#admitted

In the younger days of the Republic there lived in the county of - two men, who were admitted on all hands to be the very best men In the county; which, in the Georgia vocabulary, means they could flog any other two men in the county. ↗

— Augustus Baldwin Longstreet

#any #best #could #county #days

Even my aunt Joan, hopelessly sentimental about every member of our family, admitted that I was hideous. ↗

— Sister Parish

#admitted #aunt #even #every #family

Admittedly, the body of scientists, as a whole, does uphold the authority of science over the lay public. It controls thereby also the process by which young men are trained to become members of the scientific profession. ↗

— Michael Polanyi

#also #authority #become #body #controls

I gave in, and admitted that God was God. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

#admitted #gave #god #i

The Olympic Games are for the world and all nations must be admitted to them. ↗

— Pierre de Coubertin

#all nations #games #must #nations #olympic

I had done a fair bit of traveling during the holidays in my school days with my guitar and discovered that I could live on it. Admittedly, I traveled with a sleeping bag but I could always find somewhere to lay my head. ↗

— Jeremy Irons

#always #bag #bit #could #days

I have never lied about my relationship with Bill Clinton. The only proven liar, at this point, and the only admitted liar, is Bill Clinton; not Gennifer Flowers, not Kathleen Willey, not Paula Jones and not Monica Lewinsky, at this point. He is the only proven liar. ↗

— Gennifer Flowers

#admitted #bill #bill clinton #clinton #flowers

I had always intended to make a living out of playing blues. But I never admitted it to myself. I don't suppose I could have given a logical reason for it ever becoming possible to do so. ↗

— Alexis Korner

#always #becoming #blues #could #ever

Modification of form is admitted to be a matter of time. ↗

— Alfred Russel Wallace

#form #matter #modification #time

My generation of bossy, confident, baby-boom women were something brand new in history. Our energy and assertiveness weren't created by Betty Friedan, unknown before her 1963 book, or by Gloria Steinem, whose political activism, as even the Lifetime profile admitted, did not begin until 1969. ↗

— Camille Paglia

#admitted #assertiveness #before #begin #betty