Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jonathan Zittrain

The power and promise of the Internet is that anyone can write and distribute code for tens of millions of others to adopt and run. The downside of this is that bad code can too readily get onto the public's PCs. Now is the time for a long-term effort to help people know what they're getting when they encounter code - so that they won't retreat to locked-down sandboxes where they'll miss out on potentially transformative good code.

The people who came in and adopted the city made a difference.

We are proud that the Arab foreign ministers meeting in Khartoum decided to adopt the Jordanian initiative.

We are pleased to provide leadership in this major server technology transition, extending our track record of excellent support for the server DIMM market. As industry adoption of fully buffered dual in-line memory modules increases, our customers and partners can continue to rely on IDT as a first call to satisfy the timing requirements of FB-DIMM technology.

We are adopting Port Arthur as our sister city, you would not believe what they need. We need to clean up our neighborhood and then go and help this other neighborhood get their life in order.

We are adopting a policy of maximum prudence.

With today's enactment of the budget reconciliation bill and its digital television provisions, we have crossed an important threshold. NAB is pleased that Congress adopted many pro-consumer DTV measures in the legislation, and we're encouraged that the bill thwarted cable industry attempts to degrade the quality of HDTV pictures to consumers.

Claire Tomalin

Writers often feel obliged to adopt some sort of public appearance.

When we got back from Athens we found out that they (the COC) had adopted our trademarks.

When we got back from Athens we found out that (the COC) had adopted our trademarks.

Craig Moore

When we first got into foster care we said there was no way we were going to adopt. We told all of the case member right away we are just here to help out, but we adopted the first one, then the second one and so it got to the point that every time we were going to hold a family meeting, our older kids knew what we were going to say.

William Hazlitt

We grow tired of ourselves, much more of other people. Use may in part reconcile us to our own tediousness, but we do not adopt that of others on the same paternal principle. We may be willing to sell a story twice, never to hear one more than once.

Patricia Heaton

We're thinking now about adopting or having foster children, and if we did, I would look for a girl without a mother because I could relate to that.

We've been adopted by this family, ... We like them better than ours.

Abraham Lincoln

The Government should create, issue, and circulate all the currency and credits needed to satisfy the spending power of the Government and the buying power of the consumers. By the adoption of these principles, the taxpayers will be saves immense sums of interest. The privilege of creating and issuing money is not only the supreme prerogative of government, but it is the government's greatest creative opportunity.

Wu Bangguo

The governance principle of 'improving governance and benefiting the people' adopted by Donald Tsang and the SAR government conforms to the fundamental interests and common aspirations of the Hong Kong people.

Bunker Roy

The Barefoot College is supposed to be a sparking off process. People are adopting it and owning it, which is really the story behind the college.

While we did not make this decision lightly, we believe it is necessary and in the best long-term interests of our shareowners to adopt a dividend policy comparable to the policies of our competitors,

While we certainly have more work to do in the area of foster care and adoption, we already see a significant improvement in reducing the amount of time it takes to adopt a child in foster care.

While this decision making process is underway, as is fitting for the commission, we are assuming our responsibilities and we are adopting a policy of maximum prudence.

Tess Gerritsen

While the TV show 'Rizzoli & Isles' may have been inspired by my books, show runner Janet Tamaro has total control over where the TV characters go from there. As Janet once put it, I'm the birth mother, but she's the mother who adopted them, and now that Jane and Maura are living in her house, they have to do what she tells them to do.

While there are other initiatives that target increasing the adoption of the Linux desktop, the LSB subcommittee can bring to the table an industry effort with real meat that can further the technical capabilities of the Linux desktop. The more vendors that participate in this initiative the more successful this initiative will be.

Service level agreements are one of the most critical factors for success in managing services since they clarify the business and contractual obligations between the provider and enterprise, thus laying the foundation for mutual trust between these partners. Unfortunately, many organizations are facing huge barriers to adoption because of traditional implementation approaches.

Julius Genachowski

Small businesses were slower than large businesses in adopting broadband. One of the reasons was they were concerned with putting their customer lists online or in the cloud.

Alan Autry

The Landscape of Choice addresses those concerns and we should create a plan based on it, adopt it, have faith in it, implement it and stick to it.

David Kelley

The message this conviction sends to the financial community is clear: Those who adopt a 'don't ask-don't tell' approach toward the money they manage do so at their own peril.

These phones deliver the same digital still camera experience as Cyber-shot. It is only now that we felt we could adopt the reputable Cyber-shot brand.

Roger Clemens

These people in greater Metropolitan Houston wanted him to play and recruited him, and it made a difference, ... And people seemed to totally and completely understand that he was doing it for the city and the community. And they've never forgotten that. So they adopted him, and he adopted them. And it hasn't hurt that he's performed remarkably for two years.

This is a valuable contribution to the Linux community that will help open-source developers benefit from Novell's research to create a better, more user-friendly desktop, ... Usability is a key requirement in order to drive the Linux desktop into the mainstream. This ... will help break down some of the barriers to mainstream Linux adoption on the desktop.

William Cowper

Once more I would adopt the graver style - a teacher should be sparing of his smile.

William Cowper

Once more I would adopt the graver style -- a teacher should be sparing of his smile.

Wayne Smith

Not only is no-till good for the soil and environment, it can also help facilitate adoption of carbon emission reductions by companies. Companies will pay farmers to reduce carbon through no-till conservation practices.

Igor Ivanov

Not necessary at present to adopt any new resolutions.