Famous Quotes & Sayings

Gray Davis

The people did decide that it's time for someone else to serve and I accept their judgment.

Richard Seymour

We took one on the chin. We accept that.

Richard Seymour

We took one on the chin (in Carolina) and we accept that. There's a lot of room for improvement with everybody on the team. It has to start this week.

We took a very hard line in support of our members, that we could not and would not accept outsourcing.

James Wallace

We're pleased the court's going to move forward promptly and we would hope that RIM would accept our offer for a reasonable royalty license.

When investors come to accept the view that the seeds for economic reinvigoration have already been sown, a more aggressive approach will be appropriate,

We are extremely proud to accept this prestigious award recognizing our commitment to professional development for the information security workforce through our Review Seminars and other educational programs.

Sepp Blatter

To FIFA such transactions fall well short of minimum standards of decency. We can no longer merely accept them. Nor shall we.

Daniel Schorr

to equate America with reality and truth, and get people overseas to accept that.

To effectively change children's peer relationships - especially undesirable relationships or reputations that have been entrenched for many years - it may not be sufficient to increase children's social competence without also altering their peer and family environments. Children must be taught forgiveness and empathy, and must learn to be accepting of individual differences.

What you're seeing here is an industry that refuses to accept responsibility for the harm it is capable of.

It is something that we concur with. We don't accept that it is a rite of passage that underage students should be out there drinking.

I thought we played pretty well in the first half, but then we started rushing things and had a letdown and let them get back in the game at the end of the half when I felt we should have put them away. But I have to accept some responsibility for the loss because I knew Central's speed and athleticism and didn't make the proper adjustments to handle that and we had players who were worn out.

Johnny Damon

I thought the first day was awesome. It's great to see a lot of the fans accept me as being a Yankee. You feel proud because you know what you've done over your career and you know what your reputation is, and they know what I can bring to New York.

Brandon Meriweather

I think we're going to be great. I don't think we can accept anything less than being great. If we accomplish anything less than that, I think we failed ourselves.

I think we have to accept that a lot of people don't know how to buy shoes. It's not like buying a car; there's no one-size-fits-all.

I think we were agreed that he has already entered the canon of modern American drama among the immortals, along with Eugene O' Neill, Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller. It's just delightful that he would even consider accepting our offer because his stature is so unique in world literature.

Brooke Smith

I think that as a team we've come a tremendously long way since November and December. But I don't think that makes this loss more acceptable or makes it hurt any less.

I think a lot of it is drive. It's the want, it's the hunger, it's the desire all balled up, and not accepting defeat. There have been times when you do come up short and all you can expect out of yourself is to put the right emotions into anything you are doing and you can be willing to accept the results.

I think both sides better get prepared where there is no deal, ... I told our staff Monday that's what we have to communicate to the players -- what direction we're going -- and right now it looks like an uncapped year. We can't accept what they have on the table.

John Breaux

I think anything that is perceived as parliamentary maneuvering to get out of this is not going to be accepted by the American public, ... It's going to have to be out front. It's going to have to be fair.

Penn Jillette

I think it was Laurence Olivier who said that one of the things you have to accept in art is that when you put your heart into doing something there will be people who don't like it for really good reasons, really smart people who don't like what you've done for very valid reasons. That is hard to accept, that there are really valid reasons for not liking anything. The astonishing thing is that there haven't been many valid reasons for anyone not to like this movie.

Kevin Stallings

I think it was hard for him, initially, during his freshman year and a little his sophomore year, whether it was the intensity or my yelling or whatever. He probably had some trouble adjusting to that. I think we've both worked hard to try and understand the other and accept some differences.

Frank Catalanotto

I think it's the fact that Reed and I both accept our roles. We're comfortable. Obviously, both of us would love to play every day, but we know exactly how it works because we went through it last year.

It happens and you have to accept it.

I think we always have that opportunity. This team has demonstrated we are capable of accepting a challenge.

I think UAL has shown that you can play hardball on slashing labor costs. You don't need to dance around. You wield a powerful stick that can force labor groups to accept draconian cuts.

I think some people on that jury probably haven't slept real well and some may have that gut instinct that says, 'Oops.' Obviously they believe beyond a reasonable doubt, we accept that. But that doesn't mean that someone doesn't have residual doubt and residual doubt can have its voice in this phase of the proceedings.

I think that accepting things on faith without any proof can be cool, but it can also lead to damage. Sometimes religion can be a crutch, and sometimes it can help people. As the Bible says, 'By their fruits ye shall know them.' If the results are good, fine. But if a religion results in people getting hurt, I have a problem with it.

Francesco Cossiga

It is not acceptable that our soldiers should put themselves at risk or even sacrifice their lives for a fundamentalist, illiberal regime.

Lionel Jospin

It is not acceptable that certain member states indulge in underhand competition to attract international investment and entice European companies to relocate their headquarters.

Noeleen Heyzer

It is not acceptable for women to constitute 70 percent of the world's 1.3 billion poor. Nor is it acceptable for women to work two-thirds of the world's working hours, but earn only one-tenth of the world's income and own less than one-tenth of the worl's property. Many fundamental changes must be made.

It is no longer acceptable to out conditions on reviving the peace process,