Famous Quotes & Sayings

We do students a disservice to send the message that it is acceptable to drop out of school when they are 16 years old. A high school diploma is a minimum requirement for future success, and we will continue to press for changing the compulsory school attendance age.

We are thrilled to see our next-generation laser control solution passing a tough list of performance and acceptance criteria to qualify with the leading transceiver OEMs in the industry. Our fully embedded customized solution proves our claims of increased performance, reliability and adaptability to any TOSA type with significant reduction of production costs.

We are thrilled that the City of San Francisco has accepted our joint bid.

We are thrilled that Davis accepted this position. His knowledge and experience will move us forward at a faster pace on a broad variety of initiatives related to greening and conservation.

We must not be frightened nor cajoled/ into accepting evil as deliverance from evil./ We must go on struggling to be human,/ though monsters of abstractions/ police and threaten us.

We had a meeting on Monday, and our association decided that they did not want to settle, and they did not want to accept what was there.

I was moved by it then. I'm attracted to dark stories about acceptance.

I would not accept a donation from a donor who would make a condition. We're trying to set up an unconditional endowment to support Sioux Indian students.

Roman Polanski

I would never think of doing a movie for children if I did not have any, ... A lot of things in the film I know about. I relate to all the sufferings much more now that I have kids. I see it from the outside now. And before, I didn't. Children have this capacity for resistance, and they accept things as they are, maybe because they have no other reference. They are somehow more flexible; they adapt much faster than adults.

Groucho Marx

I would never belong to a group that would accept someone like me as a member.

I would advise an incoming gay professor to stay closeted depending on the department they work in, for some are more liberal and accepting than others. Prior to becoming tenured, they may be judged on their sexual preference instead of their expertise, intelligence and research.

Tom Lehman

I would love to be a part of it as both a captain and a player. If it doesn't work out that way, I can accept that.

Brad Faxon

Most of the players have grown to like the course more and more. I think it helps that we don't change locations. The Players has grown in popularity because it stays in Jacksonville. The fact the Players Championship doesn't move around has helped people accept the golf course. If you want to be a good player, you'd better learn to like it.

Most kids started getting acceptance letters in January. Sam gave up some nice opportunities and some good scholarships. Some colleges even upped their offers trying to get him.

Hanna Rosin

Most days I struggle just to be accepted into the camp of plain old feminists. This is mainly because I am not by nature ideological and generally suspicious of people who are.

Merck should come to the table and accept responsibility.

Mick wanted to start this year. He knew he was ready. The biggest change (from last year) has been his mental attitude. He's always had the ability, now he developed the right attitude out there. He had to accept it and take it upon himself to take it to the next level. Some individuals never buy into it or only buy into it for one or two starts. Mick stayed mentally focused and bought into it the whole time.

Al Davis

Mike has always been of interest because he is dynamic, he is not afraid. But there is a fear right there of the physical. I don't know if we are ready to accept that.

Miguel is the type of player who has to carry himself first. Everybody knows what an impact player he is on the field, but it takes a different kind of guy to lead in the locker room. He could be a leader. It all depends if he accepts that role or not.

Midwifery is an accepted practice in Wisconsin, and the governor thinks it's certainly a good idea that there be basic standards in place to protect the lives of children and expecting mothers.

Michael will be offered a new deal and we hope he accepts it. It's early days yet and there will be discussions on all points. There's a lot of things that need to be talked about but we hope that will resolve itself and Mickey will be here next season.

While the customer experience is much improved we still need to work on achieving consistency across all of our stores, and at an acceptable cost.

Issa Rae

Who I was was not acceptable to black L.A. youth: the way I spoke and my sense of humor. Everybody else had relaxers and pressed hair. I wore my hair in an Afro puff. Nappy. The way I dressed. It was all about name brands at the time in L.A. I had no idea. All those things, I failed miserably at.

We have offered Frank a contract. It's up to them to see whether it's going to be accepted or not.

Clint Hurdle

We issued a challenge to him and he's accepted it. Now he's working through it and dealing with it -- and doing very well.

We invite everyone to accept the totality of our right in the nuclear field, to stop on this path means a red line for us.

You have to enjoy your work. I really don't think of it as work. It's something you incorporate into your life. You just accept it.

You don't corrupt the democratic process in the hopes that terrorists might toe the line. To get into this club, you have to accept the rules of the club. You give up your weaponry, you accept democratic and peaceful means -- and that entitles you to be part of the democratic process.

Annika Sorenstam

You just know it's going to be slow out there tomorrow and you just have to accept it and stay focused on your own game.

Phil Garner

You just have to accept the fact that you're probably not going to hit as high as you know you can,

Jerry Greenfield

You know, I get frustrated with our country's administration, which is really the people who are not acknowledging global warming. I mean, it's accepted by scientists around the world, scientists in our country and it's accepted by every country around the world with the exception of the United States.

You can accept missing the first putt, but just to throw away a shot like that after the hard you've done all week is just stupid. That's what I've done.

You can accept losing if you know you came out and 20 guys gave it all they had but as a group, everyone included, we really never did that.