Admit

Famous quotes containing the word admit:

    To be radical, an empiricism must neither admit into its constructions any element that is not directly experienced, nor exclude from them any element that is directly experienced.
    William James (1842–1910)

    Lady of light, I would admit a dream
    To you, if you would take it in your hand.
    Will you not let it in a gentle stream
    Of living blood? How else may I remand
    Your light if not as pulse upon your ear?
    Allen Tate (1899–1979)

    We are willing enough to praise freedom when she is safely tucked away in the past and cannot be a nuisance. In the present, amidst dangers whose outcome we cannot foresee, we get nervous about her, and admit censorship.
    —E.M. (Edward Morgan)