Famous Quotes & Sayings

Peter Singer

Almost everybody accepts that some people can be killed. 'The concept of 'brain death' - the belief that people on respirators can legitimately be killed - shows that.

Peter Singer

In most of the world, it is accepted that if animals are to be killed for food, they should be killed without suffering.

Paul Bloom

A sympathetic parent might see the spark of consciousness in a baby's large eyes and eagerly accept the popular claim that babies are wonderful learners, but it is hard to avoid the impression that they begin as ignorant as bread loaves.

Paul Bloom

More-radical scholars insist that an inherent clash exists between science and our long-held conceptions about consciousness and moral agency: if you accept that our brains are a myriad of smaller components, you must reject such notions as character, praise, blame, and free will.

Paul Auster

You see the film, you might be entertained, and if it's not a great film, it loses its power very quickly. I think even simply acceptable books stay with us a lot longer.

We know that a large number of our Gourmet Consultants have been offering Two Sisters Gourmet products to their local organizations for fundraising programs. However, this has often involved some sort of commission sharing arrangement whereby our Consultants are making less profit than they would otherwise. While this has been an accepted practice in the direct selling industry, we wanted to provide our Consultants with a program that lets them keep their profits while offering a very attractive commission to the fundraising organization.

We know Luke's excited about the prospect of playing with the Dragons, and it's really just a matter of coming to an agreement that's acceptable to both parties.

We'll go anywhere that they will accept us. We want people to see our film.

George W. Bush

We'll never accept anything less than total victory.

Unfortunately, we have to do what we have to do, and that's zero tolerance. What type of example would we set if we accept the chief's recommendation? We have to really (do something more). It's based on the community and what's best for it. These people are here to serve us and protect us.

Peter Schiff

Unfortunately the situation in New Orleans is a microcosm of our nation as a whole. Although our reliance on foreign savings and production are widely known, and most economists accept the fact that a real economic disaster would ensue should foreigners discontinue such subsidies, dump their hoards of U.S. treasuries, and refuse to exchange real goods for paper dollars. However, rather than perusing policies to rebalance our economy, we simply do nothing, and hope that day of reckoning never arrives. However, just as that strategy backfired in New Orleans , so, too, will it for America as a whole.

Peter Schiff

Unfortunately the situation in New Orleans is a microcosm of our nation as a whole. Although our reliance on foreign savings and production are widely known, and most economists accept the fact that a real economic disaster would ensue should foreigners discontinue such subsidies, dump their hoards of U.S. treasuries, and refuse to exchange real goods for paper dollars. However, rather than perusing policies to rebalance our economy, we simply do nothing, and hope that day of reckoning never arrives. However, just as that strategy backfired in New Orleans, so, too, will it for America as a whole.

Unfortunately, there are only five starters but she accepts her role and she's been so effective coming off the bench. We have the luxury of having a sixth player who could be a starter for someone else.

Those who have accepted the Guru's Teachings, and who have found the path, remain absorbed in the Praises of the True Lord.

Sathya Baba

THOSE who deny God, the Supreme Will or the First Cause, can give no real satisfactory justification for their stand; nor can those who assert that there is God. Both have to rely on their own experience. After all, how can sweetness be denied by one who refuses to taste sugar? How can one be convinced that sugar is sweet until one tastes it? We have to feel the great marvel of energy, manipulating both, the minutest atom and cell and the vastest, most distant star. How else can we understand the Omnipresence and Omnipotence, except by accepting God as the Architect of the Cosmos?

You learn in life that, you give everything that you possibly can. And when that's not enough, you learn to accept that.

You have to apply to wrestle there. If accepted into the tournament, you expect to see the toughest wrestlers in the country. With teams like Iowa, Iowa State, Illinois and Central Michigan, the competition is stiff.

Malcolm Rifkind

You have to accept the realities of the world in which we live. The U.S. is a superpower. It carries more weight than any other single country.

You have to accept the possibility that a major portion of the people will be left behind. You may have to write some of them off in far larger numbers than people realize.

Dalai Lama

You have to accept reality. This has helped me come closer to reality.

We did not want the local sponsors to have to tell us no. We wanted to present an event and make it affordable. We've accepted some short-term pain for long-term gain.

Russ Feingold

We don't have to accept bad provisions in order to make sure good provisions become law.

We don't have guys go to college to play ball. We have good athletes who buy into what we're doing and play hard. You have a couple good players and a bunch of guys that accept their roles, you can have a pretty good team every year.

We don't have a problem with loans, but the terms of such loans, ... If they're on commercial terms all is well and good. But the company must accept losses on commercial terms.

Henry Eyring

For one who feels compelled, as I do, to accept the existence of the Master Architect, it is important to examine his handiwork for the light it throws on him and on his program for his children. For me, there has been no serious difficulty in reconciling the principles of true science with the principles of true religion.

Harry Lloyd

I consider myself straight, but if I met a guy tomorrow and fell in love with him, would I be brave enough to accept that without having to change the way I look at myself?

Hal Lindsey

I didn't ask to be a hero, but I guess I have become one in the Christian community. So I accept it. But if I'm wrong about this, I guess I'll become a bum.

Hiawatha

All the other chiefs and tribes have accepted the Great Law of Peace. They now live in peace with one another.

Heather Wilson

Children tease each other because you're short or you're tall or you're a redhead or because you're ugly or because you're smart or because you're dumb or all kinds of differences and as parents we have to deal with that and strengthen our children to be comfortable with themselves and also to show empathy and acceptance towards others.

When you sew, it takes time, so you don't think the same way as you do in normal life. It's more dreamlike. I think Claire is able to stop time through embroidery and become more mature during its process. And she starts accepting herself, her body and the child through it.

We are satisfied with the results of the negotiations ... We have reached agreement on a mutually profitable and mutually acceptable basis.

We are satisfied with the outcome of our negotiations. We reached mutually beneficial and therefore mutually acceptable agreements, which will allow us to fully meet Ukraine's gas needs, on the one hand, and ensure the transit of Russian gas intended for Europe, on the other hand.

Joseph Wright

We are really just at the recognition phase (in the United States) ... We have defined the problem and are recognizing the problem and trying to adapt. This (study) just points out how far behind we are in even accepting bullying as something that's not a normative behavior.