Quotes of Concession - somelinesforyou

“ The concessions of the weak are the concessions of fear. ”

- Edmund Burke

“ Do you know that the ready concession of minor points is a part of the grace of life? ”

- Henry Harland

“ Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions. ”

- Samuel Johnson

“ Once you consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things back the way they are. ”

- Howard Hughes

“ The more rational an institution is the less it suffers by making concessions to others. ”

- George Santayana

“ The yielding of the weak is the concession to fear. ”

- Edmund Burke

“ I have to say I've worked very few days of my life. I used to have to cut the lawn, and when I was in junior high school, I worked at a concession stand at a stadium. ”

- Steve Nash

“ I'm six foot four and a half and I have a temper. It's reserved for very important issues. If someone is asking me to make an artistic concession, then I'll become a madman. ”

- Tim Robbins

“ There are still parts of Wales where the only concession to gaiety is a striped shroud. ”

- Gwyn Thomas

“ Granting our wish is one of Fate's saddest jokes. ”

- James Russell Lowell
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