Famous Quotes & Sayings

Joe Trippi

What drives me, really, is changing things, not accepting the conventional wisdom. I hate it when somebody says it can't be done. I know there are people saying Mfume can't win. But why? Tell me why.

J. R. R. Tolkien

What do you fear my lady?' 'A cage. To stay behind bars until use and old age accept them and all chance of valor has gone beyond beyond recall or desire.

There is a strong move in the south to form a southern region. But there is a also a strong objection from Sunnis even though they accept autonomy for Kurdistan. They think ... federalism should be discussed after the coming elections.

There is a growing acceptance and interest in publicly funded school choice as a catalyst for education reform in general and a way to empower parents to be education reformers.

Jalal Talabani

There is no excuse or justification for the Sunni brothers to boycott after we accepted all their demands and suggestions without changing a letter in them, ... Their task now is to participate with us and vote 'yes' for the constitution, and cooperate with us to fight terrorism and the people who want to destroy the country.

There is good energy there. They're still learning but they're accepting the challenge. Not it's just getting them to shake off the nerves.

Bryan Brown

The purpose of the Buddy Walk is to raise awareness and acceptance for individuals with Down syndrome and to main stream society,

The purpose of election integrity law is to ensure that votes are accurately counted, not to ensure that all equipment vendors can comply. The law requires voting machine transparency for good reason. All vendors must realize that the public will not and should not accept a process that forces them to simply trust, but not verify, their votes are accurately counted.

Gray Davis

The people did decide that it's time for someone else to serve and I accept their judgment.

The people of Texas A&M and the community have accepted us with open arms, and when I say that, I'm not just talking about our team, but everyone in the Tulane family. We have all of our student-athletes here and enrolled and we are thankful to be here and begin the semester on the Texas A&M campus. Our thoughts and prayers, however, are with the city of New Orleans and our campus.

We're producing the medically acceptable benchmarks. So we're doing everything we can. We're willing to work with governments at any level to produce access for patients. What are the governments doing?

Richard Seymour

We took one on the chin. We accept that.

Richard Seymour

We took one on the chin (in Carolina) and we accept that. There's a lot of room for improvement with everybody on the team. It has to start this week.

We took a very hard line in support of our members, that we could not and would not accept outsourcing.

Greg Davis

We told Vince going into that game that it represented his chance to play well in a big game. He accepted the challenge and got it done. By playing well in a big game, it definitely raises your confidence as a player.

We're pleased to have Foundry Networks as a founding member of the Ethernet Alliance. Foundry was a very active member in the 10 Gigabit Ethernet Alliance, successfully promoting this important technology from its inception over five years ago. We look forward to their participation in the new Ethernet Alliance as we promote the acceptance and application of current and emerging Ethernet standards in a broad range of environments.

We're pleased the Legislature has accepted the majority of what the state board has recommended.

James Wallace

We're pleased the court's going to move forward promptly and we would hope that RIM would accept our offer for a reasonable royalty license.

When I accepted the commission, I had something of an epiphany in the research I did about the agency, actually the science of espionage. I realized there is a connection between the sciences and the invisible forces of man.

When I accepted Jesus into my life. I'm telling the truth now.

Charles R. Swindoll

The secret to responsible trust is acceptance. Acceptance is taking from God's hand absolutely anything He gives, looking into His face in trust and thanksgiving, knowing that the confinement of the hedge we're in is good and for His glory. Even though what we're enduring may be painful, it's good simply because God Himself has allowed it.

I am sure there will come a time when we are going to use AMD. The products have been getting better. The acceptance is getting better. But we have not been suffering as a company for either growth or profitability because we haven't had AMD.

God is pretty explicit in what we're supposed to do - what man and woman are for. Now, at the same time, we're supposed to love everybody and accept people, and preach against the sins.

John Major

It is time to return to core values, time to get back to basics, to self-discipline and respect for the law, to consideration for the others, to accepting responsibility for yourself and your family - and not shuffling it off on other people and the state.

Jennifer Warnes

I've always wanted to be accepted by country music fans - without lying.

Bashar Assad

We cannot accept what we see on our television every day of the bombing of innocent civilians. There are hundreds now every day.

We cannot accept these statements, and we will not sign any contracts with Mr. Robertson.

We cannot accept the prejudices that some international organizations and some individuals hold against China and their practices over these issues,

Giacinto Facchetti

We cannot accept it when disappointment degenerates into violence.

We cannot accept a situation where the biggest, most efficient supplier is excluded from selling directly to us.

We cannot accept anything less than the least that we have accepted in the American compromise, ... And I think that has to be made very clear to the Israelis.

Robin Cook

We cannot accept any peace that does not allow refugees to return and return safely,

Jane Fonda

We can no longer waste time and money. Every day, more than 2,000 girls in America, age 15-19, give birth - in the wealthiest, most educated nation in the world! Neither you nor I should accept this statistic.