Famous Quotes & Sayings

And you can even adopt a pet, not this one though.

An investor who was long the market from November to April, but then adopted a defensive approach by rotating into either the S&P Consumer Staples or Health Care sectors during May through October, would have found ... that the returns were well worth the effort.

Jon Voight

Angelina adopted a Cambodian baby. I'm a grandfather today.

And when the customers demand technology we move and adopt it. And right now since we're focused mostly on corporations they are not demanding it.

Tess Gerritsen

While the TV show 'Rizzoli & Isles' may have been inspired by my books, show runner Janet Tamaro has total control over where the TV characters go from there. As Janet once put it, I'm the birth mother, but she's the mother who adopted them, and now that Jane and Maura are living in her house, they have to do what she tells them to do.

Iris Chang

As the Chinese grew in numbers, the immigrant population grew to the extent that it became a huge economic threat, there were efforts among white workers to organize among themselves politically, and what was unfortunate was that both major parties adopted anti-Chinese platforms.

Content developers and value-added services providers may have better revenue prospects if they work closely with broadband service providers which lead the adoption of fiber-to-the-home in those markets.

Consumers weren't adopting a technology that the government thought they should be adopting quickly, so government stepped in and said, you're going to adopt, and we're going to force you to adopt by basically making your television sets go blank if you don't either buy a digital TV or buy a converter box.

Consumers show more likelihood to adopt a device recognition solution, and therefore the implementation bodes well for positive ROI and continued use of the online channel.

Padmasree Warrior

I think the adoption rate with respect to social media and how companies leverage that varies by the company. Cisco is probably a leader in the space. A lot of times, we actually use virtual ways to communicate our brand and do some of our advertising, first on the social space, then we do on physical advertising.

George Bell

We are as optimistic as ever about the accelerated adoption of broadband services by consumers, underlined by our strong year-end broadband subscriber growth, ... While content services remain a compelling element of our opportunity, it is critical that the cost structure of our media business correlate with the changing online media world. As we mature as a business and drive towards profitability, we continue to refine our core business.

Judith Butler

What is ironic is that equating Zionism with Jewishness, is adopting the very tactic favoured by anti-semites.

We found that to be unfortunate, that the commission adopted a (profit level) higher than its own staff recommended.

W. S. Gilbert

We want to ensure that companies are able to efficiently adopt this new technology. Our RFID consultants can confidently and quickly evaluate the impact of Generation 2 to customers' RFID processes and infrastructure and guide them through the hardware updates, potential configuration changes and system testing that will be required, as well as provide some education on Generation 2's benefits.

You have a situation where the board made a commitment to the shareholders and adopted a policy in response to the clear majority of the shareholders. Now, they're turning their back on that and with impunity just disregarding it.

With identity theft being one of the fastest growing crimes in the United States, it is crucial that consumers monitor their identities and adopt good practices for protecting themselves. Only through a combination of proactive monitoring and education can consumers understand how identity theft happens, how to protect themselves, and what steps to take if their identity is stolen. First Community Bank is pleased to provide this informative seminar in an effort to create more awareness and help protect the citizens of this community.

To my knowledge nobody has ever said a negative word to Brittney about her mother. The fact is Brittney wants to be adopted and maintain her relationship with her mother.

There could be demand for the technology developed through Higgins, because there are those enterprises that have no interest in adopting a Microsoft solution and want a viable alternative.

We have adopted a more positive stance in retail and wholesale banking following strong cost containment in 2006.

FDA's recommendation to adopt RFID technology by 2007 has been an everyday conversation with brand owners. In some cases, the term RFID has become the umbrella name to loosely describe initiatives to meet local government requirements in electronic pedigree, track and trace, and brand authentication, all of which may work in tandem with RFID, but equally can be implemented and referred to as a stand-alone application or solution.

David Anthony

There's a danger inherent in adopting rules that sound good but have no statistical basis or significance.

Patrick Fitzgerald

There's no allegation in the indictment in Chicago that anyone adopted children. The indictment doesn't speak to that, and I'll just look to my left to make sure of that. There's no such allegation about someone being adopted.

Stephen Hadley

What this means is that India, which has had a good record in safeguarding technology, but has largely stood out from outside the global nonproliferation arrangements, is moving inside those arrangements. It is adopting practices and procedures, export controls and other safeguards that are much more in line with the international community's efforts to police proliferation and avoid proliferation.

We tease them that we're going to adopt more kids to continue going to basketball games. We don't want to think about there being no games to go to.

I am a big proponent of adopting dogs through shelters and rescue operations. Having dogs in the office might not be right for everyone, but it has certainly worked well for me. My advice to other offices, on the Hill and off, would be to try it out.

Scott Simon

There are times when the adoption process is exhausting and painful and makes you want to scream. But, I am told, so does childbirth.

Merrill Markoe

Some people know that they are so adorable looking, all they have to do is smile and dress up and they get plenty from that. Then there are some of us who, early on, see that that doesn't work. So we joke about it.

Ronnie Musgrove

The issue of equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals has vexed politicians for decades. I have my own cloudy history with the issue, having supported a law in Mississippi that made it illegal for LGBT couples to adopt children. I believed at the time this was a principled position based on my faith.

Rick Perlstein

As an adult, I've always found the stereotype that Jews are liberal a curious one; my parents' circle was predominantly conservative, not just on Israel but on most political issues. Most of all, they were intensely (and this is a word I remember repeating in my own angry adolescent dialogues with myself) tribal.

Robert Osborne

Lana Turner was adorable and funny. Jimmy Stewart was such a nice person. I quickly realized that if you're not a nice person, you're not going to last in this business. I mean, once your box office starts to drop off, like Veronica Lake, they'll get rid of you fast.

Michael Fox

Nobody would choose to have a disease visited upon them. Still, Parkinson's forced me to make a fundamental life decision: adopt a siege mentality - or embark upon a life journey.

Henry Morgan

People with insufficient personalities are fond of cats. These people adore being ignored.

No one had any doubt they would reach 1 million (downloads). But I think the speed of adoption is ahead of expectations. It's a good sign for Apple, and its strategy.