Quotes by Admitting I go for all sharing the privileges of the government who assist in bearing its burdens. Abraham Lincoln admittingprivilegegovernment I think that lawyers are terrible at admitting that they're wrong. And not just admitting it - also realizing it. Alan Dershowitz admittinglawyerthinking Singing is a form of admitting that I'm alive. Alfredo Kraus admittingsingingalive I personally think that if you deny something or if you hide something you're inadvertently admitting it's wrong. Amber Heard admittingdenythinking The only comfort within chaos is admitting you have no control. Amy Lee chaosadmittingcomfort Life can be tough sometimes. But I think it just starts with admitting, 'Okay, the world's not perfect, how do we live our lives within that and not be miserable?' Amy Lee admittingperfectthinking That’s the first step to learning: admitting what you don’t know. Amy Neftzger admittingstepsfirsts She wondered if maybe tragedy was what it took to make your heart capable of admitting a new member. Ann Brashares admittingtragedyheart If I were going to begin practicing the presence of God for the first time today, it would help to begin by admitting the three most terrible truths of our existence: that we are so ruined, and so loved, and in charge of so little. Anne Lamott admittingthreelittles I know the anger lies inside of me like I know the beat of my heart and the taste of my spit. It is easier to be furious than to be yearning. Easier to crucify myself in you than to take on the threatening universe of whiteness by admitting that we are worth wanting each other. Audre Lorde admittingheartlying If I was a poet, I had become one because poetry, more intensely than any other practice, could not evade its anachronism and marginality and so constituted a kind of acknowledgment of my own preposterousness, admitting my bad faith in good faith, so to speak. Ben Lerner admittingkindpractice Most photographers would feel a certain embarrassment in admitting publicly that they carried within them a sense of wonder, yet without it they would not produce the work they do, whatever their particular field. Bill Brandt admittingphotographerfields There's nothing wrong with wanting someone to save us - or admitting we can't do it all ourselves. Brad Meltzer wanting-someoneadmitting Seeing and admitting the truth about ourselves, about our role in creating our own problems, and about how we relate to others is vital for healing. Caroline Myss admittingcreatinghealing Woman! Come out! I have—" She looked down at the bloodless grass, embarrassed. "I have come to rescue you," she finally said, as if admitting that she were covered in boils. Catherynne M. Valente rescueadmittinggrass we are always slow in admitting any great change of which we do not see the intermediate steps Charles Darwin great-changeadmittingsteps It is possible to think that the Internet will be a net positive for society while admitting that there are significant downsides - after all, it's not a revolution if nobody loses. Clay Shirky admittingrevolutionthinking Humility is, in a sense, admitting how egotistical you are. Criss Jami egotisticaladmittinghumility It is a curious thing how poets tend to become ascetics.... Even a debauch for them is a self-flagellation. They go on the loose in cruelty against themselves, admitting that they are pandering to, and despising, the lower self. D. H. Lawrence admittingpoetryself If faith is a valid tool of knowledge, then anything can be true 'by faith,' and therefore nothing is true. If the only reason you can accept a claim is by faith, then you are admitting that the claim does not stand on its own merits. Dan Barker admittingatheismreligion12345»
