Famous Quotes & Sayings

Wayne Dyer

If I could define enlightenment briefly I would say it is ''the quiet acceptance of what is.''

If I cried it's probably crocodile tears. It's hard to see, with an extremist piece of legislation like that, how anything acceptable could result.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that

Monta Ellis

If I fought it, it would have been an even bigger deal than it was. You've just got to be able to accept it no matter what happens.

Gene Kelly

The future of dance will always be tied up with the public's acceptance of the star. If they accept the star, then they'll accept the dance.

Jennifer Armintrout

Because Melissa McCarthy actually is a fat woman, she isnt allowed to make brash statements about body acceptance. She has to apologize for her body.

John Payne

If everything is correct, then we will accept the filing,

Ben Bernanke

I came home from school one day, and there was a phone call for me. And I picked up the phone. They said, 'This is the Harvard Admissions Department. We'd like to let you know that you're accepted in the freshman class.' And I said, 'Come on, who is this really?'

Carlos Queiroz

I can't accept us playing better at home than away.

I can't accept this match was played - it was irresponsible. We have an injured player in the dressing room and he is an important player.

I can't accept this match was played - it was irresponsible.

Robin Gibb

I can't accept that he's dead. I just imagine he's alive somewhere else. Pretend is the right word. Pretend is where I'm at.

I can't accept that August won't do everything he can to overcome this. He can't give up. I hope he can continue and overcome this horrendous challenge. We are honored and privileged to have him among us.

I can assure you the letter was not related to the contributions he had accepted previously or following that letter. He does not do quid pro quo business.

I categorically refuse to accept anything that Jose says about Mark.

Curtis Sliwa

I can only warn you as a message ... if you choose to do nothing, if you choose to accept the status quo, things will ... get worse.

I cannot imagine it being acceptable for a doctor to tell a woman that she cannot use her arm fully for the rest of her life.

Jerry Lewis

I couldn't fathom little babies without water or food all that time. I find it impossible for my mind to accept men crying and fighting for their lives in front of everyone. Please search your hearts and know that what you do now is for human beings to stay alive.

Brooke Smith

I don't think there's any good feeling about losing. I think that as a team, we've come a tremendously long way since November and December. In a couple of weeks, we can look back at that and be proud of it, but I don't think it makes this loss more acceptable or make it hurt any less.

Howard Schultz

I don't think there's a market in the world today for us that rivals the growth and development opportunity, and the early acceptance that we're enjoying throughout the country, that China has,

Robin Cook

I do think those who are calling for ground troops have to be prepared to accept casualties that we are not able to accept,

I'd prefer they didn't show them or accept them. They certainly looked like the artists' work, but if the West Australian gallery was interested in works from the Western Desert, you'd like to think they'd come to us directly.

James D. Watson

I do think one success of Northern Europe, which the United States came from, was its willingness to accept innovation in business practices like Adam Smith and the whole Enlightenment. It essentially made the merchant class free instead of controlled by the king and aristocracy. That was essential.

Jay Rosen

I don't see any way she could have returned to the paper because she had violated the code of professional journalism in so many ways that I didn't see the staff able to accept her again. I don't think her peers understood why she went to prison in the first place and why she left when she left.

I don't think anybody wants to play anybody with their starting quarterback and center gone, us included, but we're going to. With change, you've got to grow up and accept things the way they are.

Richard Petty

I am very proud of the titles I have earned. However, the honorary title I have been given this year as chairman of the VA National Salute to Hospitalized Veterans program is one I accept with great humility and pride. I encourage all Americans to visit some true champions this Valentine's week and find out how you can serve those who have served us so well.

Robert Sheckley

I am very pleased and perhaps a little surprised also because I don't think one knows the extent of one's own work or the acceptance of it.

I asked my entire team and got their opinion on it. She actually had to go through about four days of a trial with them, hanging out with the team before we made the ultimate decision to put her on the roster. We didn't want to add someone just to add someone. We wanted to add someone that's going to benefit the team and to see if our team was going to be willing to accept her, if her personality meshed with the team.

I am worried that we are being asked to accept a building that doesn't meet all the conditions yet.

Howard Zinn

I am willing to accept that there might be rare circumstances where applications of force might be effective,

I auditioned for ballet, but they called me up after the audition and asked if I'd take an acceptance in modern because they liked to watch me move, and my technique was terrible.

Marvin Hamlisch

I auditioned and was accepted to the Juilliard School of Music Preparatory Division at the age of six and a half.

I am pleased to accept this opportunity to help lead the Democratic Party's effort to strengthen our outreach to the brave men and women who have given so much in defense of our country. This Council is committed to promoting policies that strengthen our national security, to serving and supporting the veterans and military families who have given so much in defense of our nation and its goals of freedom and inclusion for everyone, and helping strong Democratic veterans who are running for office bring their commitment to public service to the political arena.