The expression Seal of Approval refers to a formal approval, regardless whether it involves a seal or other external marking, by an authoritative person or institute.
It is also part of the formal name of certain quality marks, such as:
- Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval of the Good Housekeeping Institute
- Good Netkeeping Seal of Approval
- Nintendo Seal of Quality
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Famous quotes containing the words seal of, seal and/or approval:
“What is the seal of liberation?—No longer to be ashamed in our own presence.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“To believe in something not yet proved and to underwrite it with our lives: it is the only way we can leave the future open. Man, surrounded by facts, permitting himself no surmise, no intuitive flash, no great hypothesis, no risk, is in a locked cell. Ignorance cannot seal the mind and imagination more surely.”
—Lillian Smith (1897–1966)
“Consult. To seek another’s approval of a course already decided on.”
—Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914)