Famous Quotes & Sayings

Matthew LeCroy

It's been so awesome. Our families have learned so much about adoption, ... They all know that she was handpicked, so that makes her a little different. Sometimes you might worry that (an adopted child) wouldn't treated as an equal, but both families have been so good and she's treated just like she came from Holly.

It's just not like the transition from VCRs to DVD players, where consumers could slowly adopt the technology over time as the prices came down and the values improved. That's not happening here.

As it stands, (pension) trustees will feel compelled to make companies adopt aggressive new funding plans regardless of the impact on the business or on scheme members.

Dennis Ross

AIPAC is taking the public statements seriously. They're alarmed by a nuclear capability, and the administration appears to be adopting an approach that isn't changing Iranian behavior.

The model caters to the replacement market where fashion is as much a factor in purchasing decision as function, but it remains to be seen whether European users will adopt it with the vigor that Korean consumers have embraced it.

ZEUS, n. The chief of Grecian gods, adored by the Romans as Jupiter and by the modern Americans as God, Gold, Mob and Dog. Some explorers who have touched upon the shores of America, and one who professes to have penetrated a considerable distance to the interior, have thought that these four names stand for as many distinct deities, but in his monumental work on Surviving Faiths, Frumpp insists that the natives are monotheists, each having no other god than himself, whom he worships under many sacred names.

You've vested authority in your executive director. Two minutes ago when you adopted those bylaws, you empowered him.

This alternative vision is offered as a concept for interested parties to consider, evaluate, discuss and, we hope, adopt as a better way to move forward.

This album was really my way to say thank you to France for having opened its arms and adopted me, calling me one of their own.

This administration, like that of President Nixon, has apparently secretly adopted a legal view of the executive branch's power that is unbounded.

This is an end-to-end strategy and not a point strategy. Microsoft believes that customers are looking for ways to adopt virtualization on the route to dynamic systems, and so our strategy is the Dynamic Systems Initiative, with dynamic systems the end game. And the way customers get there is very important,

Mark Patterson

This includes threat modeling, specifying the intended operational environment, defining of use and misuse cases, adopting of secure coding techniques, and performing source-level security reviews including source code analysis.

Geoffrey Moore

They're thinking, 'If I or my organization were to adopt this new technology, how would it change our competitiveness?'

They've been excellent foster parents. They have adopted many of their foster children.

Robert Pittman

A lot of companies go broke trying to speed up the consumer adoption curve,

They didn't have the right strategy. They had the horrible luck of adopting that strategy at the worse possible time. It just wasn't in the cards for them.

This milestone will help the industry see new products based on Certified Wireless USB in the price range needed for broad consumer adoption to occur. We're happy to see our members simplifying and accelerating the design-in process for manufacturers.

Mario Monti

This means at this stage we have some concerns about the proposed merger ... The formal decision of the second stage will be adopted before the end of this week,

There was so much stability that people were partners for long periods of time. In the true sense of the word, they were conferences, ... I don't know what the word means anymore. My biggest challenge is making certain that this large gathering that we now have can adopt a family atmosphere that we've always had here.

There was this assumption that as soon as people got a notion for what broadband was, they would want it -- that it would be as automatic in some ways as adoption of the dial-up Internet was in the U.S., where growth was very quick and almost happened by itself as opposed to really needing to be sold.

The report confirms that Minnesota's approach to liquor regulation is outdated and unfairly benefits liquor wholesalers and retailers at the expense of consumers. Unlike the liquor cartel, the grocery industry thrives because we operate in a competitive environment that focuses primarily on customer needs. This report will provide a strong foundation for adopting a more consumer-friendly approach to alcohol sales in Minnesota, such as Wine With Dinner.

This may be much ado about nothing, but in Pittsburgh, perception is a big thing. We don't want to lose a hockey team, and we don't want to lose a corporate headquarters.

Tom McClintock

This is the most liberal Legislature in the country. I would not be the least bit surprised if it adopted a moratorium or even attempted to rescind the death penalty entirely. But if they do, they'll have a fight on their hands." ()

Brad Smith

This is the time, this is the place, we believe, for the government to adopt privacy legislation on a national basis,

They really adore each other offstage and have a very similar sense of humor. These are qualities they bring onstage, and that makes for a very real relationship.

There's been a real big push from the federal government to promote this as the answer to adolescent drug use. The assumption, I guess, that propels this is that once you randomly test students, they'll just stop experimenting. But behavior is really complex. It doesn't always work that simply.

Ted Leonsis

There is this primordial soup brewing of more bandwidth, more storage, more devices and more people creating content which is inherently digital. The lightning that struck is that the people have rapidly adopted all this even faster than we in the industry conceived, and bypassed the traditional media.

There's an expectation that nanotech inspection tools will see a big boost from being adopted by nanomaterials manufacturers for quality control in the factory,

Kevin Hall

At least the House has indicated an unwillingness to adopt policy through the budget. It's the governor's belief that the executive order he signed minutes after taking his oath will continue to be the policy of this administration.

Stephen Lewis

Young women, adolescent girls, are more subject to infection, sometimes at a rate of six times that of boys. That tells you a lot about the vulnerability of women.

John Spencer

This is a worrying trend for future adult oral health, as this is occurring despite nearly every child and adolescent using dental services in the last two years, mostly at a school dental service clinic,

This is not the easiest way of doing things. Frequently what you do if you are in a relationship with someone and you want to adopt their children, you marry them and do a step-parent adoption. There are extra requirements when you are not related by marriage to the children you are adopting.

This issue of the Internet or Internet-based services being less reliable is disappearing. We did not find that this was a barrier to adoption of IP services.