Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dennis Brown

Because I used to go and watch him rehearsing for pantomime, and I have adopted some of those priciples, like try to be on time, learn your script, how he approach it, etc.

Mickey Rooney

I didn't want to be short. I've tried to pretend that being a short guy didn't matter. I tried to make up for being short by affecting a strut, by adopting the voice of a much bigger man, by spending more money than I made, by tipping double or triple at bars and restaurants, by dating tall, beautiful women.

Adoption should be an empowering option for young women in crisis, knowing that the people around them - family, friends, church - will respect their choice.

Paul Bloom

On many issues, empathy can pull us in the wrong direction. The outrage that comes from adopting the perspective of a victim can drive an appetite for retribution.

Norman Borlaug

Nevertheless, the number of farmers, small as well as large, who are adopting the new seeds and new technology is increasing very rapidly, and the increase in numbers during the past three years has been phenomenal.

Sylvia Earle

There are some who would like to see the oil rigs removed right down to the ground once their job is done, and there are others, and I count myself among them, who think that once they are in place they begin to be adopted by life in the ocean as a habitat.

Todd Park

Catalyzed by the Recovery Act, adoption of electronic health records is increasing dramatically.

I thought the council directed the legal department to work with the authors, but we have not had any input. I think we are racing into an ordinance that no one here knows anything about. If we are going to adopt something from the county, we have to spend some time to fit it for us.

I think we will eventually follow in England's footsteps. Donor insemination is moving in the same direction as adoption did years ago. Family secrets are unhealthy, and disclosure is in the best interest of the child. People have the right to know their genetic history.

I think what happened is we all adopted each other.

Maisie Williams

I think a lot of people on Twitter say, 'Oh you're really cute. I want to adopt you,' and things like that, yeah.

Binyavanga Wainaina

We are a mixed up people. We have mixed up ways of naming, too... When my father's brothers and sisters first went to colonial schools, they had to produce a surname. They also had to show they were good Christians by adopting a western name. They adopted my grandfather's name as surname. Wainaina.

will.i.am

I was born and raised in East Los Angeles by a single mom who had three biological kids and adopted four more. I never met my dad.

Angela Featherstone

When I was in the group homes, I saw some of the kids being moved into foster homes with the potential for adoption. I remember well asking a social worker if I could find a home, too. I was told I was 'too old' and 'no one wants to adopt a 16-year-old.' I felt hopeless and alone.

Agnes Obel

What I discovered in Berlin was this immense freedom because it felt like you could start any kind of project and nobody would care... and that's what I sort of adopted to my own.

Lawrence Lessig

We adopt this strategy now because there's an urgency to this debate. Over time, the space of free expression has shrunk.

We adopted the WADA code two years ago at our last congress including the two years' ban,

Paul Goodwin

We adopted a different shape when we went down to 10 men and I felt we played some good football in the circumstances.

We're at the tipping point of seeing exponential growth in this area, with a number of factors coming together to make this happen -- from less costly and more varied devices to wider adoption of mobile data among mobile professionals.

We recognize that broad market adoption requires technologies to be standardized and available to the entire value chain in terms of product development. The intention is indeed to move into standard bodies.

We're driven by business logic, and we'll adopt a fair and balanced approach as we rationalize. We recognize the sensitivity of the employees, and we'll be fair, balanced, and caring in approaching this.

Hugh Grant

We understand that the adoption of a policy is an important step forward for our business and our industry.

Gary Ross

Most modern science fiction went to school on 'Dune.' Even 'Harry Potter' with its 'boy protagonist who has not yet grown into his destiny' shares a common theme. When I read it for the first time, I felt like I had learned another language, mastered a new culture, adopted a new religion.

Steve Jobs

My biological mother later found out that my mother had never graduated from college and that my father had never graduated from high school. She refused to sign the final adoption papers. She only relented a few months later when my parents promised that I would someday go to college.

Ida Lupino

Come hell or high water, adopted or my own. I am going to have, I must have some kids.

We were surprised at the small number of firms utilizing live chat tools especially given the fact that back in May of 2005, our research showed the average response time to an email inquiry was sixteen hours. Clearly, instant messaging is being widely adopted both by consumers and many businesses yet there is reluctance by online brokerage firms to embrace this popular technology. We recommend that firms provide their clients and prospects with robust live chat tools and technologies in order to increase customer satisfaction and ultimately, gain new clients and revenues.

We've identified the Embedded strategy as one of our foremost growth drivers. To date we have signed up HP, Lenovo and Gateway as partners and we continue to work with other computer manufacturers to adopt our BIOS initiative.

With so many single purpose devices in the market, combined with evolving technology, consumers are resisting making a choice. Our research shows that over time, mobility will be adopted more widely. The mobile evolution has only just begun. Compatibility and convergence will be the key influences on consumer purchases and enterprise product development as we move forward.

The position adopted by the Scottish FA ... was disappointing, especially given the assurances that have been made to home country football associations regarding ongoing international representation by ... FIFA,

Eartha Kitt

I'm an orphan. But the public has adopted me, and that has been my only family. The biggest family in the world is my fans.

Arthur Rubinstein

To be alive, to be able to see, to walk, to have houses, music, paintings - it's all a miracle. I have adopted the technique of living life miracle to miracle.

Big Smo

I had a sister who was killed in a motorcycle wreck when I was around 4 years old. My parents adopted her son, and so my nephew became my brother. He was three years older than me, so through him, I was exposed to hip-hop.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

What I find problematic is the suggestion that when, say, Madonna adopts an African child, she is saving Africa. It's not that simple. You have to do more than go there and adopt a child or show us pictures of children with flies in their eyes. That simplifies Africa.