Famous Quotes & Sayings

Edgar Allan Poe

...for her whom in life thou dids't abhor, in death thou shalt adore

Given the fact that the 'withhold' campaign at Disney is what started this whole brouhaha, I think it's appropriate that Disney adopt this standard, ... I don't believe this makes them a leader in corporate governance practices though I view it as a positive.

Given the competitive and demographic challenges facing Canada, tax reform is increasingly urgent. In the coming years, Canada should not simply react to changes in tax policy abroad, but should take the initiative and adopt policies that would unleash the Canadian tiger.

Allen Boyd

For years, the Blue Dogs have stressed the need for a rainy day fund in the event of disasters such as Hurricane Katrina and 9/11, ... Unfortunately, this concept, which is adopted by most families and businesses, has eluded many members of Congress and the current administration.

Four years ago, you weren't seeing a wide adoption of wireless data services. And you weren't seeing a wide consumption of new consumer electronics products.

Tracy Kidder

From my experience, sure, if you were a truck driver, you could be incredibly unlucky, ... But I had the feeling that I was safer than I would have been back here as a late adolescent with a car.

From here, we do the public campaign. We get the businesses who've said they'll give that haven't yet, to finish giving what they're going to give. And we go to the city commission again and say please get this on your agenda and adopt this.

If anybody in New York wants to adopt us, we'll take it. Come on down this Saturday. Nowhere up there is a game quite like it is down here.

If all the eighteen loads of vegetation became fruits, and the growing grass became sweet rice; if I were able to stop the sun and the moon in their orbits and hold them perfectly steady - even then, I would worship and adore You, and my longing to chant Your Praises would not decrease.

If a family wants to adopt an African-American child we could have a placement within six months and most likely of a newborn infant.

If a county adopts a sewage ordinance, then it is governed by the county and the state doesn't send inspectors in, ... That's why the state doesn't inspect our systems here. ...What our ordinance states is that we adopted the Missouri State Sewage Law.

John Hall

If a new bank moves into a market, all the other banks take notice and will work to adopt any changes that bank may have because of competitive concerns.

Aaron Hill

Shame on those breasts of stone that cannot melt in soft adoption of another's sorrow.

When we adopt them out, we will do it with the understanding that if the owner comes forward, they will be returned.

When we adopted this policy, we were trying to solve a problem,

There are people less willing to adopt African-American babies, some people rather wait and get a Caucasian baby.

Andrew Cuomo

New Yorkers seem to have a knack for quickly adopting out-of-towners as their own.

Ed Gillespie

On the critical issues of job creation, homeland security and national security, and who shares our values, they have adopted positions that may help them win their party's nomination, but will be rejected by the broader electorate next November.

One of them desperately needed help with an adoption issue.

I wash Your Feet, and constantly serve You. O Divine Lord, I worship and adore You; I bow down before You. I am the slave of Your slaves; I chant Your Name. I offer this prayer to my Lord and Master.

Lois Lowry

I was fortunate to live for 3 years in another country, and although we lived in an American compound, still as a young adolescent I did venture into the world of the Japanese with great interest and enjoyment. But many Americans never left that safe and familiar life among their own people.

I would do anything for Pamela. I just adore her.

Donald Rumsfeld

I would characterize it as 'much ado about nothing,'

Jandy Nelson

I grew up with older brothers, adore them, can't imagine going through life without them, and I definitely think I draw on that love when I'm writing about siblings. It's so powerful, the jump-in-front-of-a-train-to-protect-them kind of love.

If we had had the right technology back then, you would have seen Eva Braun on the Donahue show and Adolf Hitler on Meet the Press.

China-Japan relations are faced with harsh difficulties and a difficult period. We hope that Japanese leaders will proceed from the overall interest of relations between the two sides and the development of Asia and adopt a correct attitude on historical issues.

China is becoming ever more socially unstable. To maintain social stability, Beijing will certainly adopt more suppressive measures,

China has not only become a world major export country, but also an important import market ever since it adopted the reform and opening-up policies in 1978.

China does not believe that the time is right for adopting such a resolution.

Jack Reed

I'm at a loss to understand why they adopted this extreme legal procedure.

Mary Gordon

I love dancing; I adore salsa dancing and wish I could be in a Broadway chorus.

Henrik Larsson

I have adored every minute I have been here. I love the fans, I love the club. But I have already made my decision with my family and nothing will change that.

Carrie Coon

I have my three brothers, and then I have my adopted sister from El Salvador, who is actually the oldest. My brother and I were already born, and then my parents adopted my sister from El Salvador during the war and had two more kids.