Famous Quotes & Sayings

We're going to adopt one of the two because those models have been out there for a long time, ... We're still trying to figure out the best method to do that and keep the private sector on a level playing field.

We're very happy with the document that the seven states have agreed on, and we're optimistic that the Department of Interior will adopt the states' position.

Frank Stronach

We feel responsible for the evacuees. They're our adopted community.

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.

Council and staff have been optimistic since the beginning of the budget adoption process that our revenue for this year would be able to fund some of these items.

There's such a quantity of dogs out there. But people there aren't interested in adopting a dog off the street. They're trying to rebuild their lives.

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.

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.

Michael Reagan

My adoption was treated as a celebration.

Patricia McConnell

A crisis of confidence is so common that it should be considered a universal part of the adoption process.

I am now in a position to ask the (Aviation Safety) Commission to quickly adopt the black list and to publish it, so that we can make sure that the companies identified in it will not have the possibility to enter Europe before they have resolved their problems.

Bill Clinton

I believe it is unnecessary and unwise to adopt a balanced budget amendment that could cripple our country in time of crisis later on, and force unwanted results such as judges halting Social Security checks or increasing taxes, ... hyperbolic.

If Civic Platform nails down a strong victory, then euro adoption becomes that much more likely.

I don't think these low-income people are ready to adopt this purchasing style yet, ... It's different in the major cities where people don't mind spending 10,000 renminbi (US$1,234) to buy a computer.

However, when it comes to standards, it is possible for high-tech companies to influence world governments. Intel helped to persuade China not to pursue its own wireless standard and to support open standards adopted and supported worldwide.

How often do people adopt 11-year-old troubled boys? ... When he was adopted, his life opened up. ... If that hadn't happened, Gumby probably would have never happened.

Infrastructure is clearly a critical process for adopting hydrogen fuels. There's certainly going to be places where hydrogen won't be existing for a long time, but the petroleum infrastructure is just about everywhere now.

Paul Burke

Indians look at adoption differently. Once you're adopted you have all kinds of relatives. They look at family as a whole.

Joseph Rotblat

Indeed, the very first resolution of the General Assembly of the United Nations - adopted unanimously - called for the elimination of nuclear weapons.

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

In music, you have to speak about a form-form, of adopted formal elements that are applied in order to express certain specific things. Because painting with music, that's something completely different.

Susan Brooks

In most states, the courts have not looked beyond the biological connections, marriage or adoption in determining the definition of a parent.

In Liberia, it is part of the culture to adopt each other. The idea of outside adoption was foreign to him.

Steve Johnson

In legislation that became effective in 2005, Congress adopted a uniform definition for most people. It won't change what they can take, but it'll make it easier for them to understand.

Dean Cain

I mean there's no particular role I'm going after. If there was something I had in mind, I would start to adopt that look.

I'm asking for the mall to adopt better security measures, adopt some kind of curfew that will make it a safer place for everybody.

Ann Wilson

I'm a single mum and my daughter came from a really potentially tragic situation. If I had not adopted her she was kind of like a lost lamb.

If the woman changes her mind and wants the child, she should be responsible. If she can't take care of the child, adoption is a good alternative.

If you adopt a room, you not only buy the furnishings, but you do the decorating.

If you are not able to fill a box you may like to donate items to be packed by the Lioness Club in the box provided at the National Bank, or adopt a box for $7,

Robert Scoble

If you're in business, and you don't understand how that word of mouth works, you won't be able to take full advantage of it, how to get full adoption by getting that network to talk about you.