Famous Quotes & Sayings

It was bittersweet. For me, it's tough to accept the fact that things didn't work out that well for me in Miami. On the other hand, it's a fresh start here, and it's an opportunity, and it's all you can ask for. It's a positive right now, but at the same time it's tough to swallow a defeat a little bit.

It's a compromise - two broken arms and a broken leg later, we've indicated publicly we can accept this legislation, but we've given up some things.

Trent Reznor

If you can use a search engine, you can find any piece of music that's been recorded for free. I'm not saying that's right, but it's a fact, and I'm surprised that more people don't accept or acknowledge that and try to adapt in some way.

Victor Oladipo

Growing up, you always want to hang with your dad - go fishing or whatever. But my dad was always working, so we never really had time for that. I think I kind of learned to accept it.

Tipper Gore

As parents and as consumers, we have the right and the power to pressure the entertainment industry to respond to our needs. Americans, after all, should insist that every corporate giant - whether it produces chemicals or records - accept responsibility for what it produces.

Dean Acheson

Controversial proposals, once accepted, soon become hallowed.

We accept that our performances have not been up to standard, but we are not going to run away or hide from the problems. We will address them and look for long-term solutions.

We accept full responsibility. Our inability to timely respond to our customers is unacceptable.

Donna Dubinsky

We are pleased to report such outstanding results in our second quarter as a public company. We continue to see broad acceptance of our products and the Springboard platform across all regions of the world. We feel very positive about our position as we head into the holiday season.

We're not going to put a nuclear power plant where a community does not accept a nuclear power plant.

Martin McGuinness

We have not accepted the document as a basis for negotiation, and we intend going to the talks to oppose the document.

We have never known an Ivory Coast hostile to foreigners. We refuse to accept that image. This is not the Ivory Coast that we know.

Beth Moore

When we end up in a situation where we have been rejected, there is an acceptance in Christ of a new place He is going to take us. It is like nothing we have ever experienced. You are accepted in Christ, never rejected by Him.

Manmohan Singh

We remain hopeful that solutions acceptable to all sides will be found.

Barbara Walters

Most of us have trouble juggling. The woman who says she doesn't is someone whom I admire but have never met.

John Lucas

We broke students into two groups. The first group could be accepted here as freshmen and full-time undergrads. The other 64 are enrolled in a continuing studies program, which they can do for a limited amount of time. They are people seeking temporary assistance.

Very few people spend their whole career - eight, nine years - on one team. It has to be the right situation, right setting, right spot. But I think this is a good place to be. It's really nice here. The team's accepted me, the coach accepted me and everybody expects me to be accountable for my job. I like it.

We're involved with ongoing discussion with the parties included in our agreement. But we have not reached any conclusion, nor have we provided any form of acceptance or denial of the proposal. The process is still under way.

Katrina Kaif

There was a time when I desperately wanted to be part of a Yash Chopra film, not because he was a great director, but because I was an outsider and I wanted that validation of being accepted in the film industry.

Kazuo Ishiguro

I'm not at all interested in the brave who fight against the odds and win. I am interested in those who accept their lot, as that is what many people in the world are doing. They do their best in ghastly conditions.

The past winners of our World Racing Championships awards have truly reflected the winning spirit to support the growth of great international competition. As our member organizations look forward, we must provide a sharper focus on world rankings and recognition that can be widely tracked and accepted by the entire racing world.

Nathaniel Branden

Between the ages of 24 and 27, I read Freud's complete works, everything that had been translated into English. It was very stimulating intellectually. But I did not accept his view of neurosis or of human nature.

Vint Cerf

To be honest, I joined Facebook as an experiment. I accepted all invitations just to see how many people would ask to be 'friends' - it quickly overwhelmed my time to process even the invitations and requests, let alone to actually go there and do anything.

Shinzo Abe

Haven't we put off problems without clarifying Japan's will to protect the lives and assets of its people and territory with its own hands, and merely accepted the benefits of economic prosperity?

Brendan Coyle

I would have loved to have been a footballer like my great uncle Matt Busby, but I knew quite early on that I wasn't going to make the grade. Luckily I was told by the age of 13 that I wasn't good enough. That's not a bad thing. You see this 'X Factor' generation of kids now who don't accept that they're not good enough.

Tristram Stuart

When is population going to become an accepted part of the food debate? If it's fine to encourage people to think about halving their meat consumption, can we really not cope with a conversation about how many children we have?

We were a little disappointed that adding artificial turf to the infield at Joe Martin didn't end up being part of the accepted bid. That's something we all wanted because we have so many rainouts.

Dalai Lama

You have to accept reality. This has helped me come closer to reality.

Hal Lindsey

I didn't ask to be a hero, but I guess I have become one in the Christian community. So I accept it. But if I'm wrong about this, I guess I'll become a bum.

We are pleased that our employees accepted this region-leading contract. We believe that our engineers are the best compensated in Wichita. This contract puts us in a position to work with our engineers and other employees in building a competitive business in Wichita.

Will Shetterly

There've always been people in the borderland between childhood and adulthood. That state is not a matter of chronological age. It's a matter of understanding that you can accept a future that has been defined by the previous generation, or you can reject it and make something new.

We can't go through another year. If we discover there is a school that has been providing fraudulent education, not going to class, not doing anything, we are going to say we are not going to accept the courses immediately.

Rod Stewart

I have a CBE, and I accepted it with glee because it's not bestowed on you by the royal family; it's not bestowed on you by the government; you have to be nominated by the public.