Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mary Astell

A woman indeed can't properly be said to choose, all that is allowed her, is to refuse or accept what is offered.

Melody Beattie

Acceptance is the magic that makes change possible. It is not forever, it is for the present moment

Michael J. Fox

Acceptance is the key to everything.

Martha Stewart

You should never accept what can be offered to you if you feel it can be improved.

Ted Nelson

I have long been alarmed by people's sheeplike acceptance of the term 'computer technology' - it sounds so objective and inexorable - when most computer technology is really a bunch of ideas turned into conventions and packages.

Margaret Mead

What is new is not bisexuality, but rather the widening of our awareness and acceptance of human capacities for sexual love.

Margaret Fuller

I accept the universe!

Michael Bloomberg

We may not always agree with every one of our neighbors. That's life. And it's part of living in such a diverse and dense city. But we also recognize that part of being a New Yorker is living with your neighbors in mutual respect and tolerance. It was exactly that spirit of openness and acceptance that was attacked on 9/11, 2001.

Sania Mirza

I guess people just have to accept it. That's how I play. I'm going to maybe have 50 unforced errors one day, but I'm going to also have 50 winners that day.

It has to both meet the functional requirements and be visually acceptable to the grounds building committee and board of trustees ? and come within budget.

It helps a lot to have (Gomez's) support. Back then, I never thought I'd find happiness again, but I've found someone who accepts us and loves us and truly understands.

It helps a lot. That's where the mission starts. Our tradition sets the bar. Knowing that nothing but winning a national championship is accepted really helps us.

I think about it at all times of the day, ... It's definitely sunk in. I'm accepting the challenge, I can't wait to get there and I think we're going to be ready.

Martin King

I submit that an individual who breaks the law that conscience tells him is unjust and willingly accepts the penalty by staying in jail to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the very highest respect for law.

Mike Mason

I think nowadays people accept people for what they are. I think it's quite nice to have a bit of gray. It goes back to the old idea of being slightly distinguished.

James Spithill

I just love sport; I love competing. I'm obsessed by it, to be honest. I can accept losing, sure, no question, but it just drives me crazy. Just ask my wife.

I realized then, I think I was set up. They didn't tell me until the last day, and I felt really bad about that. They didn't tell me I needed to play a couple more years. If they had said that, I could have accepted their point.

I put up a huge wall of denial. It was years before I was able to break through it... accepting that your child has a disability, especially one like LD that cannot be seen or easily diagnosed, is one of the hardest things to come to terms with.

Derek Miller

By helping professionals in our industry strive for quality, standards and greater acceptance of QVM practices, we can all help improve our surroundings while we continue to build our businesses.

Clearly directors and management have not accepted their responsibility for the company's inadequate risk, forecasting and financial controls,

James Anderson

City outreach teams have been working aggressively to convince these individuals to accept services. There's no question that we're dealing with a population that is difficult to engage, but we're making some headway and some of them are accepting services.

Mandy Moore

I'm learning to accept everything that I am. I've accepted that I'm not going to be a stick-thin-model kind of girl. When I was 14, I was tall and spindly. By the time I turned 18, I had become a woman, and my body's not going to go back to what it looked like when I was 14.

Larry Brown

I'm looking to see who is going to accept roles, do what we ask and be a great teammate.

Scarlett Johansson

I'm from New York so I feel very at home in London. It's like a metropolitan breeding ground for culture, art and diversity. I was very moved by how accepted I was there. There was definitely less need to wear my big sunglasses.

I'm pretty sure he wants to put the guys in place that he wants, ... So you accept it and move on and go where you're wanted.

Brian Jordan

I'm one of those guys who accepts the challenge of helping others and being a leader.

Garrett Gomez

I'm just happy to be able to participate, much less win two and then accept the Bill Shoemaker Award. It's beyond my wildest dreams.

Al Lewis

I'm for everyone having the opportunity to accept a $150,000 bribe.

Ken Green

I'm flattered by the honor, but I'll accept it on behalf of our whole staff. It's a reflection of the quality coaches I have around me and the talented basketball players.

Wesley Clark

I'm running to be the president of the United States, not the vice president, and I will not accept that nomination, ... Meet the Press.

If nuclear technology is useful for the United States, isn't it useful for other countries? We do not accept global nuclear and scientific 'apartheid'.

If nobody is going to buy this thing, then nobody in private industry is going to support it. It comes down to what will the consumer accept as an annoyance and a privacy risk.

If men can learn to be less defensive, more open to others, and more accepting of accountability, they will adapt well to the new global economy.