, is a product of civilization and education.

  Bertrand Russell

  Wise, Wisdom, Civilization

  Bertrand Russell (2015). “In Praise of Idleness”, p.10, Lulu Press, Inc

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• A prudent man will think more important what fate has conceded to him, than what it has denied.

  Baltasar Gracian

  Fate, Men, Thinking

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• The power to tax, once conceded, has no limits; it continues until it destroys.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Mistress, Libertarian, Limits

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• It must be conceded that a theory has an important advantage if its basic concepts and fundamental hypotheses are 'close to experience,' and greater confidence in such a theory is certainly justified. There is less danger of going completely astray, particularly since it takes so much less time and effort to disprove such theories by experience. Yet more and more, as the depth of our knowledge increases, we must give up this advantage in our quest for logical simplicity in the foundations of physical theory.

  Albert Einstein

  Giving Up, Knowledge, Science

  Albert Einstein (2010). “Ideas And Opinions”, p.349, Broadway Books

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• Both sides have scored a couple of goals, and both sides have conceded a couple of goals.

  Peter Withe

  Football, Couple, Goal

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• The polling data in 1980 had Jimmy Carter nine points, winning by nine points, four or five days out. I will never forget that election night. In 1980 it was so bad for the Democrats - they got skunked so bad - Jimmy Carter conceded before 10 p.m. Eastern time.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Winning, Night, Election

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• I'm going to give Vargas the chance to cash his last paycheck. I would like to say publicly that Fatty Vargas has always feared me. I conceded to take this fight at 162 pounds because fatty couldn't lose any more weight. I will do Vargas a favor by retiring him in this fight so his family doesn't have to suffer every time he steps in the ring. I'm going to do his wife a favor and not let her cry anymore.

  Ricardo Mayorga

  Fighting, Boxing, Giving

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• My favorite shots are the practice swing and the conceded putt. The rest can never be mastered.

  George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen

  Golf, Swings, Practice

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• While so much is said of the inferior intellect of woman, it is by a strange absurdity conceded that very many eminent men owe their station in life to their mothers.

  Matilda Joslyn Gage

  Mother, Men, Strange

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• Peter Shilton conceded five, you don't get many of those to the dozen

  Des Lynam

  Soccer, Dozen, Peter

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• I think it is conceded that I generally do pretty big things as a manager, am audacious in my outlays and risks, give much for little money, and make my shows worthy the support of the moral and refined classes.

  P. T. Barnum

  Thinking, Class, Giving

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• In 1998 Harry Reid and I had a very close race. It was less than a tenth of a percentage point. We had a reasonable recount. There were a lot of things that I could have pursued at the time, but I just felt that at the time that I should have, you know, conceded the race.

  John Ensign

  Race, Should Have, Percentages

  "Sen. John Ensign on the Senate's Wild First Day". "The Hannity & Colmes Show", www.realclearpolitics.com. January 6, 2009.

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• But a most pernicious error widely prevails that Scripture has only so much weight as is conceded to it by the consent of the church. As if the eternal and inviolable truth of God depended upon the decision of men!

  John Calvin

  Men, Errors, Decision

  John Calvin (1975). “John Calvin: Selections from His Writings”, p.354, Oxford University Press

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• About six years ago, Life magazine ran an article on the historicity of Jesus and I was floored to find that they conceded the only evidence we have for his existence is in the Gospels. But don't take Life's word for it. In his book The Quest of the Historical Jesus, the most definitive study that's ever been done on the subject, Albert Schweitzer admitted that there isn't a shred of conclusive proof that Christ ever lived, let alone was the son of God. He concludes that one must therefore accept both on faith.

  Madalyn Murray O'Hair

  Jesus, Book, Son

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• He can occasionally see to an enemy," she conceded. "If he manages to get his sword pointed in the right direction and the enemy does him the favor of falling upon it in precisely the right way.

  Lynn Kurland

  Fall, Enemy, Favors

  Lynn Kurland (2010). “Star of the Morning”, p.143, Penguin

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• Ah, Evie,” she heard him say softly, “I must have a heart, after all…because right now it aches like the devil.” “Only your heart?” she asked ingenuously, making him laugh. He lowered her to the bed, his eyes sparkling wickedly. “Also a few other things,” he conceded. “And as my wife, it’s your duty to ease all my aches.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Heart, Eye, Laughing

  Lisa Kleypas (2011). “The Devil In Winter: Number 3 in series”, p.114, Hachette UK

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• I was vanquished by a deer!' A giant magical flying deer with fangs,' Seth said, parroting a description Gavin had shared earlier. That sounds a little better,' Warren conceded. 'Seth is in charge of my tombstone.

  Brandon Mull

  Tombstone, Flying, Sound

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