Famous Quotes & Sayings

Rachel Hurd-Wood

I'm not dark; I'm not. The main thing I consider in accepting a role is less the tone of the movie and more whether I think it's a good film, whether I like the character and whether I think I could do it. I don't think, 'Oh, I've done X amount of dark films.'

Mark Foster

I'm trying to just let it go, being more accepting of my bad shots. Today I put the ball in the right areas and took my chances when I got them.

That's the fear of the bloggers that being part of the DLC is just accepting that we have to move to the right.

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

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,

If you truly want to be a donor, talk to your family so that they understand that if that decision is forced that they're accepting of it and understand that there's a gift side associated to it. An incredible gift that can help 50 people.

John Barry

In the financial markets you are paid for accepting risk. There is more reason to take risk now mainly because people who have taken the risk over the past five years have been richly rewarded.

I now know happiness isn't about being in the press, getting good reviews or always being seen as a winner. It's about doing what you enjoy through the highs and lows, accepting what's on your plate and making the most of it...'

In the big city you get a little bit more of the mocking, staring and the 'hey look' stuff, ... Here, it's so small and accepting it didn't faze anybody.

Mikaela Shiffrin

If you strive toward the perfect run, accepting that you will always come up short of that is very intriguing. It makes me think about how in life in general, we always want to strive toward perfection, but sometimes perfection would be the worst thing.

Peter Diamandis

In my role as chairman of the X Prize, I had approached well over one hundred corporate chief executive officers regarding sponsorship. Few were able to grasp the importance of this new market...and those who were had great difficulty accepting the risks involved,

Steve Waugh

In accepting I hope the award will help the focus on me to be about more than just cricket. If it is meant as a recognition in some way of the other work I've done in the community in Australia and in India then I'm grateful indeed.

Caroline Rhea

Don't compare yourself with someone else's version of happy or thin. Accepting yourself burns the most calories.

Kylie Jenner

I think that other girls and boys my age will maybe see that I'm so accepting and be accepting of other people, too.

I begin my reign with profound emotion at the honour of accepting the Crown, aware of the responsibility it entails and with the greatest hope for the future of Spain.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Even a bad shot is dignified when he accepts a duel.

Frank Herbert

What you cannot control, you must accept.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

There can only be a relationship between human beings when we accept what is, not what should be.

I am making it possible for the students who are currently enrolled to finish their degrees next year, but we are not accepting new students.

Horace

Better to accept whatever happens.

Shaun Alexander

I am proud of Mo and this whole team. I have been telling everybody for the last couple years that we were close to being a championship team, and I was proud of the guys this year for always accepting challenges. This was just another challenge. You lose a player, and guys just step up.

If DT Telecom or NTT come in with an $80-a-share offer, management might have a tough time not accepting such a high offer price.

Mike Tice

He's not very happy. Would you be? You're in a heated battle to win a starting job. You get told by your head coach in the morning that you're going to be a backup. I thought he played well Friday night, but this gives us the best chance to be successful. As a team player I am sure he is accepting it. I'm certainly sure he doesn't like it.

Craig Conway

I could imagine no price or combination of price and other conditions to recommend accepting the offer to our shareholders,

Chad has been very generous in accepting the refugees and working with us ... We certainly hope that good cooperation will continue.

Nicolas Sarkozy

By accepting people to whom we unfortunately cannot propose work or housing, we are finding ourselves in a situation where we are having tragedies like this,

By accepting flexible work requests from their female employees but not from their male staff, employers are helping reinforce the gender pay gap, when instead they could be enabling young dads to play a more active role in the raising of their children.

Woody Harrelson

Honestly, I felt incredibly welcome -- I thought that the whole area in the range opened up to us. I'm sure to some degree there were some people that weren't accepting of us, but at least they weren't showing it,

Because it is still open at the moment who will be our main sponsor, we wanted to give the pros a clear signal that we didn't want to stand in the way of their accepting a multi-year offer from another team.

Gerry Spence

To accept capitalism and Free Enterprise as articles of faith without agreeing that we must be free to consider whether what is offered is free and freeing is itself enslavement.

John W. Thompson

I'm an intensely competitive guy who is driven by the idea that accepting mediocrity or accepting defeat is not the way you succeed in life.

Patrick Leahy

I regret that instead of accepting our many previous invitations to work with the Senate and increase the level of consultation and cooperation to help fill judicial vacancies, the White House repeatedly has chosen to continue down its path of trying to politicize the process,

I heard about the walk event last year when my sister called to tell me that she could no longer participate. My sister works very hard dealing with the effects of her MS. She is selfless and committed to finding a cure. Each year, instead of accepting a gift for her birthday and Christmas, she asks that we donate to the National MS Society. She is the strongest person I know, and that's why I had to get involved.