Famous Quotes & Sayings

Howard Schultz

I don't think there's a market in the world today for us that rivals the growth and development opportunity, and the early acceptance that we're enjoying throughout the country, that China has,

Robin Cook

I do think those who are calling for ground troops have to be prepared to accept casualties that we are not able to accept,

I'd prefer they didn't show them or accept them. They certainly looked like the artists' work, but if the West Australian gallery was interested in works from the Western Desert, you'd like to think they'd come to us directly.

James D. Watson

I do think one success of Northern Europe, which the United States came from, was its willingness to accept innovation in business practices like Adam Smith and the whole Enlightenment. It essentially made the merchant class free instead of controlled by the king and aristocracy. That was essential.

Jay Rosen

I don't see any way she could have returned to the paper because she had violated the code of professional journalism in so many ways that I didn't see the staff able to accept her again. I don't think her peers understood why she went to prison in the first place and why she left when she left.

I don't think anybody wants to play anybody with their starting quarterback and center gone, us included, but we're going to. With change, you've got to grow up and accept things the way they are.

Richard Petty

I am very proud of the titles I have earned. However, the honorary title I have been given this year as chairman of the VA National Salute to Hospitalized Veterans program is one I accept with great humility and pride. I encourage all Americans to visit some true champions this Valentine's week and find out how you can serve those who have served us so well.

Robert Sheckley

I am very pleased and perhaps a little surprised also because I don't think one knows the extent of one's own work or the acceptance of it.

I asked my entire team and got their opinion on it. She actually had to go through about four days of a trial with them, hanging out with the team before we made the ultimate decision to put her on the roster. We didn't want to add someone just to add someone. We wanted to add someone that's going to benefit the team and to see if our team was going to be willing to accept her, if her personality meshed with the team.

I am worried that we are being asked to accept a building that doesn't meet all the conditions yet.

Howard Zinn

I am willing to accept that there might be rare circumstances where applications of force might be effective,

I auditioned for ballet, but they called me up after the audition and asked if I'd take an acceptance in modern because they liked to watch me move, and my technique was terrible.

Marvin Hamlisch

I auditioned and was accepted to the Juilliard School of Music Preparatory Division at the age of six and a half.

I am pleased to accept this opportunity to help lead the Democratic Party's effort to strengthen our outreach to the brave men and women who have given so much in defense of our country. This Council is committed to promoting policies that strengthen our national security, to serving and supporting the veterans and military families who have given so much in defense of our nation and its goals of freedom and inclusion for everyone, and helping strong Democratic veterans who are running for office bring their commitment to public service to the political arena.

I am pleased however that our shop stewards and members have accepted a settlement that will see the great majority of our members go back to work or take voluntary separation,

Al Gore

I am not going to accept that label.

I am not going to accept a deal just for the sake of having labor peace. . . . The deal has got to be fair.

John Engler

I am proud to accept your endorsements and I pray to God that I may live up to your expectations, ... You have my word that I will do my very, very best.

Don Evans

I am proud to accept your challenge, and if confirmed will work to uphold your high standards,

John Garamendi

I am proud to accept the endorsement of the California Professional Firefighters - not just one of California's most respected organizations, but one that represents tens of thousands of California's bravest men and women.

I am proud of the fact that the U.K. is an open trading country. I welcome inward investment such as that of Nissan, and the takeover of struggling British companies by foreign companies who turn them around, as in the case of Jaguar Land Rover. I also accept that job losses sometimes have to occur to restore failing companies to health.

Shaun Alexander

I am proud of Mo and this whole team. I have been telling everybody for the last couple years that we were close to being a championship team, and I was proud of the guys this year for always accepting challenges. This was just another challenge. You lose a player, and guys just step up.

I am not saying believe what I say, I am not saying accept what I say. I am saying there is no need to be in a hurry to accept or reject. First at least listen - why be in such a hurry?

I am not the type who sits back and accepts life. That's someone else not me.

I feel better than I have felt in a long time. I want to play every game. It?s never hard for me to accept not playing.

Boomer Esiason

I feel bad for him because he really had a fantastic season and he deserved to be here to accept this award, but with an injury of that status this is kind of the peripheral things that happen. I'm happy for him and I'm happy for Marvin Lewis.

If DT Telecom or NTT come in with an $80-a-share offer, management might have a tough time not accepting such a high offer price.

If Delphi and its union collective bargain group have negotiate something that is represented to the judge by Delphi and the union, who are actually the parties involved, that is acceptable to them and is in the best interest of Delphi getting out of Chapter Eleven and rehabilitating itself, the judge is going to be hard pressed to not accept that.

I feel it's a huge gift to accept but it really makes me want to tear up the pool.

Alex Rios

I don't want to put that as an excuse. I didn't run and I've got to accept what I did.

Nicholas Sparks

I don't write romance novels, any more than Tom Clancy writes legal thrillers. Yes, I write about love and relationships and Tom Clancy writes a thriller, but what I do would not be accepted by romance publishers, since the romance genre has numerous requirements and I don't satisfy any of them. I write love stories, a completely different genre.

Mike Tice

He's not very happy. Would you be? You're in a heated battle to win a starting job. You get told by your head coach in the morning that you're going to be a backup. I thought he played well Friday night, but this gives us the best chance to be successful. As a team player I am sure he is accepting it. I'm certainly sure he doesn't like it.

Mark Prior

He's made some enemies in this clubhouse, for good or for bad. What I've learned in the four years is I don't take anything personally anymore. I respect the attention I get, and understand the scrutiny I'm under. I accept it and I'll go with it and take that responsibility and go out and pitch this year.