Famous Quotes & Sayings

Tom Lehman

I think one of the big issues with, you know, people who have strong faith in addition to competing is that conflict between accepting things the way they are, and wanting to compete and get better, and at what point are you in the right balance.

Bob Dylan

How many roads must a developer walk down, before they accept the amenities package?

Loving and accepting ourselves are the ultimate acts of courage.

Eckhart Tolle

If you find here & now intolerable, you have options: remove yourself from the situation, change it, or accept it totally.

Ayn Rand

Litigants obey the verdict of a tribunal solely on the premise that there is an objective rule of conduct, which they both accept.

Edwin Edwards

I did not do anything wrong as a governor, even if you accept the verdict as it is, it doesn't indicate that.

Ashleigh Brilliant

Accept me for what I am, completely unacceptable.

Ashleigh Brilliant

By accepting you as you are, I do not necessarily abandon all hope of your improving

Caleb Cushing

Some of them, in accepting the proposed plan of government, coupled their acceptance with a recommendation of various additions to the Constitution, which they deemed essential to the preservation of the rights of the States, or of the People.

Pele

In 1962, my injury wasn't because of violence; I just kicked the ball and it happened. And that was OK because Brazil won; I didn't have any difficulty in accepting that. I still got a medal because I'd played two games.

David Gergen

This story's going to have legs if somebody gets indicted. I think the president has to lance the boil directly?. It starts with facing reality, accepting your share of responsibility without blinking.

You made a decision somewhere that you're not accepting misdemeanants.

Lawrence Halprin

One is, that they will feel about you that you're going to make something wonderful for them. And they help you by expressing themselves. Not telling you how to do it, but encouraging you and accepting your vision and working with you on that kind of a level.

A. J. McLean

Accept life on life's terms and just let things go.

Abe Fortas

Dissent and dissenters have no monopoly on freedom. They must tolerate opposition. They must accept dissent from their dissent.

Harri Holkeri

Without accepting the other person's thinking, you cannot further your own interest. You need the other's help to get results.

Alan Cohen

What are you accepting that would not be a part of your ideal day?

Traveler's checks are nice to have if you have a habit of losing things or are traveling to a destination with a high crime threat, or to a very remote area. Otherwise, ATMs are virtually everywhere these days, with most accepting a variety of cards.

Jimmie Johnson

You know, there's nothing I can do about it, so I'm accepting it. I'm happy to see that as these last few days have gone by, a lot of people are understanding that it was a qualifying infraction, and there was a whole week that followed ... that we then cleared inspection and won the race. It's time to look ahead.

Parents have to be showing some interest in the schooling. With my teenage son, I have to be on him. I'm not accepting anything less. My mother did it with me. It didn't hurt me. . . . It helped me.

Tim Duncan

Paper doesn't mean anything to us. It's about going out there and playing together. It's about chemistry and people accepting roles. More talent doesn't always mean you're a better team.

Our university sits in a most unique position because we have a long history of accepting and promoting diversity in our system. I don't want us to lose that mission, because that's our roots, our history.

Robert Morse

People have to question the narrow scope of indicators. In many cases, these are public institutions and are accepting public funds, and they claim that they are educating students for the betterment of society. The indicators that they are using certainly aren't enough to conclude their premise that the top five schools are doing the best at that.

Ben Bernanke

Some influential voices of the time argued that by accepting higher inflation, policy-makers could bring about a permanently lower rate of unemployment.

David Johnson

I think the more people know about it the better. I think the problem is societal, in that you have a generation that grew up with computers. What's happening over time is people get so comfortable with computers and are accepting of software piracy, we see the same thing with plagiarism. It is so easy that they don't see a click of a mouse being a crime, but it is stealing.

Ken Whisenhunt

Jerome and Duce have taught Willie patience. They've worked with him on how to read blocks. He's been an accepting pupil. But the one thing you can't teach is his speed.

I resign for a fundamental reason. Against my strong advice, you decided to depart from your usual professional decision-making by accepting the invitation of the House Judiciary Committee to appear ... and serve as an aggressive advocate for the proposition that the evidence ... demonstrates that the president committed impeachable offenses.

I think we were agreed that he has already entered the canon of modern American drama among the immortals, along with Eugene O' Neill, Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller. It's just delightful that he would even consider accepting our offer because his stature is so unique in world literature.

I think we always have that opportunity. This team has demonstrated we are capable of accepting a challenge.

I think that accepting things on faith without any proof can be cool, but it can also lead to damage. Sometimes religion can be a crutch, and sometimes it can help people. As the Bible says, 'By their fruits ye shall know them.' If the results are good, fine. But if a religion results in people getting hurt, I have a problem with it.

Rest assured, the perception that nothing is being done is wrong. We work on this daily. Drug investigations are like no others. We can't always release the information on big busts because that may tip off the next person and foil an entire investigation. Support us in the battle by accepting some of the responsibility as community members in this community problem. It's not all up to law enforcement, we're only a part of the whole community.

Parrish needs closer access to doctors, dentists and restaurants. Accepting the retail means we have to accept the homes, so it's a double-edged sword for us.

J. C. Watts

I am in absolute, full and uninhibited support of Chairman Sensenbrenner in having extensive hearings, on-site hearings and accepting those from other organizations that will conduct their own,