Famous Quotes & Sayings

I totally accept accountability for the performance at this company,

It's a little hard to accept when the objective is a medal.

I told you it was a great deal. I never met a man in my life until I met you that wouldn't accept a deferred prosecution agreement.

Jim Nabors

I told the general I don't know if I should accept this -- it's just too much power, ... At this stage of my life, it's almost too much to think about what it could lead to.

Ralph Friedgen

I told them that Virginia is going to press us, they play a lot of man-to-man, and if they shut you down, they'll shut everything else down. They accepted the challenge.

I told (Warren) those were terms of endearment, that they were testing him to see how he'd handle it. Plus, obviously they've accepted him because he's good at what he does.

Sushil Koirala

It is worthless to talk individually about a republican set up sitting inside a room unless people express their tremendous support for this. If the king does not accept multiparty democracy, human rights and press freedom in the country, we will say that the monarchy is not needed by us either.

Bruce Bowen

It is what it is. I was wrong for what I did. The league has a decision on that. I have to deal with the consequences of my actions, and I do. I accept the consequences that come.

Allen Iverson

This is what you want. You want the big contract, and you want the people to show how much they want you. That's what Billy did today with those guys. He accepted them. It's important, because have some chemistry with each other. Sam and Kyle, they're starters on the team. I like the look of our team, and I like the direction we're heading. I'm just looking forward to trying to win a championship with them.

This is their version of events and we accept that and we are now going to let the investigation determine if there are any variations to that.

This is unconstitutional and done with an ill political motive...we don't accept it. We reject such appointment.

Pete Domenici

This is a very, very unintelligible plan. You can't rationally accept the president's reasoning unless you conclude that they don't want to tell you where it's going to end up.

Chris Bosh

They play pretty good without Iverson. They have a lot of guys who really step up to the plate and accept that challenge without him. It's still really a good team without him.

David Leadbetter

They're silly, because they just point out how phenomenally advanced Tiger was, that he was able to find the right recipe very early on. It's a complex, almost mysterious thing. It's the physical game, but there are so many other elements. And maybe the key thing is how people figure their own path. See what works for them, and find it. And accept that every timetable is different. That takes maturity, and that's why it's still a game where you reach your prime in your 30s.

They recommended to me ... that we proceed on with the launch. I accepted that recommendation. And that's where we are headed now.

They're going to take nutrients and water, they're going to create shade that will reduce citrus production. So it's going to take some time, I think, before they'll be accepted and established by the growers.

They're giving me lanes, giving me shots to take. So why not take them? I think our team can accept any challenge a team throws at us.

Robert Adams

They refused to accept change. While automotive industries in other countries were building smaller, safer, more fuel-efficient and reliable vehicles, the American automotive industry looked the other way and continued to shove oversized, gas-guzzling vehicles down the throats of consumers.

They're flawed, and they really shouldn't be accepted by the state of Florida because there are so many things wrong with them as we've seen from so many locations over the last two days.

Kevin Roberts

They're not willing to accept help very readily especially for mental health.

They're not going to back down, and we won't, either. It's going to be a challenge, but right now you've got to accept the challenge and be ready to go.

There's a very good chance that the trials being conducted by Merck will be acceptable, or acceptable pending positive results.

There's broad acceptance of the desirability of doing all those things, setting up risk-based management, dealing with fraud, putting place good capital market oversight, ... moving, over time, more of the economy out of the state-run sector in both banking and other sectors and into the private market-directed sector.

There's been a culture shift in terms of acceptance of breathing in other people's smoke.

There seems to be acceptance that the big three central banks envisage further tightening. The G-10 appears confident about the pace of economic expansion.

Carl Rogers

The relationship which I have found helpful is characterized by a sort of transparency on my part, in which my real feelings are evident; by an acceptance of this other person as a separate person with value in his own right; and by a deep empathic understanding which enables me to see his private world through his eyes.

There is sufficient evidence that results were deliberately manipulated, and Professor Hwang accepts this at some level. We don't think that the data in the 2005 Science study was incorrect because of simple mistakes.

Wayne White

There is such militancy and suspicion within the Sunni Arab community that acceptance (of the election results) on the part of certain leaders would diminish their credibility and, in some cases, place cooperative leaders in very real danger of assassination.

John Wilson

It's a responsibility that everyone has to take if they want to live in hurricane-prone areas. We're a nation that wants accountability and that's good. But we all need to accept the responsibility that we have a part in this role and it's not up to a few agencies to bail us out.

It wasn't perfect, of course. I made a big mistake in the middle part, so it wasn't good for me. But I've got to accept it and look forward. I have to fight.

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 was the coaches' decision, but I accepted it,

Tom Daschle

It was as close to a tie as history has ever seen, ... I fully support and accept the results of this election, let there be no mistake about it. But we all know that the vice president received more than 300,000 votes and the issue is: Now, where do we go from here?