Famous Quotes & Sayings

Brad Faxon

Most of the players have grown to like the course more and more. I think it helps that we don't change locations. The Players has grown in popularity because it stays in Jacksonville. The fact the Players Championship doesn't move around has helped people accept the golf course. If you want to be a good player, you'd better learn to like it.

Most kids started getting acceptance letters in January. Sam gave up some nice opportunities and some good scholarships. Some colleges even upped their offers trying to get him.

Hanna Rosin

Most days I struggle just to be accepted into the camp of plain old feminists. This is mainly because I am not by nature ideological and generally suspicious of people who are.

Merck should come to the table and accept responsibility.

Mick wanted to start this year. He knew he was ready. The biggest change (from last year) has been his mental attitude. He's always had the ability, now he developed the right attitude out there. He had to accept it and take it upon himself to take it to the next level. Some individuals never buy into it or only buy into it for one or two starts. Mick stayed mentally focused and bought into it the whole time.

Al Davis

Mike has always been of interest because he is dynamic, he is not afraid. But there is a fear right there of the physical. I don't know if we are ready to accept that.

Miguel is the type of player who has to carry himself first. Everybody knows what an impact player he is on the field, but it takes a different kind of guy to lead in the locker room. He could be a leader. It all depends if he accepts that role or not.

Midwifery is an accepted practice in Wisconsin, and the governor thinks it's certainly a good idea that there be basic standards in place to protect the lives of children and expecting mothers.

Michael will be offered a new deal and we hope he accepts it. It's early days yet and there will be discussions on all points. There's a lot of things that need to be talked about but we hope that will resolve itself and Mickey will be here next season.

While the customer experience is much improved we still need to work on achieving consistency across all of our stores, and at an acceptable cost.

Issa Rae

Who I was was not acceptable to black L.A. youth: the way I spoke and my sense of humor. Everybody else had relaxers and pressed hair. I wore my hair in an Afro puff. Nappy. The way I dressed. It was all about name brands at the time in L.A. I had no idea. All those things, I failed miserably at.

We have offered Frank a contract. It's up to them to see whether it's going to be accepted or not.

Bob Crow

London Underground's point-blank refusal to accept our compromise offer means that strike action remains on for 24 hours over New Year's Eve and over Jan. 8-9.

Look at his track record. How does he do it? He just has an air about him. Players respect him. They know he's been successful wherever he's been. So they are willing to make the sacrifices he demands. He can do that with the players. They might get tired of him in two, three or four years, but initially, the players will accept how he goes about his business.

Like that of all players, Al's career has unfortunately and finally come to an end. However, it gives us great satisfaction to know that his unparalleled expertise and experience will continue to benefit the Blues as he accepts a new position on our staff.

James Stewart

My mother approved, my father just didn't accept the idea of my being an actor. I think that's the reason he kept the hardware store in operation, because I think he was pretty sure that I was going to be found out sooner or later, and he wanted to have a job for me to come back to.

Bud Selig

I will suspend any player who tests positive for an illegal steroid, ... There will be no exceptions. The union is aware of that, and they accept it.

I won't beat around the bush about that, I think it's a negative for teams. This year is going to be challenging, NHL teams are trying to run with fewer players and I think the more veterans the better but I'm for sure in the minority, and I can accept that. If it was my choice, there would be two more veterans and an exempt player. But that's not the way it is. There are people that have been in this league a lot longer than me that see it a different way and I'm respectful of that.

I wonder what the first lady would have to say about the rest of the portions of the United States of America that do accept this as their contribution toward national security.

Graeme Smith

I won't surprise me at all if he accepts the offer to become England's bowling coach.

John Edward

I was honored this morning to receive a call from Senator Kerry asking me to join his ticket, ... I was humbled by his offer -- and thrilled to accept it.

Kyle Calder

It feels good to be on the other end of the stick. We can go into Detroit with a little more confidence. They're playing great, they're a solid team and they've had our number all year. We've got to accept the challenge.

It falls where it is. We've been accepted by gospel markets and jam band markets and different places that we never really tried to get. It still surprises me when somebody picks up a record that wouldn't normally buy a bluegrass record and says, 'That new record is awesome.' We didn't have that in mind when we cut it. But we'll take every one of 'em.

I think our tradition really helps set the bar. Knowing that nothing but winning a national championship is accepted really helps us. We got to the Sweet 16, we got to the Final Four, but we won't be recognized unless we win that national championship. I don't think that adds pressure. I think that helps start the mission.

I think shipping companies are no longer facing difficulties in seeking loans since banks have accepted their vessels as collateral. I think it will take some time for banks to study the shipping business (before lending the money).

I think people are starting to accept that we're in a bear market and I think now they are viewing the news differently, like negative consumer sentiment,

Cloris Leachman

I think (Ruth) accepts her fate, ... But she knows she's not happy and that's about it.

David Nalbandian

I think one has to understand that there are stages in life, and that the life of an athlete has its limits. It's short, and then it stops, and sooner or later you have to accept that.

Robert Conquest

I think once you accept that you have the answer to everything, you can do anything to bring it about because your enemies are trying to stop you, are enemies of reason, of truth of everything - enemies of the future. You represent the people, you represent the nation, you represent everything that is good and that entitles you to destroy the bad people.

We do not accept global nuclear 'apartheid' and scientific 'apartheid'.

We do have some tough challenges ahead. I've been pleased with the progress of this team. I think we've prepared well for these last four games. Now we have to go out and accept the challenges that lie ahead.

We went up to the bar, and they said three of us couldn't get in, ... We had three international students with us who had passports, and they said it wasn't an acceptable form of ID. They felt they were being discriminated against simply because they were international students.

While co-teaching may be a valuable strategy for delivering instruction, it is not an acceptable approach to meet the Class Size Amendment.