Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dave Freudenthal

The safest course for all of us as public officials is simply to throw all the money in a sack. Or in the way of one servant in the Biblical parable of the talents, bury the money in the ground rather than accept any risk. The servant's business plan proved reliable but ineffective.

Chris Butler

The search for wisdom is a great challenge; to act on wisdom is an even greater challenge. To accept that you are spiritual in essence, that you are an eternal spark of life force, is to open the door on a whole new life. There are many questions now, and there will be many more questions ahead.

The seals were removed in the presence of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), who must accept an invitation from a country to be present at such operations.

The scope of the need is so great. Many of the libraries don't have walls. They don't have shelves. They're not in a position to accept books.

The school board will evaluate the facilities needs committee's recommendations. The board has to decide to accept or go lower or if they want to go for a bond.

John Jay

I've seen since Pac-10 started a greater focus in practice toward the game plan, the scouting report. He's absorbing more. The more anybody invests into something with a commitment; you don't accept failure as easy. You are better prepared to sustain effort and focus. It sure helps us when he plays like that. He's more difficult to deal with.

Danny Blind

I've spoken with Klaas-Jan about this and I've told him this will not be a usual thing. He accepts it because it's good for the team.

Ted Leonsis

It never should have happened, ... I remain committed to being an accessible owner. ... Additionally, I accept the league's findings and understand that regardless of the circumstances, I must be held to a higher standard than the general public.

It's an unfortunate experience for both universities. We accept the apology that Montana has provided and we just have to find a way to move forward. I trust Jim O'Day and I know it wasn't intentional, so we'll just move on.

It's an unfair system, ... You can go to one particular block in Long Island, for example, where 11 houses got a tax reduction last year because they filed grievances. The remaining 4 homeowners who didn't file a grievance are still overpaying. In most municipalities, if you don't file it means you accept the assessment value of your home.

It?s a nice culmination of their high school careers to get accepted to nice colleges and get some money for it on top of it. They?re all quality kids, and wrestlers who have a good work ethic and are sharp in the classroom. It?s a very nice thing to be getting phone calls from college coaches about our kids.

Hugh Johnson

It's a reasonably accepted conclusion that the Fed will raise rates in both June and August; that's what the market has discounted. I don't know if Friday's employment report will change that, no matter what it says.

I tried to take some risks and I made a mistake and it threw me off my focus a little bit. Technically, I'm right there with the best girls. It's a little hard to accept (fifth) when the objective is a medal but I'll be there in four years.

I totally accept accountability for the performance at this company,

Stephen Collins

I took the role because it's rare to read a script that makes me laugh and cry, and it spoke to my own religious feelings, as well as giving me a chance to draw on my experience as a parent. Accepting it was a no-brainer.

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.

Jason Mraz

I am who I am, you are who you are, and everything else is a perception based on acceptance, deception, smoke, mirrors, and so on. It's what's between us that seems to justify our accidental identities.

Hillary Clinton

Let us not forget that among [women's] rights is the right to speak freely.

Thomas Doll

You simply have to accept such situations. Such setbacks make us move closer together as a unit. One thing is for sure, we will field a class side on Sunday.

You should really filter information about diagnosis and treatment through your physician. The Internet can be a treasure-trove of information but you can't accept everything at face value.

Jennifer Lopez

Your Honor, I committed the crime of being on the cover of Us magazine with Ben Affleck 100 times too often. My lips were too shiny. I made horrible movies. For my penalty I accept five months in Alderson jail in West Virginia.

Gerard Way

Your going to come across a lot of shitty bands, and a lot of shitty people. And if anyone of those people call you names because of what you look like, or because they don't accept you for who you are. I want you to look right at that motherf****r, stick up your middle finger, and scream F**K YOU!

YOU must each one try to become ego-less; and then the Lord will accept you as His Flute.

You might as well bury the old person and accept the new.

You need to keep the attachment to provide the safety. But you also need to slowly, as they're ready to accept it, provide the individuality.

You need to accept responsibility to prepare ahead of time. Horses, they are large creatures, but very delicate creatures and people don't realize what a devastating role stress can have on a horse.

Helen Keller

Tolerance is the first principle of community; it is the spirit which conserves the best that all men think.

Helen Keller

The highest result of education is tolerance. Long ago men fought and died for their faith; but it took ages to teach them the other kind of courage, - the courage to recognize the faiths of their brethren and their rights of conscience.

Cassandra Clare

And I think that you do not understand that sometimes the only choice is between acceptance and madness.

I made clear I cannot accept the precondition that we must cease military activities first and then start negotiating. I'm sure the NATO partners see it the same way,

Tiger Woods

I'm a competitor, ... I know what I can do and it's frustrating when I know I didn't do it. You have to accept that and move on.

Adam Richman

I knew what I was getting into: 72-ounce steaks, shakes by the quart, atomic wings. When I landed 'Man v. Food' in 2008, I accepted the fact that my weight would fluctuate. But instead of stressing about the scale, I made my long-term health a primary concern.