(347 quotes found)
“A lover, when he is admitted to cards, ought to be solemnly silent, and observe the motions of his mistress. He must laugh when she laughs, sigh when she sighs. In short, he should be the shadow of her mind. A lady, in the presence of her lover, should never want a looking-glass; as a beau, in the presence of his looking-glass, never wants a mistress.”
Henry Fielding
“The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit that each party is worse than the other.”
Will Rogers
“What are you going to do? Admit to yourself that the pitchers have you on the point of surrender? You can't do that. You must make yourself think that the pitchers are just as good as they always have been or just as bad.”
Lou Gehrig
“At least I have the modesty to admit that lack of modesty is one of my failings”
Louis-Hector Berlioz
“To admit there is no god is to provide free license to pillage and rape with clear conscience”
Eli Khamarov
“It is generally admitted that with woman the powers of intuition, of rapid perception and perhaps of imitation, are more strongly marked than in man: but some, at least, of these faculties are characteristic of the lower races, and therefore of a pas”
Charles Darwin
“[Ronaldo has returned to his native Madeira for the funeral and Fergie admitted he was not sure when the 20-year-old would be ready to return.] It's a difficult time for the boy, ... His dad was only 46. And it didn't help that Cristiano got the news when he was in Russia with Portugal.”
Fergie
“[The] fact check ... failed to admit he balanced the budget by cutting key services. ... Dean balanced the budget on the backs of the poor and sick, by cutting public campaign financing and using budget gimmicks.”
Howard Dean
“I am... stubborn, and I admit it, so it's OK.”
Mila Kunis
“Whether animals admit it or not, they and I communicate.”
Carolyn Heilbrun
