Conceded Quotes

(on the responses to his being vegan) My family would be supportive if I said I wanted to be a Martian, wear only banana skins, make love to ashtrays, and eat tree bark. My mom has a good way of engaging me in a conversation about the choices I make, listening, being objective and open-minded, and respecting those choices so long as they don`t put me in danger. For a while, every meal was the third degree, but when she couldn`t refute any of the thousands of good reasons--my health, simple compassion, the health of the planet, etc., etc.--for being a vegan, she conceded and now is very conscious of what food she makes when I am around--and, I believe, when I am not around. She is lovely. My father never blinked. He is for the most part unflappable. In a good way. Live and let live--unless you are being an asshole. He will privately mock, ridicule, judge, etc. But, hey, who`s gonna cast the first stone? For people who have been through it, made changes, had curve balls thrown at them, it is easier to digest change and digest change in other people. Change only scares the small-minded. The small-minded and me. No, I`m only kidding. It only scares me--I mean, the small-minded. I think if I gave my dad a five-minute rundown on the advantages of veganism, I could convert him without too much trouble. I`ll do it next time I see him. Maybe. I`m not much into the converting business, though.

I had my hands full (with Bodine and Musgrave) but I hadn`t conceded anything.

No goals conceded is the most important thing for us. If we want to do the same thing as last year we have to do better than last year and concede fewer goals. I think we can do better than last season.

Granted, we`ve conceded a few early goals but we must be doing something right to win seven on the trot.

There will be a lot of fingers pointed obviously because the four goals we`ve conceded have all been from set plays,

We conceded two late goals at East Fife last week so we must shore the leaks up at the back because going forward we are doing ok.

Your insolence and ignorance of the rights conceded to workers universally in the modern world were incredible, and as great as your inhumanity.

Microsoft has conceded that the server will have some Linux competition, but they`ve drawn a line in the sand at the desktop.

We`ve played six games, won them all, conceded no goals and scored 12. It is a very solid start and we are all delighted with it - but there is a long way to go.