Famous Quotes & Sayings

True friends: only a few have 'em, but only a few will admit that they don't.

David Whyte

Honesty is grounded in humility and indeed in humiliation, and in admitting exactly where we are powerless.

Debbie Ford

We are spiritual beings whether we want to admit it or not, and inherent in our DNA is a design to return us home - home to our true essence, our greatest self, our limitless self.

Dax Shepard

I have to stay on top of myself with honesty and be very forthcoming, quickly admit when I'm wrong, you know? I have a whole system that works for me, and that's part of my worldview now.

John Danforth

We are continuing to pursue our own antitrust case, which is based in part on the price fixing now being admitted by key members of the DRAM industry.

We admit three times a year. Once you start, you continue through with your class through graduation, as doing so is more conducive to learning.

We admit that there is a problem ... But sometimes business uses skills shortage as an excuse not to invest.

Jim Johnson

We admitted we made some mistakes. ... We also believe the Corps made some mistakes.

Arthur Guiterman

Admitting Error clears the Score, And proves you Wiser than before.

Andrae Crouch

I think that if something's really good, and it touches that part of their heart that has been untouched, or maybe it has been touched but they never wanted to admit it, I think that when they get back to that, I think that we are still in a place that people enjoy it the way it's supposed to be enjoyed.

Seamus Heaney

My language and my sensibility are yearning to admit a kind of religious or transcendent dimension. But then there's the reality: there's no Heaven, no afterlife of the sort we were promised, and no personal God.

Stephen Furst

I finally admitted that obesity and diabetes were part of a life-threatening legacy - and I had to deal with that reality or die.

Helen Garner

While I was writing 'The Spare Room,' I thought, 'I'm going to look really bad in this book - there's no redeeming this kind of awful, ugly emotion', and I thought, 'I'm not going to change it. I'll call the character 'Helen' and admit to those feelings.' I think this is a reason why people write.

George Vecsey

Lance Armstrong has joined the legion of the lost, the great athletes who were barred or exiled for sins admitted or charged or suspected.

Benjamin Tucker

The right of such control is already admitted by the State Socialists, though they maintain that, as a matter of fact, the individual would be allowed a much larger liberty than he now enjoys.

The Platonic Socrates was a pattern to subsequent Philosophers for many ages. As a man, we may believe him admitted to the communion of saints; but as a philosopher he needs a long residence in a scientific purgatory

Daunte Culpepper

Without admitting to the ridiculous allegations, I do apologize for any embarrassment that this situation has caused the community, the organization and especially my family. I can handle the personal accusations because I know the truth. I expect the legal process to clear my name so that I can move on.

With the admitted benefit of hindsight and from a purely public-health perspective, it is clear that whatever planning did take place was grievously in error,

Tom DeLay

The president's refusal to admit that he lied under oath perpetuates and compounds the untruths he formulated in the Paula Jones deposition and continued during his grand jury testimony,

The president knows what he did was wrong. He's admitted it. He's suffered privately and publicly ... But, Mr. Chairman, the president has not committed a high crime or misdemeanor ... His conduct, although morally reprehensible, does not warrant impeachment.

Rachel Johnson

Two-thirds of families admitted they had difficulty trying to accommodate everyone's tastes when planning a summer break,

Francoise Gilot

To change your mind about something is always difficult. I think that people who are big enough to admit they were wrong can be counted on your fingers.

Luke Scott

We have good security. It's hard to get in here. Barring a tactical entry where terrorists come in and hold us hostage, that's about the only thing that could possibly warrant me carrying a gun in the clubhouse. That's highly unlikely, and I admit that. But my personal belief is I don't want to suffer from the poor choices of others.

Edgar Mitchell

My wife tells me I am a male chauvinist pig and I have to sort of admit it. In my office and in my home, I'm not very democratic. I think of myself as a benevolent dictator.

Dianne Feinstein

America is big enough to admit when it's wrong and confident enough to learn from its mistakes.

David Plouffe

Well, I would never admit to copying Karl Rove's play book, but there's no doubt that what the Bush people did in 2004 was impressive. They had neighbors talking to neighbors. They did a remarkable job increasing Republican turnout in states like Ohio and Florida.

Barry Larkin

If you can prove a guy did cheat, then I don't believe he belongs. I don't believe that there are any guys that did cheat, in that respect, that are in the Hall of Fame. So I think opening up the doors to guys that admittedly cheated or are proven that they did cheat, it kills the integrity of what the Hall of Fame stands for.

Jane Campion

'The Piano Lesson' is very sophisticated, easily the most adult or complex material I've attempted. It's the first film I've written that has a proper story, and it was a big struggle for me to write. It meant I had to admit the power of narrative.

P. J. O'Rourke

There are a few things that people all around the world need to admit to themselves. Trade restraints slow economic growth, the euro is not a reserve currency, and scoreless sports ties are boring.

There are, admittedly a lot of moving parts. But we're confident it will also come together.

There have been some problems because we're doing this for the first time. We admit we're not as systematic as the military. Remember, we're guerrillas.

Rita Ora

Women love an honest man. An honest man that isn't afraid to say, 'Men get hurt too.' And a lot of men don't admit that.

Why are men so secretive, why are they afraid of the truth, sometimes even of themselves? Why don't they want to admit that they would want to love with their entire being because this is everything that remains out of this vanity called Life?