I Quotes
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“I admit that living in Nigeria sounds romantic, but Africa isn't America by a long shot. It's a different world and a different place in time...”
“I admit that Mendeleev has two wives, but I have only one Mendeleev.”
“I admit that my visions can never mean to other men as much as they do to me. I do not regret this. All I ask is that my results should convince seekers after truth that there is beyond doubt something worth while seeking, attainable by methods more or less like mine. I do not want to father a flock, to be the fetish of fools and fanatics, or the founder of a faith whose followers are content to echo my opinions. I want each man to cut his own way through the jungle.”
“I admit that one should never underestimate the capacity of banks to destroy enormous amounts of accumulated capital and reduce, temporarily, the supply. After all, capital is the accumulated savings of mankind. And banks are great masters in destroying enormous amounts of capital with great regularity.”
“I admit that Post-it note sheets that adhere to virtually any surface are now my substitute of choice for retention.”
“I admit that reason is a small and feeble flame, a flickering torch by stumblers carried in the star-less night, - blown and flared by passion's storm, - and yet, it is the only light. Extinguish that, and nought remains.”
Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
“I admit that some of my ideas may have turned out to be pessimistic in nature.”
“I admit that the eyes of the intellectually and culturally lively tend to glaze over at the mere mention of sociology, often with ample justification.”
“I admit that the generation which produced Stalin, Auschwitz and Hiroshima will take some beating, but the radical and universal consciousness of the death of God is still ahead of us. Perhaps we shall have to colonise the stars before it is finally borne in upon us that God is not out there.”
“I admit that the second murder in the book often cheers things up.”
Source: The A.B.C. Murders
“I admit that these terms and the diagrams connected with them repel some readers, and fill others with the vain imagination that they have mastered difficult economics problems, when really they have done little more than learn the language in which parts of those problems can be expressed, and the machinery by which they can be handled. When the actual conditions of particular problems have not been studied, such knowledge is little better than a derrick for sinking oil-wells erected where there are no oil-bearing strata.”
“I admit that thoughts influence the body.”
Source: The Ultimate Quotable Einstein
“I admit that when I think of the money one could make from all this, I get a little twinge. But I'm pretty happy with nerd values: Get yourself a comfortable living, then do a little something to change the world.”
“I admit that when the facts are not good enough, I always exaggerate them.”
“I admit that: my wife is outspoken, but by whom?”
Source: You Don't Have to Be in Who's Who to Know What's What: The Choice Wit and Wisdom of Sam Levenson
“I admit there are some beliefs upon which I do pass judgment and this is one of them: any belief that calls for the enslavement, maiming, or killing of another is corrupt, primitive, and never divinely inspired.”
Source: Brain Drain - The Breakthrough That Will Change Your Life
“I admit there’s an element of brutality in all my work - it’s part of the truth about human existence I always want to explore - but the last thing I’m trying to do is put on some kind of freak show, inviting people to get off on other people’s pain and humiliation.”
“I admit to being a moron at lots of things. Being a moron in one or two areas serves to highlight my extraordinary brilliance in everything else.”
Source: Every Breath
“I admit to being prone to deep thinking, which – given that I’m emerging from dark times – can take me to some very sombre or profound places. But this is no bad thing. I always resurface wiser and with a way of viewing things that is different to before.”
Source: A Meaningful Life - Fennel's Journal - No. 1
“I admit to having an imagination feverish enough to melt good judgment.”
Source: Seize the Night: A Novel
“I admit to having worn suede and leather pants myself for a while, but you just never feel clean, and it's degenerate, anyway, to wear animal skins.... So I went back to bluejeans after my degenerate period.”
“I admit to spending a fortune on women, booze and gambling... the rest I spend foolishly.”
“I admit to wasting my life messing around with fast cars and motorcycles.”
“I admit, I am a demon at nintendo.”
“I admit, I do a lot of projects, but it's because I'm in a position now where I'm reading a lot more scripts and plays and things, and I'm really listening to offers and trying to think what I want to do at any given time.”
“I admit, I have a tremendous sex drive. My boyfriend lives forty miles away.”
“I admit, I was fascinated by Adolf Hitler. He was a pleasant boss and a fatherly friend.”
“I admit," I said, "that a second murder in a book often cheers things up." - Hastings”
“I admit," Morgan said with another withering look, "it's no donut.”
Source: Turn Coat: A Novel of the Dresden Files
“I admitted I bet on baseball, but I wasn't suspended from baseball for betting on baseball.”
“I admitted it was tempting to wish for cosmic, mind-blowing, I-could-die-right-now orgasms, but the truth is, sometimes we do have to settle for light, that-was-fun type, and explore additional features.
Ian made me feel good. Sexy. Powerful. Wasn't that what was sex really about? Or was I just fooling myself?”
Source: Secrets of a Perfect Hair Color: Adventures of an Urban Woman
“I admitted that I did not understand life. What I meant was that I am bewildered by human hearts and motivations, including my own.”
“I admitted that I had actually orgasmed from having my tits caned.
That deserves a trophy, right? Come from titty spank? Popped from booby whipping? I deserve a plaque at least!”
Source: Shackled
“I admitted, that the world had existed millions of years. I am astonished at the ignorance of the masses on these subjects. Hugh Miller has it right when he says that 'the battle of evidences must now be fought on the field of the natural sciences.'”
“I adopt a different path, one that unfolds horizontally.... Rather than framing humankind’s condition as a “fall”, I consider it a “straying”—a term whose roots can be traced back to the vulgar latin word “estragare” which translates to “wander out of bounds.” Language, as Daoism observes, deepens this estrangement by carving out distinctions, magnifying the sense of multiplicity and separateness. By systematically dissolving these conceptual edifices, we traverse the horizontal continuum, potentially unveiling a primordial state known as the uncarved wood(樸).”
Source: 7 Principles of Nature: How We Strayed and How We Return
“I adopt a very simple approach. I observe and reflect real life and ordinary people and sooner or later that raises a laugh.”
“I adopted a healthier diet. I take at least a tablespoon of apple-cider vinegar a day. It's an old wives' tale, but it really is one of the best things you can put in your mouth.”
“I adopted a policy of continuous change to discover the underlying causes of my disabling sickness.”
“I adopted the theory of reincarnation when I was 26. Genius is experience. Some think to seem that it is a gift or talent, but it is the fruit of long experience in many lives.”
“I adore [my son]. I wouldn't trade him in for a Pulitzer - unless someone actually offered that as an option.”
“I adore [photography's] uneasy mix of fact and fiction - its dubious claim to truth - its status as history.”
“I adore acting; it's in my blood - quite literally - but I can honestly say the most creative thing in the world for me is being a mother.”
“I adore all Agatha Christie's books and turn to them whenever I'm ill or need cheering up.”
“I adore America. It's an extraordinary country. A new country.”
“I adore anything Michael Alexis writes.”
“I adore art...when I am alone with my notes, my heart pounds and the tears stream from my eyes, and my emotion and my joys are too much to bear.”
“I adore artifice. I always have.”
Source: D.V.
“I adore being hitched. It's so extraordinary to discover one unique individual you need to irritate for whatever remains of your life.”
“I adore being with Roberta. I adore being in her spiritual light. I adore being close to her talent and gifts.”
“I adore Bette Davis and Vivien Leigh, but more because they were good actresses. That’s what makes me interested in them, that they didn’t present themselves as idols; they were just doing their jobs.”