Famous Quotes & Sayings

Everybody on the team saw their role change in some way. Everybody accepted their role and made the most of the opportunity.

Robert Thompson

Everybody seems to know Alan Greenspan. I think we accepted him as a smart guy. ... There is something very magical, mystical, almost voodoo-like about what he does.

The board's first thought was, 'well no, balconies do not fit in downtown Wichita. We're not New Orleans and they have not been part of our streetscape.' And I think we arrived at a rather acceptable compromise -- we're going to have some very narrow, 18-inch balconies.

The board of directors is not making a recommendation to shareholders to accept or to reject the offer.

It simply isn't acceptable for the likes of Google, Facebook, Amazon and others, which amass data by the terabyte, to say, 'Don't worry, your information's safe with us, as all sorts of rules protect you' - when all evidence suggests otherwise.

It was not accepted nearly as widely as a sport, particularly not accepted as a big-league sport.

Michael Young

It was miserable. I made no secret about that. We have too many good players on this team to accept that. ... I want to be part of a winner. I want to win championships.

Paul Tergat

It was my dream to race against him again. But to start the race and be forced to stop wouldn't make sense. We are human and this is the human body. I have to accept it.

George Gregan

It was a great effort from the guys but we're a team which doesn't accept losses.

I walked up to the customer, and said, 'I think I know what she wants,' ... They bought the rug and he never said another word about me not selling. He was born in America, but was an Armenian man from a different era. He adapted and accepted the idea of a daughter in a non-secretarial position, and he complimented me to everyone.

I've got to grow up and act like a football player. Everything is not going to go the way I want it to go, and I've got to accept that and learn how to deal with it.

Brian Billick

I've got to be responsive to the needs and the passions in the way my players feel like they need to play the game but also make sure there is a very clear line of demarcation as to what is acceptable and what is not.

Jean Craighead George

Oh, those golden-yellow eyes of the wolf! You can feel yourself being pulled in. I knew I had been accepted - and that I had spoken to another species.

None of the data so far is shocking. We want candidates to accept them, but they are voluntary.

Graham Nash

No kind of music is CSN or CSNY; it's just what we do as a band. There is no accepted CSNY sound. It's just what sounds good to us coming out of the speakers.

New York must also promote a diversified fuel supply for electric generation. We have had a de-facto policy of having natural gas as the only acceptable fuel source for twenty years. Excessive reliance on any one fuel leads to problems with price and supply security, as is now occurring with natural gas.

No teacher needs legislative approval to teach what is the scientifically accepted norms of their discipline.

It was a groundbreaking thing. You accepted it and you went through it.

Ralph Goodale

It was agreed among the House leaders that without putting the House through the complication of a vote, and the bells and the time and all of that ... we would just unanimously accept the deeming motion.

The report clearly disproves the common misconception that women are the only sufferers of fertility issues. With the next generation facing increasing pressure as a result of declining fertility and mortality rates, it's only fair that men accept their responsibility and change their lifestyles now before it's too late.

The replacement provisions are injury, illness and exceptional circumstance. It's really in the hands of the organizing committee and international federation to determine whether or not they'll accept the replacement petition.

There's a bunch of people who just say I can get to 1,000 friends, then they start accepting anyone as a friend.

The remaining members of the consortium will agree to accept those students.

Jay Feely

This is what being a man is all about. Being able to accept when you don't come through. When I make a mistake with my kids at home, I sit them down and say I am sorry I made a mistake and I am going to be a better dad. And you do the same thing with your job.

This is the report that the WTO didn't want the public to see. It reveals that the big corporations that stand behind the WTO failed to get the big win they were hoping for. Free trade proponents needed a clear victory in this dispute to be able to push governments in the EU and the developing world to accept genetically modified food. They failed and now is the time to build a consensus that the WTO, with its business-only agenda, is the wrong place to decide on what people eat and how we protect our environment.

This is the one that accepts the message. It switches off a civil war and it gives the party the summer to get over what they have just gone through." ()

Allen Iverson

This is what you want. You want the big contract, and you want the people to show how much they want you. That's what Billy did today with those guys. He accepted them. It's important, because have some chemistry with each other. Sam and Kyle, they're starters on the team. I like the look of our team, and I like the direction we're heading. I'm just looking forward to trying to win a championship with them.

This is their version of events and we accept that and we are now going to let the investigation determine if there are any variations to that.

This is unconstitutional and done with an ill political motive...we don't accept it. We reject such appointment.

Pete Domenici

This is a very, very unintelligible plan. You can't rationally accept the president's reasoning unless you conclude that they don't want to tell you where it's going to end up.

Chris Bosh

They play pretty good without Iverson. They have a lot of guys who really step up to the plate and accept that challenge without him. It's still really a good team without him.

Charles Jenkins

They really will feel that the European institutions have gone too far -- both the commission and the court -- and they will then try to reduce their powers in other areas ... where they are currently accepting their powers in competition or internal market,

David Leadbetter

They're silly, because they just point out how phenomenally advanced Tiger was, that he was able to find the right recipe very early on. It's a complex, almost mysterious thing. It's the physical game, but there are so many other elements. And maybe the key thing is how people figure their own path. See what works for them, and find it. And accept that every timetable is different. That takes maturity, and that's why it's still a game where you reach your prime in your 30s.