(68 quotes found)
“The more I read, the more I meditate; and the more I acquire, the more I am enabled to affirm that I know nothing”
Voltaire
“In all intellectual debates, both sides tend to be correct in what they affirm, and wrong in what they deny.”
John Stuart Mill
“To affirm is to make firm.”
Peter McWilliams
“It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative.”
John Burroughs
“We have to face the unpleasant as well as the affirmative side of the human story, including our own story as a nation, our own stories of our peoples. We have got to have the ugly facts in order to protect us from the official view of reality. Otherwise, we are squeezed empty and filled with what other people want us to think and feel and experience.”
Bill Moyers
“Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation, but as a question”
Niels Bohr
“It's an affirmation of the direction the city was heading. The purpose was to have outside experts take an objective look at what the city is doing and what it should be doing. There were a lot of parallels and a lot of criticism.”
Caryn Kaufman
“Amid all the talks surrounding my being considered for another team's coaching job, I would like to affirm my commitment to the San Miguel organization.”
Chot Reyes
“Although the first season of 'Rome' is just underway, we're affirming our support for this exciting and ambitious series by preparing for a second season now,”
Carolyn Strauss
“I most remember the Black faculty lunches he would host while working as the faculty assistant for affirmative action. It was the only place on campus you could regularly meet colleagues from across the various departments and hear about issues that affected our community.”
Charles Henry
