Famous Quotes & Sayings

If we accept federalism, the country will be finished.

If that's going to be the policy of the church as the church seeks to be its best self, then I'm going to accept what the church tells me, ... On the other hand, I would have an awful lot of compassion for men who are holy, celibate, chaste and who are homosexual and have served the church well.

If the documents appear to be legitimate, we accept them.

If the Democratic Organization has accepted donations from Jack Morris, how can the freeholders award tax-dollar subsidies for this project? To avoid this impropriety, they should let the voter decide on the use of revenue by a referendum.

If the church was in the county, this never would have happened. They never would have allowed us to be inundated with traffic out here. The city never accepted responsibility for this. They do this all over. They give carte blanche to developers. I firmly believe that's why the church was annexed into the city. I firmly believe that's why they never talked to us and they never got a development order.

Abdullah Gul

If the European Union decides not to keep its word, if its own leaders decide to forget their signatures beneath the decisions they've made before the ink has even dried ... if they decide to ignore all this and impose new conditions that Turkey will never accept ... then of course in that case this kind of partnership can never be.

If the government wants to put an end to these types of transactions, the proper response is for Congress to change the law, not to scare professionals away with indictments. It is a misuse of prosecutorial discretion to use criminal prosecutions to change accepted and legitimate standards of conduct.

If it's acceptable there, one can hardly threaten another country - with which, incidentally, negotiations are ongoing - with the military option.

He was a very strict disciplinarian. You learned to accept responsibility from him, and I think he really helped a lot of people in growing up. He helped us mature a little bit along the way.

Chad Williams

He's (Gray) such a tough kid, and he did a nice job on Harrison tonight. He still got his buckets, but he worked for every one of them, and I'm accepting two threes that he hit because it was my fault, because I thought it would be a really good thing to play zone, and he showed me it probably wasn't a good thing.

Dick Enberg

I was shocked when I got the call. I still regard myself as being very strong on football, and I think we had a great season. I can't accept that my work is any less than it was in the past. I feel I story-tell as well as anyone. I won't take this as a defeat.

I was raised with the idea that the word hate is extremely strong. So it might be OK to hate Adolf Hitler. It's OK to hate Satan. These are acceptable figures to whom the word hate can apply. I would proudly wear the badge of hater of many of Bush's policies. But the man? I don't like him, but hate him?

John Stevens

I wouldn't have accepted if I didn't have the powers I need. If teams don't comply, they're going against the common good, and if they don't, why won't they?

Daniel Alfredsson

I would be very surprised if we were able to get an agreement. We're not going to accept a hard cap, but it's good we're talking.

Thomas Sullivan

I would give a sentence much greater than this and this is conduct that is not acceptable in society, this conduct she keeps committing,

I would expect that if they don't accept our petition, we will probably have to file another lawsuit.

Erwin Chemerinsky

I would have enthusiastically accepted the offer if more resources had been available. But under these circumstances, I regretfully must decline.

I would have a very difficult time, a very difficult time, accepting this as beneficial to the people of Saskatchewan.

Chellie Pingree

I work in a world of words - words that inspire, words that persuade and, increasingly, words that can send the message that it is acceptable to hate.

Julian Casablancas

I guess I'm of two minds about (that). One half accepts it, I'm grateful for anything I can get. And the other half, the motivated part of me wants to have the same thing going here in the United States.

Mark King

I grew up playing video games, and I continue to play them. My wife doesn't play that often, but my daughters do. Playing games has become more acceptable and I think that is only going to continue.

Susan Sarandon

If we're not here, we're saying what happened is acceptable and normal and I think that does a disservice to other police, ... We Shall Overcome.

If we hold the line, Northwest will have to come back to the table and provide a contract that is acceptable to our members.

E. O. Wilson

I got the sense in the room they were just afraid of a work stoppage, afraid of the union, and they would accept anything. The union should've asked for more; they would've gotten it. It was a panic deal. I've seen it before, but not like this.

Omar Suleiman

If they don't accept to commit themselves to these issues, nobody will deal with them.

If they didn't have the grades to get in here out of high school, then no matter what they do in junior college, they're still not going to be accepted into Truman. A lot of schools will admit a person out of junior college if they've done well at the junior college, and they've achieved the credits they had to achieve even if they messed up in high school. That's the difference.

If they can produce a transcript showing 14 core courses, then how can you challenge that? I would say that we would follow set admission standards, and if they met those standards, I don't see how you could not accept that.

If we can get something resolved before the district tournament, that would be great. But when we accept it, we want the field to be the best it can be.

Mark Regev

If they want people to see them as a legitimate part of a political process, it is very clear what they must do. First and foremost, they must renounce terrorism and disarm. And secondly, they have to support peace and accept Israel's right to exist.

Jonathan Papelbon

If this blows into a huge controversy, you just have to accept it. I just have to focus on what I need to do.

If they were to put on the table and pay for the increase of the medical so we can actually come up with an increase in hourly rate, I think that could be fair. That depends on community, I think we could accept that.

If this was a man that found Adolf Hitler to be a glorified and acceptable and a desirable character, I sure want to know it as a Californian because I don't want that man as my governor,

Jack Warner

If this recommendation is accepted then a repeat of the unfortunate statements that came out of the 2004 internal elections, which brought the party into even higher levels of disrepute would be avoided.