Famous Quotes & Sayings

Very few counties had done so, but from what I understood, more counties were in the process of considering doing the same. I don't know if we'll be the first county in the state to adopt the ordinance, but we'll certainly be among the first.

Ultimately this is about enabling mainstream adoption of user experience within both business and end-user applications, resulting in richer differentiated experiences on the web and the smart client that promote business opportunity and productivity

Dominique Moceanu

I had this sister that was born who was given up for adoption, and I never knew it.

We became his adopted family not knowing he was manipulating us and lying to us that he'd been grooming Elizabeth for taking her away.

Janet Reno

We are never going to get a serious grip on gun violence in this country until we adopt comprehensive measures to keep guns away from those who should not have them,

What Congress did was much more symbolic than it was substantive. The law has not changed, because the law has always said that a signature is a symbol adopted with someone's intent to comply. It could be an X, a thumbprint, or even your company letterhead. The legal issue has always hinged on what you intend.

What Congress did was much more symbolic than it was substantive, ... The law has not changed, because the law has always said that a signature is a symbol adopted with someone's intent to comply. It could be an X, a thumbprint, or even your company letterhead. The legal issue has always hinged on what you intend.

We tease them that we're going to adopt more kids to continue going to basketball games. We don't want to think about there being no games to go to.

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,

Ronnie Spector

I have three adopted children with Phil, and for years I was fighting in court with him over being able to see my kids. I was always going back and forth to California, going to court, and I was never able to get a project going.

I just like the idea of people adopting them and turning them into really nice pets. They've had kind of a hard life, and they still love people.

Eric Turner

I just hate to see us adopt another ordinance that is a feel good ordinance that our police officers who are extremely busy right now are not going to enforce and it becomes another nuisance,

In view of the biased policies adopted by the court's chief judge to push for a quick conviction, we are demanding that the trial be moved outside Iraq to put an end to this farce.

In those markets, people have more of a choice because they're not forced to adopt the product that comes with their operating system.

Morshed Khan

In traditional terms security is about threats to the existence of a nation state and adoption of emergency or extraordinary measures to deal with them. But non-traditional approach to security tends to make it all-inclusive.

In the long term, an easier balance may be restored by competition from other fuels ... and from the adoption of known energy-efficient technologies.

In the next 5-10 years, property owners will increasingly adopt cost segregation to minimize federal income taxes.

Lleyton Hewitt

In practice he's always been a great player, where he's very flashy and, you know, doesn't take it all seriously the whole time. Whereas I think he's adopted that a little more in his matches. It may pay off for him.

If your friend is already dead, and being eaten by vultures, I think it's okay to feed some bits of your friend to one of the vultures, to teach him to do some tricks. But ONLY if you're serious about adopting the vulture. - Deep Thoughts (Saturday Night Live)

If you study the period of time that Jiang has been in power, he has assiduously and meticulously sought the support of several different constituencies within the party, army and state apparatus, and I think has rather successfully co-opted those constituencies and adopted their programs as his own.

If you want to adopt an animal, please think of your local Animal Control Center where there are animals who need homes desperately, ... However ... it is vital to offer help to the shelters in the Katrina disaster area because they have little hope of being able to place animals locally as they are so overrun.

Inevitably, anything you write that's not sunshine and roses will upset some people's sensitivities. However, if adoption is finally to get on a level playing field as a normal, natural way of forming a family, we have to look at it in all its dimensions and revel in the great stuff and talk about the not-so-great stuff. That gets a national conversation going.

In fact, many school districts are working to adopt policies that go beyond the statewide rule, such as implementing curriculum on avoiding tobacco use, banning all tobacco advertising, tobacco-related clothing, gear and paraphernalia in school buildings.

In addition, two of the participants made a trip to the humane society to adopt animals, and several began volunteering to walk the dogs at the shelter. Many of them told us that they didn't necessarily walk in the study because they knew it was good for their health; they enjoyed walking because they knew it was good for the animals.

In 2005, the industry witnessed great momentum around open source databases, from product enhancement, improved customer support and increased adoption to new vendors jumping on the bandwagon. Open source databases continue to make inroads into enterprises, offering low-cost database management system alternatives to support all types of business applications.

Ernie Els

In 2003, the South African adopted a regimen of twice-daily workouts to improve his fitness. His game improved significantly ... until he hurt his right wrist walloping a boxing heavy bag. 'I was thinking of taking out a little frustration on the punching bag, but I'm not a pro,' he said.

I'm asking for the mall to adopt better security measures, adopt some kind of curfew that will make it a safer place for everybody.

Ann Wilson

I'm a single mum and my daughter came from a really potentially tragic situation. If I had not adopted her she was kind of like a lost lamb.

If the woman changes her mind and wants the child, she should be responsible. If she can't take care of the child, adoption is a good alternative.

If you adopt a room, you not only buy the furnishings, but you do the decorating.

If you are not able to fill a box you may like to donate items to be packed by the Lioness Club in the box provided at the National Bank, or adopt a box for $7,

Robert Scoble

If you're in business, and you don't understand how that word of mouth works, you won't be able to take full advantage of it, how to get full adoption by getting that network to talk about you.