Famous Quotes & Sayings

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Acceptance is the truest kinship with humanity.

John Knowles

There are special, strange gifted people in the world and they have to be treated with understanding

Traditional thinking dictates that most women, children and other vulnerable groups within the family accept physical and emotional violence as a normal part of life. It is not normal. It is a matter of power and a lack of accountability. This Family Response Unit should become a symbol of hope in the community.

Larry Sabato

At a certain point, you have to accept reality, and it's an impressive reality. It should have been a blow-away. It wasn't just any congressional race - it was a race during Bush's summer of sorrow and it came in a state that was ground zero for '04 and possibly will be for '08.

As with everything else in life, sometimes things are inches from being completely and utterly different. But the best thing to do is deal with the reality and accept it as it is.

Gary Neville

All our thoughts are with Alan and it has been a very bad day all round. The reaction of the crowd is part of football, you just have to accept it.

All my life I've been harassed by questions: Why is something this way and not another? How do you account for that? This rage to understand, to fill in the blanks, only makes life more banal. If we could only find the courage to leave our destiny to chance, to accept the fundamental mystery of our lives, then we might be closer to the sort of happiness that comes with innocence.

The more you are willing to accept responsibility for your actions, the more credibility you will have

Accept what you gain during your life time, being phlegmatic by understanding the truth of our lives...That is, the reason why we come to this world.

George Patton

Accept the challenges, so you may feel the exhilaration of victory.

George S. Patton

Accept the challenges so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.

George H. W. Bush

accept responsibility for this act and to compensate the families.

Kathleen Blanco

Accept our thanks and hear our resolve: we will bring our people home as soon as we can. We need and we want our people back,

Acceptance into the All State band, chorus or orchestra is the only criteria for this honor.

Suzanne Massie

Accept, accept that I have won, whispers the Devil. You can see for yourself that life is unjust, unfair, that suffering is ordinary. Who is stronger? I am, of course. Just despair, my dear, despair. Only tell me that I am strong, that Evil rules.

Bertie Ahern

A comprehensive deal is a comprehensive deal, which means all issues are addressed by everyone. Otherwise, it's a piecemeal deal. ... It is not acceptable that we should fall short.

A business plan was established where the budget prepared was accepted by IFNA at the presentation.

Steve Smith

Although, the ULDB launch and ascent were very close to normal, the balloon's internal pressure was less -- but within acceptable margins -- than we expected on Saturday afternoon and evening.

They gave all they had on the court against Aliquippa. They accepted that and moved on after a day off.

This dispute is probably going to be resolved after we receive a letter from Safa (that accepts or rejects the demands from the players).

This development today means justice and home affairs ministers are willing to accept a legal process that will let all branches of government decide the issue.

This confirms what we have long suspected that the government is involved in putting together a deal to sell out British sovereignty and try and bounce the people of Gibraltar into accepting such a deal.

Andrew Roberts

This is a fascinating reform, since it comes right before the U.S. FASB -- as is probable -- accepts a request by the SEC to look into FAS87, the U.S. (pension) standard,

David Geffen

They've been trying to make a deal with us from the very beginning and came to us with a price that was acceptable to us, although Steven had many concerns about it. And when they tried to change the price at the end, we decided not to go forward.

For instance, one of our representatives was walking through the pool area of one house when he noticed that the water level was low. He immediately filled it to a acceptable level.

For a permit renewal there is no requirement in the law for us to hold a public hearing. There's not even a requirement to have a public comment period, but we're certainly accepting public comments.

They didn't sort of imagine this as the way of expressing their exhilaration. They've seen other schools on TV storm the court - and that becomes the celebration that's accepted among the student bodies.

You can't have those on the road. I told our kids, we can't accept this. It's not something we should get used to. But there are some positive things.

Bob Costas

There were no hard feelings at all. It's not a big deal. I'm sure there are countless topics that will be mutually acceptable in the future.

It's about the tradition. It's about going out there and leaving it all on the line. I think they have grasped that concept and accepted that challenge. If we bring that to the table, then we'll do what we are supposed to do.

It is sad that Mr. Hamilton resorted to conspiracy theories rather than just accept the consequences of his doping.

It?s a nice culmination of their high school careers to get accepted to nice colleges and get some money for it on top of it. They?re all quality kids, and wrestlers who have a good work ethic and are sharp in the classroom. It?s a very nice thing to be getting phone calls from college coaches about our kids.

Hugh Johnson

It's a reasonably accepted conclusion that the Fed will raise rates in both June and August; that's what the market has discounted. I don't know if Friday's employment report will change that, no matter what it says.