Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

Gretchen Rubin

They say that people teach what they need to learn. By adopting the role of happiness teacher, if only for myself, I was trying to find the method to conquer my particular faults and limitations.

Nell Newman

Adopting big-business practices is one thing, and adopting agribusiness practices that would dilute the meaning of 'organic' is another. On the whole, I think we're doing a pretty good job of preserving the integrity of organic foods.

Working with groups like that and working with the rescues as well as adopting animals out is (how) we work to find these animals homes. The key to the whole overpopulation issue is spay/neuter, though. That's what it comes down to is we've got to really push the spay/neuter concept because that's what will begin to drop these numbers.

S. Jay Olshansky

I'm not sure the least educated members of the population are missing out on the advances in medical technology as much as they are adopting harmful behavioral habits that shorten their life.

Elliott Abrams

Refusing to lift sanctions and adopting tougher rhetoric toward Iran would not be partisan issues. Plenty of Democrats think that those actions are both good politics and good policy.

Missouri could make huge strides by adopting a state version of the Federal False Claims Act. Millions now wasted by (Medicaid) provider fraud would be available to provide health care to low-income Missouri parents, the elderly and those with disabilities. In 2005, approximately 90,000 low-income Missourians lost their health insurance due to cuts in the Medicaid program.

We have received more than 100 calls from people interested in adopting the dogs, some coming from as far as Pennsylvania.

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.

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.

We are pleased that Air International recognized Enterprise Edition as the right solution to integrate their global product operations, and we look forward to supporting their success. AITS is a clear example of an innovative manufacturer who recognizes the power of on-demand PLM to transform their business and create even greater value and their adoption of Arena PLM Enterprise Edition is an important validation that larger enterprises are successfully adopting on-demand solutions for even the most sophisticated and complex business processes.

Our problem is not adopting reforms, which we will do without question. It is not reaching an objective, which we will meet. But it is finding an end to the recession.

NIMS is not yet online nationwide, but by adopting this it is a step to put everybody on the same page and working with the same process to hopefully save lives and property damage.

Andrew Cuomo

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

I anticipate that in January the commission will consider adopting rules that would require 'dollars and cents' fee disclosure to shareholders, coupled with more frequent disclosure of portfolio holdings information,

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

Grady Little

I have a bad habit of watching things that are working for other people and adopting it myself.

I am a big proponent of adopting dogs through shelters and rescue operations. Having dogs in the office might not be right for everyone, but it has certainly worked well for me. My advice to other offices, on the Hill and off, would be to try it out.

Ali Larijani

His motivation for making such comments is unclear to us. But adopting a logical stance towards Iran's nuclear activity, better serves the interest of the region.

I think women who are currently following a low-fat diet should be encouraged to do so. We didn't see any unfavorable effects. For women who are at high risk for breast cancer, they should talk it over with their physicians whether adopting a low-fat diet might be warranted.

We can help parents raise kids by adopting a uniform media rating system and banning marketing of violence to children.

Nick Clegg

With the EU taking in ten more countries and adopting a new Constitution, organisations need more than ever intelligent professional help in engaging with the EU institutions.

If the Commission is not satisfied with the Polish authorities' response, it would have the possibility of adopting a formal decision declaring that Poland was in breach of Article 21 of the merger regulations.

Dick Morris

'Yes' is a far more potent word than 'no' in American politics. By adopting the positions which animate the political agenda for the other side, one can disarm them and leave them sputtering with nothing to say.

Hugh Laurie

I feel when acting, I am sometimes overly self-conscious; I think, 'Going, no, don't, put your eyebrow back where it was and, you know, turn to the left.' You know, I'm sort of very consciously adopting this character. But with music, I don't know. I found it was a question of just closing my eyes and just sort of letting things come out.

To celebrate the first anniversary of the adopting in 2003, I decided to knit 100 pieces to send to the orphanage.

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.

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 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.

Tony Perez

There are a number of families that are adopting technology just to run their lives.

Micky Adams

We had a real go. Everyone's done themselves a world of good. We mixed it up, adopting a style of play that suited us more than them. Teams don't like being turned round.