Famous Quotes & Sayings

You either deny terrorists any acceptance in the international life, or you make your double standard policy work the way it has been working - 'I don't like that guy in this country, so we will be calling him a dictator and topple him. This guy in another country also dictatorial, but he's our dictator.'

Death is utterly acceptable to consciousness and life.

We kind of woke up against Hampton. We controlled the whole game. If we play like that, it's hard for any team to beat us.

To get the social acceptance is the difficult and tricky thing.

David Mann

There appears to be an acceptance of a weaker dollar trend even if Europe and Japan are not happy with it. The Americans are probably only too happy to see the dollar depreciate.

We were playing well, but right now are pretty disjointed. During the Christmas break, we only had three kids who were at all the practices. Others missed for a whole bunch of reasons, so it's no wonder things were disjointed.

We expect nothing less than a complete interim agreement including Belgrade's acceptance of a NATO-led force, ... wake up and smell the coffee.

The simple reason that they're able to forecast that kind of figure, that they're able to launch and get retail acceptance for something this large, is really positive.

Michael W. Smith

The Special Olympics European Football Week continues to expand each year with the outstanding support of the European football family. There is no doubt that Football Week leads to greater understanding and acceptance of the abilities of people with intellectual disabilities throughout Europe.

Robbie Fowler

I've made plenty of mistakes, I know I have, and during my time as a footballer things have changed so that the spotlight is now even more intense.

Jim Boeheim

I'm going to be very nervous, ... You give hundreds, probably thousands of speeches in this business, but you only get one chance to make an acceptance speech at the Hall of Fame. That's pressure.

Kevin Cramer

One of the messages I presented to the coal industry was, "If you want to have major transmission built, start encouraging wind development." That's because the cultural value and acceptance of wind energy provides an opportunity to build transmission lines that are not as desirable with traditional forms of generation.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

Any acceptance of authority is the very denial of truth.

Glenn Close

The mentally ill frighten and embarrass us. And so we marginalize the people who most need our acceptance. What mental health needs is more sunlight, more candor, more unashamed conversation.

Malcolm Fraser

Sometimes the solutions will require acknowledgement of past mistakes, and acceptance of insights for which none of our learning has prepared us.

The biggest challenge in embracing a new culture is letting go of my previous values and welcoming new ones. Acceptance of another culture involves curiosity and taking risks.

Dan took the second-most shots on the team last year and I asked him to change his role. He has rode his acceptance to success.

It's a bitter pill to swallow. It's like a grieving process. First, there's feelings of anger and denial, and eventually, some pilots may reach that point of acceptance that this is a necessary sacrifice.

It's a tradition that continues, and yet we have opposition from groups that think that animals should have equal rights to human beings, and that's probably the biggest threat we have. Other than that, I think there is general acceptance that we need to have wildlife, we need to have outdoor recreation of all kinds.

It's funny. We make it look easy, but it isn't. You can tell it has earned the respect by the kind of films we're getting and the kind of participation we're getting. To me, that's part of the acceptance and confidence in our festival.

It's still early in the quarter, ... Obviously acceptance of Acrobat will play a big part in terms of how high the company's growth will be. But as we've demonstrated over the last eight to 10 quarters, we're a company that knows how to manage our business. ... We'll see what happens.

Adrienne Clarkson

A society like Canada's, with its four centuries of give-and-take, compromise and acceptance, wrong-doing and redress, is basically a forgiving society.

Andrew Miller

That's where all the growth has been. Now there's an acceptance of the A320 as a low-cost workhorse, whereas prior to that the 737 was the plane of choice.

Andrew Miller

That's where all the growth has been. Now there's an acceptance of the A 320 as a low-cost workhorse, whereas prior to that the 737 was the plane of choice.

Even if the constitution clearly wins acceptance by most Shiites and Kurds and some Sunnis, this is only the start of a process, not the end. Even the best outcome of the vote is the prelude to months and years of additional effort.

Herman Kahn

Clearly, the first task is to gain acceptance of a more reasonable view of the future, one that opens possibilities rather than forecloses them.

Jennifer Lopez

You have to stand up and say, 'There's nothing wrong with me or my shape or who I am; you're the one with the problem!'

James Agee

The deadliest blow the enemy of the human soul can strike is to do fury honor. . . . Official acceptance is the one unmistakable symptom that salvation is beaten again, and is the one surest sign of fatal misunderstanding, and is the kiss of Judas.

James A. Baldwin

To hold in the mind forever two ideas which seemed to be in opposition. The first . . . acceptance totally without rancor, of life as it is, and men as they are [;] . . . the second . . . that one must never, in one's life, accept . . . injustices as commonplace but must fight them with all one's strength.

James A. Baldwin

Even the most incorrigible maverick has to be born somewhere. He may leave the group that produced him-he may be forced to-but nothing will efface his origins, the marks of which he carries with him everywhere. I think it is important to know this and even find it a matter for rejoicing, as the strongest people do, regardless of their station. On this acceptance, literally, the life of a writer depends.

James A. Baldwin

Everything in life depends on how that life accepts its limits.

Jacqueline Bisset

I've probably understood men too well. I realise they are predatory by nature, and I have a certain acceptance of the male animal.

Gary Zukav

Acceptance without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western religion, rejection without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western science.