Famous Quotes & Sayings

With all the demands on my time as Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer, I am happy that Jerry Rubinstein has accepted the leadership role as chairman of the board of directors of U.S. Global Investors, Inc..

Without being aware, I think I was being indoctrinated into what was called Vitalism, the idea that what makes life worth living, the good life, consists of accepting challenges, solving problems, discovery, personal growth, personal change.

We received almost everything we wanted and even more than we expected. When we received the Education Ministry, it made it easier to accept the deal even though we wanted the Finance Ministry.

Ronde Barber

We're definitely a headstrong group. We accept all challenges.

We expect acceptable earnings growth in the second half of 2005 consistent with where we are in the recovery process.

We end up sort of accepting that is the lesser of evils,

Nigel Worthington

We're always committed to trying to keep our best players at the club, but the size of today's bid coupled with Dean's desire to make the move happen meant that ... we've decided to accept this offer. My thanks to Dean for his contribution and his professionalism during his time at Norwich and wish him all the very best in his future career.

We have some time to work on things now. We just need to get better. We have important matches coming up. We can't accept not playing great.

Kofi Annan

We can wait until everything is perfect but how much time will that take? One year, two years, three years? Will the population accept this even though they haven't had a chance to vote for 40 years?

We do students a disservice to send the message that it is acceptable to drop out of school when they are 16 years old. A high school diploma is a minimum requirement for future success, and we will continue to press for changing the compulsory school attendance age.

We are thrilled to see our next-generation laser control solution passing a tough list of performance and acceptance criteria to qualify with the leading transceiver OEMs in the industry. Our fully embedded customized solution proves our claims of increased performance, reliability and adaptability to any TOSA type with significant reduction of production costs.

We must not be frightened nor cajoled/ into accepting evil as deliverance from evil./ We must go on struggling to be human,/ though monsters of abstractions/ police and threaten us.

We had a meeting on Monday, and our association decided that they did not want to settle, and they did not want to accept what was there.

It doesn't surprise me that the American Family Association would be afraid of this series. It shows a family that's both deeply religious and loving and accepting of their gay son.

It doesn't seem like they can accept change. We've taken our beatings for a long time, and now things have changed.

Bethany McLean

It doesn't really change anything. It's not like people will get their jobs back or their retirement savings back. But I do think the trial is important. It will set a precedent of what's acceptable corporate conduct. Is it OK for executives to do anything so long as it's technically legal?

I tell my staff, You can't be a victim. I don't accept the victim mentality.

Carlos Gonzalez

I tell them they need to do this and that, but I don't do that in the wrong way. I try to tell them it is what's best for the team now. It all depends on how they accept that. I just try to tell them that in the way they understand that. That is what a leader should do.

I tell the girls that we're not looking for the steal. Chances are they'll turn it over in the front court. We're not looking for the steal. If we get the steal it's a bonus, and the girls accept it. The girls kept their intensity, and they did it for the whole game.

I think I?m an athletic player, and I like to get up and down. I think that will fit my style of play. I definitely will accept that style of play.

Bill Johnson

It has become more accepted by the general public. Movie stars, sports professionals are showing their tattoos. It's more mainstream.

John Nash

I studied mathematics fairly broadly and I was fortunate enough... also to make a nice discovery relating to manifolds and real algebraic varieties. So I was prepared actually for the possibility that the game theory work would not be regarded as acceptable as a thesis in the mathematics department and then that I could realize the objective of a Ph.D. thesis with the other results.

I think he (Ober) asked me if I would accept it. But I'm not sure because I was so surprised.

I think he'll do a good job if he accepts that role. He's a cheerful guy. He loves to have fun. He loves to win. ... Some people will say, 'Last year I heard some bad comments about him. He came late,' and all that type of stuff. But that's history. He might be a new guy. Who knows?

I think he is still trying to govern as a legislator instead of as a governor. He can't accept the fact that not every constituency group is going to agree with you. When you try to please everyone, you usually end up pleasing no one.

I think he's accepting of the system. You didn't hear him complaining when we weren't scoring any goals. A lot of credit goes to his character. He's built himself into that type of person, he's a team player, and that's reassuring when you're struggling to score goals up front.

Barry Alvarez

I think his president wanted to keep it confidential and go through the process without it being a public issue. But he was offered the job officially yesterday and accepted and contacted me right away.

I think maybe they'll accept mid-major teams who have done everything they can do, to the best of their ability. You'd like to think these teams will get an extra look, that they won't just be summarily dismissed in favor of high-profile programs.

I think the team has handled it well. It's helped having the (freshmen) accepted early on. With some teams, that wouldn't happen, but we have great kids, and they knows it's a team game. They want to win, and they see that having freshmen in the lineup makes us better.

Jonathan controls the front seven, gets everyone lined up and takes care of the blitz package. He's been a great leader. He's an outstanding young man. He accepts coaching. He's done everything I've asked.

Chone Figgins

Just keep swinging and hope that you find the holes out there, ... As long as we win, you can accept it because you have the team to pick you up.

We invite everyone to accept the totality of our right in the nuclear field, to stop on this path means a red line for us.

You have to enjoy your work. I really don't think of it as work. It's something you incorporate into your life. You just accept it.