Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ibrahim Rugova

I am two times (their) elected leader, I have a right to speak ... and even these days ... the (refugee) camps of Macedonia, Albania accept me, respect me.

Ai Miyazato

I am sorry it happened and accept the ruling.

Melvin Mora

I apologize to Venezuela. They know how much I love my country, but I cannot accept what they proposed to me. I respect the Florida Marlins because they tried to push Miguel Cabrera into third base, but this is not spring training. This is a big competition and you represent your country.

I apologize to the team, to the coaches, the university and the fans for my violation of a team rule. I accept the coach's decision to be suspended from the Pac-10 Tournament. I wish the team well and hope for its success. I'm looking forward to participating in the NCAA Tournament if Arizona is invited.

Chris Patten

Certainly in Europe, I don't think that would be acceptable to our electorates. I think our electorates would much prefer us to say, well, we'll do what we can to ensure that at least on our part the protocol is ratified by the time of the conference on sustainable development in 2002,

CBS News cannot prove that the documents are authentic, which is the only acceptable journalistic standard to justify using them in the report,

But there have been a lot of myths about how special schools are very special, with more one-to-one and so on, with not a lot of evidence that that is the case. What there is evidence of is that if children with special needs mix with others, it helps to make people in society more accepting of difference.

Businesses or factories where we cannot restore profitability to an acceptable level will be closed or sold.

Harold Washington

Business as usual will not be accepted by this chief executive of this great city.

Harold Washington

Business as usual will not be accepted by the people of this city.

Bryant brings tremendous experience to the city. His vision and knowledge will provide tangible benefits to our citizens in many ways, We look forward to accepting him to this very important position as city engineer.

Bryan has decided that his preference is to leave the Suns, and under those circumstances, we saw no other option other than to accept his decision.

But can I live with celibacy? That's a hard decision to make. Some people don't understand why somebody would choose that. But it's part of the vocation, so how are you going to accept it in a healthy way?

But as your family grows and your considerations change, I think you would find it's certainly acceptable to arrive a few hours later, or even a day later.

Sathya Baba

But a little milk, butter and cheese are acceptable because no harm is done in obtaining them.

Basically the school system sets you up with what it wants to set you up with. They're really good at it. I think they're too good. Problem is, what they're doing is conditioning kids to merely accept the culture at hand. But the rebels won't accept it.

Barnhill Condominiums is well along in the planning and development and the marketing. I have a very, very strong market acceptance of Barnhill. If the university really insists, I think I would have a lot of disappointed customers.

Stephen Smith

Barnes accepts the legal responsibility. We don't like it, but we don't contest the law.

China realizes that the world is watching and it must play fair in the implementation of the Anti-monopoly Law, ... Given the long history of state-managed enterprises and protectionism, it still is going to take time for China to fully accept cross-border mergers and acquisitions.

China may not view it (Disney) as a cancer, but it won't accept it that easily.

China has been successful - let's accept it. We want to emulate China no matter how we say we are different and want to be different. The fact of the matter is that they're on top.

My dorm is way too chaotic to work in. It would make my life a lot easier if Snell would stay open for a few more hours. Boston University actually accepted me last year. I'm sure that if I'd gone there the library hours would be a better fit for me. It would just be a lot easier to get my work done.

Must we accept that the only alternatives are to either incrementally improve our current patchwork of identification documents, drivers licenses, Social Security cards and the like, or alternatively, move to some centralized federal data bases that aggregate all sorts of privacy-sensitive information,

Dhirubhai Ambani

My advice to young entrepreneurs is not to accept defeat in the face of odds, and challenge negative forces with hope, self-confidence and conviction.

My advice to him after consulting other officials is that he should not accept the appointment.

More and more urban families are employing children to work in their homes. It is disappointing that these people, who have high levels of education and good incomes, do not recognize this as something that is not acceptable in modern society.

Jan Egeland

More is currently at stake in terms of lives saved or lost in Africa than on any other continent. As humanitarian workers, we cannot accept that so many lives are lost every year on this continent to preventable diseases, neglect and senseless brutality.

Money damages can get the job done. Beyond that, nothing further needs to be done. Money damages are a completely acceptable solution in this case.

My father was a Presbyterian minister, working among the poor in West Virginia. He had taken what amounted to a vow of poverty when he accepted that call and so we never had much money.

Bill Belichick

My father was always just part of the team. He willingly accepted whatever responsibility he was given, whether it was coaching the linebackers or the junior varsity.

My dad has always told me to accept who you are. I'm sure people said stuff, but it never mattered.

No one was willing to accept the fact that we were going home.

Nynex has had an ongoing volunteer retirement program and some folks may slide over to those positions as people accept the buyouts.