Confirm

Famous quotes containing the word confirm:

“Music was invented to confirm human loneliness.”
—Lawrence Durrell (1912–1990)

“Most advice on child-rearing is sought in the hope that it will confirm our prior convictions. If the parent had wished to proceed in a certain way but was made insecure by opposing opinions of neighbors, friends, or relatives, then it gives him great comfort to find his ideas seconded by an expert.”
—Bruno Bettelheim (20th century)

“Women’s propensity to share confidences is universal. We confirm our reality by sharing.”
—Barbara Grizzuti Harrison (1941)