Famous Quotes & Sayings

Doug Jones

My wife and I have never been able to have kids of our own. Physically, it's impossible. The doctor checked. So we tend to unofficially adopt lots of twenty-somethings. I have a real soft spot in my heart for youth.

Meanwhile I married and I adopted three kids who were all from one family and then later I was divorced.

Robert H. Schuller

I realized that every sermon I preached should be designed not to 'teach' or 'convert' people, but rather to encourage them, to give them a lift. I decided to adopt the spirit, style, strategy and substance of a 'therapist' in the pulpit.

Al Sharpton

The United States has got to adopt a policy of befriending and creating allies around the world.

Armin van Buuren

Holland was one of the first countries to adopt dance music into their culture, and we were the first ones to have really big raves. I grew up in that atmosphere in the early 1990s, and I was very interested in how dance music was made.

John F. Kennedy

We cannot expect that all nations will adopt like systems, for conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

Sandra Pupatello

We have to bring in a bill that is balanced, ... Most people aren't adopted so most people have no concept of the impact it has on people growing up and living their lives not knowing where they come from. It's nothing that we can ever imagine.

We have seven children, two that are biological, they are 18 and 15, we have three adopted, one almost adopted and a foster child and they are all under the age of three.

The partner could not adopt this child. You need to be a heterosexual couple legally to adopt a child.

To celebrate the first anniversary of the adopting in 2003, I decided to knit 100 pieces to send to the orphanage.

Tony Perez

There are a number of families that are adopting technology just to run their lives.

There are a lot of things the state adopted that make sense, but some are stupid.

The reason is that so many designers have adopted fur -- full-fur garments, fur trim, fur accessories. The revival is really being driven by the designers.

Rebecca Brown

There is no implication that we have to celebrate the Constitution, and we are not asked to adopt any point of view.

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 zero-tolerance policy toward gambling.

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

to adopt democracy as a tool to advance its foreign policies.

What's changing and why more people will adopt this, is choices in housing. As long as there are people unhappy with the status quo in housing choices, there will be an opportunity for well-built prefab or factory-built housing.

Judith Butler

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

John Barry

There certainly is a lot of political pressure for states to adopt the new federal tax codes. But there is no law that requires them to do so.

There have been studies showing that gay couples, because of their role in society and because they are often seen as second-class citizens, are more open to adopting children with special needs. Also, gay couples are not seen as the ideal family, so it's easier for them to foster kids with special needs, then later adopt them.

There have been so many people who come in and want to see her and the puppies. One woman wanted to adopt one of these puppies because she had four cats at home and thought that a puppy raised by a cat would be perfect to get along with. Everyone who comes in is just amazed by the whole story.

We said we would let those closer adopt first, to try and save them a trip,

We also hope the Iran side, the EU side can ... adopt concrete and practical steps to break the deadlock so as to quickly resume their dialogue, consultation and negotiations.

Ida Lupino

Come hell or high water, adopted or my own. I am going to have, I must have some kids.

Eartha Kitt

I'm an orphan. But the public has adopted me, and that has been my only family. The biggest family in the world is my fans.

Arthur Rubinstein

To be alive, to be able to see, to walk, to have houses, music, paintings - it's all a miracle. I have adopted the technique of living life miracle to miracle.

Big Smo

I had a sister who was killed in a motorcycle wreck when I was around 4 years old. My parents adopted her son, and so my nephew became my brother. He was three years older than me, so through him, I was exposed to hip-hop.

We wait until all the kittens are adopted before we bring in new ones. The reason why we do this is to lower the risk of spreading infections a kitten might possibly have.

We are working on the assumption that it is also the H5N1 virus and all the measures have been adopted with that in mind.

We have been looking for an opportunity to adopt a family and once we were put into contact with the Richards family we have taken them under our wing.

We have found that to be the biggest barrier to adoption with the customers we worked with. It's definitely a pain point for IT customers.