To the house of a friend if you’re pleased to retire, You must all things admit, you must all things admire; You must pay with observance the price of your treat, You must eat what is praised, and must praise what you eat. – George Crabbe
The chief qualification of a mass leader has become unending infallibility; he can never admit an error. – Hannah Arendt
All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I myself deny it. – H. L. Mencken
Let’s pretend my career in music is a bell. Whether you like my music or not is up to you. But you’ve got to admit I rang that bell pretty hard and pretty often. – Henry Rollins
Always admit when you’re wrong. You’ll save thousands in therapy… and a few friendships too. – Harvey Fierstein
I try to go to the gym a few times a week, but I admit, I cheat sometimes, and sometimes I don’t go as often. I usually do more cardio and little bit of weights. – Helena Mattsson
I am provocative, and I admit this. It isn’t as if I’m only on the receiving end, a poor, frail little creature. I can be thoroughly nasty when I get going, and I don’t pull my punches. – Helen Suzman
Almost no one wants to admit the genius of Jeff Bezos and Amazon. Apparently, many have failed to see that Amazon has become the world’s biggest retail company. – Hubert Burda
Breakfast is my specialty. I admit it’s the easiest meal to cook, but I make everything with a twist, like lemon ricotta pancakes or bacon that’s baked instead of fried. – Hugh Jackman
Women tend to be more intuitive, or to admit to being intuitive, and maybe the hard science approach isn’t so attractive. The way that science is taught is very cold. I would never have become a scientist if I had been taught like that. – Jane Goodall
I pick my nose and I’m not ashamed to admit it. If there’s a bogey then just pick it, man. – Justin Timberlake
We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both true and sufficient to explain their appearances. – Isaac Newton
I mostly get takeout, I have to admit – I don’t know if that’s something to be ashamed of. I’m not much of a cook. – Janeane Garofalo
Certainly, if you look at human behavior around the world, you have to admit that we can be very aggressive. – Jane Goodall
I’m the first to admit this whole salary thing is getting out of control. In the final analysis, it’s still about the work. – Jim Carrey
If a person is insane or troubled, you first have to get the person to admit that they have a problem before you can solve anything. – James Rosenquist
We shall act with good intentions, but at times we will be wrong. When we are, let us admit it and try to right the situation. – Joe Paterno
I will always admit immediately to what’s obvious, which is that Homo sapiens is inherently erotic or inherently sensual from birth. – Jock Sturges
The more horrible the truth that you admit, the better you connect. You have to tell the truth. – Jill Soloway
The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The constant flux and caprice of mental events do not admit of the establishment of stable experimental conditions. – Hermann Ebbinghaus
I will admit, like Socrates and Aristotle and Plato and some other philosophers, that there are instances where the death penalty would seem appropriate. – Jack Kevorkian