Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bob Taft

I am here today to publicly apologize to the people of the state of Ohio for my failure to provide complete financial disclosure statements to the Ohio Ethics Commission as mandated by law, ... I accept total responsibility for my mistake, and I'm sorry.

I am going to accept the recommendation of both the government and the defense and impose a sentence on the low side of the range, ... But I will tell you that your offenses will no longer be tolerated. If you return (to court for a future offense), the sentence will be more severe.

Peter Coyote

I am fascinated by women. They're as close as we men get to experiencing 'the other.' The challenge for me was to know and accept fully formed, powerful women.

I am extremely pleased these fine professionals have accepted these important positions. Peter returns to Lyric with impressive new credentials, and Scott has been a valued member of the technical team for many years. The fact that they have worked so well together in the past is an added bonus for Lyric; everyone in the company looks forward to this new collaboration.

I am extremely pleased that Ms. Cleary has accepted this position that is crucial to the future of our world-class fabrication facility at Bull Arm,

J. C. Watts

I am in absolute, full and uninhibited support of Chairman Sensenbrenner in having extensive hearings, on-site hearings and accepting those from other organizations that will conduct their own,

Mahmoud Abbas

I am always optimistic, because at the end we will ultimately reach agreement. But I reaffirm we will not accept a partial agreement,

I believe this offer to be in the best interests of Hearts, its shareholders, staff and supporters and urge shareholders to accept it,

Howard Dean

I believe they do not care what Americans think and they do not accept the legitimacy of our elections and have now, for the fourth time in the fourth state, attempted to do what they can to remove democracy from America.

I believe there's - now, don't get me wrong; I'm not prejudiced - there's some white people in this country who'll never accept the black man as a golfer. That's true.

I believe that number one, we owe it to our taxpayers to explore what our lands are worth and what we want to do. This in no way obligates us to accept offers.

I believe that the very message of me going up to accept the flag is a powerful statement about our city.

I believe that the measures taken by the Chinese government are not accepted under the WTO rules and our trade treaty with China,

He definitely took a lot of pressure off of me. Our main goal from there was just to get bowl eligible and make it to any bowl that would accept us.

Having accepted her scholarship and doing this will allow her to just have fun and enjoy it. She doesn't have to feel pressure now.

He kind of set the standard for us when it comes to being a team player. He started 27 games for us last year, but he accepted his role this year. He never complained, he just does what he needs to do to help the team. If he's not going to cry about his situation, nobody else should.

Bob Cousy

He literally carried the league. He gave us recognition and acceptance when we were at the bottom of the totem pole in professional sports.

He is really trying to change the rules of the game. Right now, those rules keep various parts of the world population from communicating with each other. He is trying to change those rules, and he is doing it in a very dramatic fashion by accepting the invitation to the September event.

Helen Clark must explain why it is acceptable for a minister who has admitted 'cutting corners' on returns to the Companies Office to retain the critical transport and energy portfolios.

Larry Sabato

He knows very well that is an important signal. If you are not interested, you don't accept invitations like that.

Greenspan's remarks appear to be more balanced than in the past. He is moving into closer alignment with what has become accepted practice in most central banking circles. Missing, however, is what a central bank should do in order to avoid the pitfalls of excess dependence on overvalued assets.

has some demands and the question is whether anybody accepts those demands.

Teemu Selanne

Guys have accepted the roles given to them and they do not complain. They are not playing as much as they would in the NHL, but they are not complaining.

Maureen Johnson

'Harry Potter' achieved a very special act of actual magic: it made it completely acceptable for an adult to carry around, read and enjoy a children's book.

In the world of creativity, laziness translates into an inability to be rigorous enough to create fearlessly. It makes us plagiarise or water our creativity down to make it more acceptable to the public.

Seth Shostak

Exploration is an oft-lauded human activity, and one that resonates in the same way that music and good stories do. It's hard-wired into our species (and into many others), no doubt because it has survival value. Exploration occasionally rewards those who accept its risks, usually with new resources.

Susumu Tonegawa

I decided to pursue graduate study in molecular biology and was accepted by Professor Itaru Watanabe's laboratory at the Institute for Virus Research at the University of Kyoto, one of a few laboratories in Japan where U.S.-trained molecular biologists were actively engaged in research.

There are spots available, there are roles available. It's whether or not guys want to accept and execute those responsibilities and the opportunities that they're going to get in camp.

There are some who've asked us if this isn't simply part of the cost of doing business. That high a cost is neither acceptable nor tenable.

Doug Williams

There are so many messages out there that we are not important, that we are just a number. But it shouldn't be like that within a family. That's a place we are accepted and we should be reminded of that daily.

Najib Razak

What I'm trying to do is get a change in the mindset so people move from a level of mere tolerance to total acceptance and eventually to celebrate diversity. If you feel comfortable with one another, it doesn't matter whether we live in which neighbourhood but we can interact with one another freely. It's a mindset.

Steve Rothman

I find it hard to accept the notion that the country is now not in civil war.

I find it hard living in a day and age where people are unwilling to accept who they really are.