Famous Quotes & Sayings

Don Ameche

I'm a very contented, peaceful man. I made mistakes, yes, but I accepted them, and, I hope, graciously.

Newt Gingrich

If the president is willing to sign a bill that has those reforms, which everybody agrees intellectually are needed in the long run, no one denies that we have to have some pretty basic reforms as people live longer and baby boomers head towards retirement, if he's willing to work with us, I think that we can get something done, but frankly he can kill that by simply indicating he won't support it, ... It's too difficult to carry reforms of that size against the president, so he has a unique burden of having to decide whether or not he can accept that.

If the PM wants to solve the problem facing the country, he only has to quit. If the PM dissolves the House and there is no political reform, the public will not accept the new government.

Steve Spurrier

If the play goes bad, it was a bad call - even though it might have been a pretty good call. That's just the way it is, and we accept it and move on.

If the people of Zanzibar have been robbed of their choice, we will not accept it.

If the people of Bangladesh give us the responsibility of running the nation, we will accept it.

Sushil Koirala

If the Nepali people desire, NC is ready for constituent assembly. We will accept whatever the people desire.

If she and her husband were to apologize, the suit would be settled and therefore, it would be over. While Director Harkins and Lt. Wilcox will accept an apology, it must be acceptable to them.

Jack Straw

If Saddam Hussein doesn't accept the peaceful path to the disarmament of his weapons of mass destruction set out by the U.N. resolution, then there will have to be military action taken in order to enforce the will of the U.N.,

Graham Lowe

If players knowingly accept some form of back-hander, I don't care how good they are, we have to get rid of them. Some strong deterrents have to be put in place, otherwise forget the salary cap.

I had a defensive and an offensive rotation in the final two minutes, and everybody accepted what they were supposed to do. It's beautiful. It gives us some confidence we haven't been having.

I had a chance to make some plays happen. My teammates have trusted me since the day they accepted me here.

Vince Lombardi

If you can accept losing you can't win. If you can walk you can run. No one is ever hurt. Hurt is in your mind.

If we can account for another 3 million shares (who won't tender), then this thing doesn't get done. I am hard-pressed to believe they would obtain those, because anyone who would accept C$18 would probably sell into the bid that is out there right now.

If we are willing to accept a significant share of those 5 billion people, there's no reason to have work-site enforcement. Even after a big legalization program, you can't control illegal immigration without controlling the job market.

If they accept Venezuelan rules, we are willing to work in coordination,

Marc Faber

If the U.S. Government was a company, the deficit would be $5 trillion because they would have to account by general accepted accounting principles. But actually they encourage government spending, reckless government spending, because the government can issue Treasury bills at extremely low interest rates.

Al-Waleed bin Talal

If the United States has to accept the U.N. resolutions, we have to generalize it across the board. We can't just pick and choose where we impose and accept the U.N. resolution and don't accept them. U.N. Resolution 242 is very clear and states very clearly that Israel has to go back to the borders of the pre-war of 1967.

Jason Richardson

I fully understand the seriousness of the implications and I accept the penalty imposed by the commissioner. I'm glad to have these issues addressed and behind me.

Steve House

I fully take on board the comments that ... this should have been public knowledge beforehand. We accept that point.

Dick Gephardt

I refuse to accept that while we stand shoulder-to-shoulder on the war, we should stand toe-to-toe on the economy,

Michael Eisner

I regret Sandy's decision, but I accept it and respect his desire to pursue new ventures,

Gwen Moore

I love my son very much. I'm very proud of him. He's accepted responsibility.

I'll take the punishment, I accept it. But it better happen again to somebody else. Maybe I need a better term.

I'll take it like an adult. I made a mistake and I accept it.

I'll never fully accept my disability. I live with a disability; that's all you can do. There are people who will be around you to help you, but you have to help yourself. We all have to overcome adversity.

Howell Raines

I know our institution has been damaged ... I accept my responsibility for that, and I intend to fix it,

I know, I realize that, and I accept it.

Jen Kirkman

I have this idyllic love life, but my mind just won't accept that. I would like to bring a new guy home every night. I try to make humor out of that situation.

In these times in America I am very moved and grateful that the Gish Prize has chosen to support diversity, controversy, complexity, and non-conformity. I am a collaborative artist, and I accept this recognition on behalf of the courageous artists who have opened and challenged new worlds and old, in a body of work that has created shared space on a divided planet.

Elaine Pagels

I just have a sense that, you know, I'm curious about what is religion about, you know? Why do some of us still engage it? It's not because it's a set of old beliefs or old ideas. Or even, particularly, the view that this is the only true religion. Many of us no longer accept those views.

Fabio Capello

I have the fortune to have players who accept my decisions because they know they are working for the good of the team.

I hope eventually that France will accept that the timing is right in that and become part of the overall solidarity, ... march on.