Famous Quotes & Sayings

He had a heart of gold. He always wanted to help. He was an amazing man. I can't accept the fact he's gone.

Jacques Villeneuve

He doesn't seem to have the personality for a No. 2: He is a fighter. He's not one who will just accept being behind. He is still progressing, and Ferrari can only be good for him.

Caron Butler

He gave me an opportunity when everybody turned their back on me. He gave me a chance to come to school. He accepted me into his family. It was a great experience for me at UConn and I am grateful to him for that. I wouldn't miss this for anything.

He made us a donation which we accepted in good faith and which is regarded as being legitimate.

He never disputed (Diana's) charges, ... He never wanted anyone to defend him. With the result, her version of the events is the accepted version, accepted wisdom and I think it's extremely unfair to the Prince of Wales.

He never did well in school, and she couldn't accept that. She felt it was a failure on her part.

Today, literate people of the space age, in well-populated countries, are not prepared to accept taboos without question.

Reinhold Niebuhr

Change what cannot be accepted and accept what cannot be changed.

William Bell

The accepted versions of the Bible are all substantially correct.

Van Morrison

I have to accept the fact that I was putting out records that reviewers were going to get an image from.

Saul Alinsky

The establishment can accept being screwed, but not being laughed at

Whoopi Goldberg

I've learned to take time for myself and to treat myself with a great deal of love and respect, because I like me.. I think I'm kind of cool.

Yasser Arafat

I have a solution. I agree for the United Nations forces to be on the borders between me and them for any period of time. Okay? Ezer Weizman challenged me a few days ago to accept an Israeli - Palestinian confederation.

Will Oldham

It's O.K. to accept good fortune.

William Glasser

Using no control and using humor will build a relationship and make a dent to where the client puts the counselor in their quality world and then begins to relate and seek out the counselor. Effective therapy begins with the acceptance of the therapist into the client's quality world.

Winston Churchill

I have never accepted what many people have kindly said - namely that I inspired the nation. Their will was resolute and remorseless, and as it proved, unconquerable. It fell to me to express it.

Winston Churchill

Life can either be accepted or changed. If it is not accepted, it must be changed. If it cannot be changed, then it must be accepted.

Winston Churchill

It cannot in the opinion of His Majesty's Government be classified as slavery in the extreme acceptance of the word without some risk of terminological inexactitude.

Sam Cooke

There been times when I thought I couldn't last for long But now I think I'm able to carry on It's been a long, been a long time coming But I know a change is gonna come, oh yes it will

William Hazlitt

Let a man's talents or virtues be what they may, he will only feel satisfaction in his society as he is satisfied in himself.

William Hazlitt

Those people who are uncomfortable in themselves are disagreeable to others.

William Hazlitt

He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by others.

Wendell Berry

No matter how much one may love the world as a whole, one can live fully in it only by living responsibly in some small part of it. Where we live and who we live there with define the terms of our relationship to the world and to humanity. We thus come again to the paradox that one can become whole only by the responsible acceptance of one's partiality.

W. Somerset Maugham

I do not confer praise or blame: I accept. I am the measure of all things. I am the center of the world.

William O. Douglas

Acceptance by government of a dissident press is a measure of the maturity of a nation.

William O. Douglas

The function of free speech under our system of government is to invite dispute. It may indeed best serve its high purpose when it invites a condition of unrest, creates dissatisfaction with conditions as they are, or even stirs people to anger. Speech is often provocative and challenging. It may strike at prejudices and preconceptions and have profound unsettling effects as it passes for acceptance of an idea.

Zig Ziglar

One of the greatest disasters of our time is our universal acceptance of the word "tolerance" as a great virtue.

Our biggest obstacle this first year is to help folks understand what the duck race is, how they can win and what the money will be used for, ... We expect it will grow in size and acceptance in the coming years, but we do know that it will be a fun event for Zionsville families from this year forward.

Manmohan Singh

Other than that we have accepted everything. They want to give us financial aid, they want to give us medicines, they want to give us relief goods ... already we have accepted,

Don Davis

Rohan has a strong throwing arm, so he was definitely able to give us the look when we faced big-armed quarterbacks who could throw the ball deep. He?s a professional. He always came in and did his job and you always want a guy like that, not someone with a bad attitude. He accepted his role knowing that he was behind Tom Brady and had to help get the defense together. He was competitive with it, and I think that helped. Those are the things that made him a good quarterback.

Retailers cited several positive external factors contributing to the increased sales this year. The top three reasons were decreased gas prices, increased acceptance or comfort with online shopping, and the press coverage about online shopping. We are experiencing a general momentum right now.

Restructuring is the first step and that's the easy part, but what they don't have yet is a viable business model. The market won't accept hollow promises.

Francis Escudero

Remember, it is the violation of the law, of the letter of the Con-stitution, which precipitated all ofthese. Instead of blaming the opposition or any other group, they should first look at themselves in the mirror because all of these came from their own action or inaction while in office. Should it happen this time around, simply because that is what the people want, I expect her to be the very first one to understand, accept and embrace it,because she knows how it works. She used it once upon a time. And she should accept it even if its there, staring her at the face.