Quotes about Adopted

Adopted. Big Deal; so was Superman Votes: 5

My theory of evolution is that Darwin was adopted. Votes: 4

Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous patience. Votes: 4

Internationally, President Obama has adopted an appeasement strategy. He believes America's role as leader in the world is a thing of the past. I believe a strong America must - and will - lead the future. Votes: 4

As you know, I'm an immigrant. I came over here as an immigrant, and what gave me the opportunities, what made me to be here today, is the open arms of Americans. I have been received. I have been adopted by America. Votes: 4

I speak about family and adoption because it 100% changed my life and who I am. It definitely played a very large role into just learning how to be grateful for what you have and being fulfilled in a way that a lot of adopted kids don't feel. Votes: 4

I think, you know, it was something that I really wanted. I wanted so much to have a son or daughter. We adopted a son. And it was just the most wonderful thing. I think the only thing that was difficult for both Maury and myself were the sleepless nights. Votes: 4

I am a living testament you can be adopted and successful. Votes: 3

At what age do you think it's appropriate to tell a highway it's adopted? Votes: 3

Despite the best of efforts, many foster children are neither reunited with their families, nor adopted. Votes: 3

Adopted kids are such a pain - you have to teach them how to look like you. Votes: 3

In the United States, if one family out of every four churches adopted a child, there would be no orphans in the country Votes: 3

The prejudices of ignorance are more easily removed than the prejudices of interest; the first are all blindly adopted, the second willfully preferred. Votes: 3

New legislation has just been adopted by the International Labour Organization on the Worst Forms of Child Labor, such as bonded labour, prostitution and hazardous work. Votes: 3

Having been adopted, I really have a strong sense- a necessity almost- for stability, a foundation where my family is concerned. [Success] would be meaningless without anyone to share it with. Votes: 3

We have adopted the convenient theory that the Bible is a Book to be explained, whereas first and foremost it is a Book to be believed (and after that to be obeyed.) Votes: 3

Harder still it has proved to rule the dragon Money... A whole generation adopted false principles, and went to their graves in the belief they were enriching the country they were impoverishing. Votes: 3

Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can offer with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation, but of the adopted talent of another, you have only an extemporaneous, half possession. Votes: 3

I went to Texas a few times for gigs and adopted the cowboy look. Every man, at some point in his life, goes through a cowboy stage - everyone! Well, at least everyone that I look up to! Votes: 3

Adopted pets are the best pets you can have. Most adoptable pets come from loving homes that simply cannot care for them anymore. Or, they are strays who've been on their own without the loving care they deserve. Votes: 3

If anybody understands God's order for his children, it's someone who has rescued an orphan from despair, for that is what God has done for us. God has adopted you. God sought you, found you, signed the papers and took you home. Votes: 3

Doctrines, scriptures, sutras, essays, are not to be regarded as systems to be followed. They merely contribute to understanding. They should be for us a source of stimulation, and nothing more... Adopted, rather than used as a stimulus, they are a hindrance Votes: 3

No matter where I am in the world or what's on my schedule, I begin each day by reading an inspirational book and then meditating and praying. I adopted this healthy habit many years ago to ensure that my first thoughts of the day were positive. Votes: 3

On every question of construction (of the Constitution) let us carry ourselves back to the time when the Constitution was adopted, recollect the spirit of the debates, and instead of trying what meaning may be squeezed out of the text, or invented against it, conform to the probable one in which it was passed. Votes: 3

Believing the right things about Jesus isn't enough. You're not adopted as God's child until you confess and turn away from your wrongdoing and receive the freely offered gift of forgiveness and eternal life that Jesus purchased with his death on the cross. Until you do that, you'll always be on the outside looking in. Votes: 3

It is an object of vast magnitude that systems of education should be adopted and pursued which may not only diffuse a knowledge of the sciences but may implant in the minds of the American youth the principles of virtue and of liberty and inspire them with just and liberal ideas of government and with an inviolable attachment to their own country. Votes: 3

Technology has to be invented or adopted. Votes: 1

My house is run, essentially, by an adopted, fully clawed cat with a mean nature. Votes: 1

All I ever want is to return to either Bangladesh, my motherland, or India, my adopted home. Votes: 1

The uniform makes for brotherhood, since when universally adopted it covers up all differences of class and country. Votes: 1

Somebody said the key to life is to work hard, play hard, rest hard, and I've pretty much adopted that. Votes: 1

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. Votes: 1

I don't understand people whose gratification is a BMW. You don't know what joy is until you see a kid who was tortured get adopted by a family. Votes: 1

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. Votes: 1

I adopted a healthier diet. I take at least a tablespoon of apple-cider vinegar a day. It's an old wives' tale, but it really is one of the best things you can put in your mouth. Votes: 1

I did nothing to deserve God's love; in fact, I was living as an orphan, without hope. Yet God chose to pursue a relationship with me, and through the death of his son Jesus, I was adopted into God's family. Votes: 1

There are so many times there could have been a left turn instead of a right turn in all people's lives. I think mine are pretty crystal clear, because of being adopted, being born in Ethiopia, being adopted to Sweden. Votes: 1

The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom. Votes: 1

Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble of considering and carrying into execution new projects. The best public measures are therefore seldom adopted from previous wisdom, but forced by the occasion. Votes: 1

The viral power of online media has proven how fast creative ideas can be spread and adopted, using tools like cellphones, digital cameras, micro-credit, mobile banking, Facebook, and Twitter. A perfect example? The way the Green Movement in Iran caught fire thanks to social media. Votes: 1

I wish I could go to the school where my close friends go, but I obviously can't. The good thing is, they're really good about inviting me to all the football games and all that stuff. So I end up having an adopted team spirit for a school I don't go to. Votes: 1

I would not be a good mother. I mean, I love being an aunt to my niece and nephew. And I used to want to, like, adopt 10 kids - because I had friends who were adopted, and I thought that was the coolest thing, to be chosen. But again, my job is too selfish. Votes: 1

Christ commands those who believe to be baptized. Pedobaptists adopt a system which tends to preclude the baptism of believers. They baptize the involuntary infant and deprive him of the privilege of ever professing his faith in the appointed way. If this system were universally adopted, it would banish believers' baptism out of the world. Votes: 1

I can only say that there is not a man living who wishes more sincerely than I do, to see a plan adopted for the abolition of it - but there is only one proper and effectual mode by which it can be accomplished, and that is by Legislative authority: and this, as far as my suffrage will go, shall never be wanting. Votes: 1

I do have the most adorable little Chihuahua mix. I adopted him about 3 1/2 years ago from Much Love pet adoption, and he has been the love of my life ever since. His name is Beau, or as my sister and I like to call him ' mushy mush' because he truly is just a pile of loving mush that just melts in your arms. Votes: 1

I grew up on a farm in Oregon, an adopted child, with one sibling, and parents the age of all my peers' grandparents. We lived in isolation from the people around us, and it was always a struggle to cope with as a child. The heart can really expire under those conditions. I always felt like I was looking at the world from the outside. Votes: 1

Musicians have always adopted Macs. Votes: 0

I've always known I was adopted. Votes: 0

Christianity did not destroy paganism; it adopted it. Votes: 0

A vendor neutral, standards-based approach must be adopted Votes: 0

I want adopted people to know they were chosen. Votes: 0

Ridiculous modes, invented by ignorance, and adopted by folly. Votes: 0

All I wanted to do was please my adopted family. Votes: 0

History has no record of a nation having adopted nonviolent resistance. Votes: 0

My father was adopted. He grew up in the Italian household. Votes: 0

I'm a farm boy from Connecticut, and I adopted urban life. Votes: 0

Prejudice does not mean false ideas, but only ... opinions adopted before examination. Votes: 0

Al Gore adopted three utterly different personas in three national presidential debates. Votes: 0

On November 15th, 2008, in over 300 cities, 4,000 children were adopted in one day. Votes: 0

I feel like I have adopted the Philippines as my second country. Votes: 0

I am Cuban, my parents are Cuban, and I was not adopted. Votes: 0

There is an infinity of political errors which, being once adopted, become principles. Votes: 0

Children have adopted a consumerist attitude - I dare you to entertain me. Votes: 0

I'm adopted, so I didn't know my father, but apparently he was pretty tall. Votes: 0

Growing up, I kind of adopted that mentality, going all out, being a warrior. Votes: 0

Pop music has always adopted the style of marrying upbeat melodies to dour lyrics. Votes: 0

The mother of the year should be a sterilized woman with two adopted children Votes: 0

Men of integrity are generally pretty obstinate, in adhering to an opinion once adopted. Votes: 0

Whoever the Lord has adopted ought to prepare themselves for hard, toilsome and unquiet living. Votes: 0

In America, Qualification is simply an attitude. I've adopted it. So, yes. I am qualified. Votes: 0

China adopted a capitalist system in the 1980s, and they went from a 60% poverty rate to 10%. Votes: 0

Innovation transforms the useful seeds of invention into widely adopted solutions valued above every existing alternative. Votes: 0

Today, Angelina Jolie met with Pope Francis at the Vatican. Long story short: She adopted him. Votes: 0

New solutions win by virtue of adoption, and they don't get adopted if they're bad solutions. Votes: 0

I want to be adopted by the French. I want to go to live in Paris. Votes: 0

The line, often adopted by strong men in controversy, of justifying the means by the end. Votes: 0

If Youku had adopted YouTubes business model, we just would not be here. We would not exist. Votes: 0

My daughter is a preschooler but I have only known her for a while. She is adopted. Votes: 0

The seventies was a time when a lot of people didn't tell their children they were adopted. Votes: 0

The oppressed, having internalized the image of the oppressor and adopted his guidelines, are fearful of freedom. Votes: 0

It has adopted the geometry most advantageous to the species or, in other words, the most convenient. Votes: 0

Feminazis have adopted abortion as a kind of sacrament for their religion/politics of alienation and bitterness. Votes: 0

When did it become unconstitutional to exclude homosexual couples from marriage? 1791? 1868, when the 14th Amendment was adopted? Votes: 0

The friend that I based Heffer on was adopted, and it all played into his total personality. Votes: 0

Turkeys are misunderstood. Once I adopted turkeys, I understood this large bird to be a great companion. Votes: 0

Developing your unique thought to the level of being appreciated and adopted by the world - that's genius. Votes: 0

By such innovations are languages enriched, when the words are adopted by the multitude, and naturalized by custom. Votes: 0

People are created in God's image. Homosexuality is an identity adopted through societal factors. It's an identity disorder. Votes: 0

My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind as adopted it. Votes: 0

Andrew Carnegie was an inventor only in the sense that he adopted and adapted the discoveries of others. Votes: 0

[To her frequently needed plumber:] How would you like to be adopted? I'm sure it would be cheaper. Votes: 0

A motto I've adopted is, if at first you don't succeed, hide all evidence that you ever tried. Votes: 0

Truthfully, my films don't get funded, they get adopted - and are made thanks to the generosity of others. Votes: 0

Justice was born outside the home and a long way from it; and it has never been adopted there Votes: 0

Where else but in America could a schoolteacher from Kansas City end up the governor of her adopted state? Votes: 0

People know that I have adopted four principles in living my life: simple living, punctuality, hard work and prudence. Votes: 0

Style, personality - deliberately adopted and therefore a mask - is the only escape from the hot-faced bargainers and money-changers. Votes: 0

In dealing with Englishmen you can be sure of one thing only, that the logical solution will not be adopted. Votes: 0

Meanwhile I married and I adopted three kids who were all from one family and then later I was divorced. Votes: 0

I have adopted clothes from all the projects I'm in. It's really been a while since I've bought anything myself Votes: 0

I have adopted the Roman sentiment, that it is more honorable to save a citizen than to kill an enemy. Votes: 0

Count Basie practically adopted me at 13. We became closer and closer and I ended up conducting for him and Sinatra. Votes: 0

I have made speeches urging women to adopt methods of rebellion such as have been adopted by men in every revolution. Votes: 0

His answer to every problem, every setback was "I will work harder!" "”which he had adopted as his personal motto. Votes: 0

Who is going to cast out an error to which he has given birth and replace it with an adopted truth? Votes: 0

In Australia, everyone gets a nickname and people started calling me "Izzy" and I hated it so I just adopted Bella. Votes: 0

The old spelling MAGICK has been adopted throughout in order to distinguish the Science of the Magi from all its counterfeits. Votes: 0

I grew up in an average middle-class family. I don't think I even knew any friends who were fostered or adopted. Votes: 0

I have younger kids, and I adopted them late in life. They don't know these people [from Annie Hall] at all. Votes: 0

My children range in age from 5 to 31. We adopted the 5-year-old, but people are often impressed with my wife before knowing that. Votes: 0

It is bad luck for world history that of all people the Russians adopted Communism, because they are totally unfit for it. Votes: 0

Education (the institution) has now adopted values, attitudes, and practices that make any rigorous understanding of the human self and life impossible. Votes: 0

The maxim that men are not to be praised before their death was invented by envy and too lightly adopted by philosophers. Votes: 0

Cold and hunger seem more friendly to my nature than those methods which men have adopted and advise to ward them off. Votes: 0

Oh, you think the darkness is your ally, but you merely adopted the dark. I was born in it. Molded by it. Votes: 0

People in Finland have also adopted me because of my dad, and that's great, but it's the one language I can't speak. Votes: 0

People in Finland have also adopted me because of my dad, and that's great, but it's the one language I can't speak. Votes: 0

If we think there is an undermining now, just wait if Sharia is adopted or utilized by justices in the United States. Votes: 0

I was not allowed to talk about being adopted when growing up. I walked around feeling like I was going to explode. Votes: 0

Whatever be the means adopted, you must at last return to the Self, so why not abide as the Self here and now? Votes: 0

Since I was five, I've known that I was adopted, which is a politically correct term for being clueless about one's own origins. Votes: 0

When 9/11 happened, 12 of our neighborhood firemen were killed. I looked around at the country that had adopted me and I became an American. Votes: 0

I used to have a phrase: Liberalism is spreading misery equally. And now the ruling class throughout Washington seems to have adopted this. Votes: 0

Hundreds of thousands of kids now have a chance to be adopted because I worked to change our adoption and foster care system. Votes: 0

My sister is Korean and my parents adopted her about three years before I was born and that is how I grew up. Votes: 0

~Wyatt [my adopted son] is definitely all mine. Little souls find their way to you whether they're from your womb or someone else's.~ Votes: 0

Cindy and I are adoptive parents. We know what a treasure and joy it is to have an adopted child in our lives. Votes: 0

These measures may not constitute an absolute guarantee of peace, but, in my opinion, they constitute the greatest preventive measures ever adopted by nations. Votes: 0

All of my cats are adopted and all show their gratitude on a daily basis. I don't know where I would be without them. Votes: 0

No surprise that, as companies have adopted social media en masse, demand for software and applications to manage and monitor social use has exploded. Votes: 0

If the Constitution is adopted (and it was) the Union will be in fact and in theory an association of States or a Confederacy. Votes: 0

Muddy Waters was, like, the king! He had a lot of adopted sons and daughters. I was just happy to be one of them. Votes: 0

You may not know it, but I was adopted as a baby by my wonderful parents, Allan and Margaret Atkins of Cumberland Gap, Tenn. Votes: 0

I always say neediness is the cause of suffering. I'm not the only one who says it. It's something I adopted and I believe. Votes: 0

On her daughter Melissa: The only time she really cried is when I sat her down and told her that she was not adopted. Votes: 0

Indeed, the very first resolution of the General Assembly of the United Nations - adopted unanimously - called for the elimination of nuclear weapons. Votes: 0

I was raised in Brooklyn and in Baltimore. My father was a bookkeeper. When I was 36 years old, my mother told me I was adopted. Votes: 0

The conservative in financial circles I have often described as a man who thinks nothing new ought ever to be adopted for the first time. Votes: 0

Edinburgh is my adopted home. It's a place where I wanted to come and live, and I managed to arrange my life so it happened. Votes: 0

I was adopted into this incredible home, a loving, positive environment, yet I had this yearning, this kind of darkness that was also inside me. Votes: 0

You reach a certain age -- sometimes it's fifteen, sometimes it's forty-six -- and you realize the cliche you have adopted for yourself isn't working. Votes: 0

There should be resolutions adopted in top international institutions, which are binding on all states and governments in the world, to forbid the defamation of religions. Votes: 0

Each university should have a Young Scholars' Committee. I became the chairman of this Committee, and immediately it was permitted to have this plan officially adopted. Votes: 0

My mother birthed three children and she adopted myself and another African-American son. My adoptive parents were Finnish. I grew up in a white picket neighborhood. Votes: 0

When the Transportation Security Administration adopted body scanners at airports, activists wrote the Fourth Amendment on their underwear in metallic paint readable by the new devices. Votes: 0

I'm not adopted. But that longing and that sense of absence ... are perhaps other ways of expressing the actualities of my family. Different facts, same emotions. Votes: 0

As anyone who's ever adopted a dog will tell you, there's always the fear that one day the birth parents will come scratching at the door... Votes: 0

Pop is the most competitive form of music there is. You are always fighting to be adopted and accepted by the masses, and it's always shifting. Votes: 0

Innovation is the running theme and spirit of the policies adopted by the Chinese government, and it is the banner that we will always hold high. Votes: 0

I'm concerned about the plight of children. But I'm not on a mission to get all the available orphans in the world adopted into Christian homes. Votes: 0

You think about every piece of idiomatic speech adopted by white men over the past ten or twenty years; virtually all of it comes from hip-hop. Votes: 0

I'm very proud of my pro-life record, and I've always adopted the idea that, the position that the method of conception doesn't change the definition of life. Votes: 0

A high nutrient diet, if widely adopted, could bring millions of people in touch with true hunger, and stop the proliferation of obesity and preventable chronic disease. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I was aware of Darwin's views fourteen years before I adopted them and I have done so solely andentirely from an independent study of the plants themselves. Votes: 0

The only time that I've adopted characterization again since that point, for my own albums, has been an album called "Outside" that I did with Brian Eno . Votes: 0

I was adopted when I was a baby. My mother carried me for nine months and she held me for one hour, and didn't see me again. Votes: 0

If those states which did not have right-to-carry concealed gun provisions had adopted them in 1992, approximately 1,570 murders; 4,177 rapes; and over 60,000 aggravate assaults would have been avoided yearly. Votes: 0

There is no opinion, however absurd, which men will not readily embrace as soon as they can be brought to the conviction that it is generally adopted. Votes: 0

You expand your consciousness, your ideas, your perceptions. You break away from self-adopted restrictions. You grow as you learn to step aside from limiting conceptions and dogmas. Votes: 0

Although all new ideas are born in France, they are not readily adopted there. It seems that they must first commence to prosper in a foreign country. Votes: 0

There are two ways of destroying a people. Either condemn them en bloc or force them to repudiate the leaders they adopted. The second is the worse. Votes: 0

Floral emblems have been often adopted. The houses of York and Lancaster had their roses, the Bourbons of France, the fleur-de-lis, Scotland her thistle, and Ireland her shamrock. Votes: 0

For {she} had adopted the standard of the young: what there was in the moment was everything. And moments followed one another without necessarily belonging to one another. Votes: 0

I can only say that there is not a man living who wishes more sincerely than I do to see a plan adopted for the abolition of slavery. Votes: 0

...truth-telling may be an ethic, adopted by photojournalists as a behavior, but experience shows us that it is not embedded in the medium like silver salts in film. Votes: 0

We may argue eloquently that 'Honesty is the best Policy' - unfortunately, the moment honesty is adopted for the sake of policy it mysteriously ceases to be honesty. Votes: 0

It actually got me upset reading about adopted children. They become junkies or criminals or actors. I wanted to write a book from the children's point of view. Votes: 0

You know I’m the first rapper to adopt a tabby cat. You know I adopted straight from the ASPCA, you feel me? Just breaking the boundaries, man Votes: 0

I have sold more books on physics than Madonna has on sex. [Hawking adopted this statement from a remark made to him by his former post-doc, Nathan Myhrvold.] Votes: 0

The making of an American begins at the point where he himself rejects all other ties, any other history, and himself adopts the vesture of his adopted land. Votes: 0

Back in the mid-1970s, we adopted some fairly ambitious goals to improve efficiency of our cars. What did we get? We got a tremendous boost in efficiency. Votes: 0

The making of an American begins at the point where he himself rejects all other ties, any other history, and himself adopts the vesture of his adopted land. Votes: 0

They're my burka... I'm a little shortsighted, and people, when they're shortsighted, they remove their glasses and then they look like cute little dogs who want to be adopted. Votes: 0

I was adopted by two amazing people: a Salvadoran mother and a white father who were incredibly supportive of me and my work. I am eternally grateful for them. Votes: 0

My father has passed away. He was African-American. My mother is white. So I was adopted by a couple that was of a similar dynamic as my biological parents. Votes: 0

Today Saint Paul has told us that in Christ we have become God's adopted children, brothers and sisters in Christ. This is who we are. This is our identity. Votes: 0

The faults of a man loved or honoured sometimes steal secretly and imperceptibly upon the wise and virtuous, but by injudicious fondness or thoughtless vanity are adopted with design. Votes: 0

It is much more difficult to recede from a scale of expenditure once adopted than it is to extend the accustomed scale in response to an accession of wealth. Votes: 0

I think a lot of people have a problem with the fact that I've adopted an African child, a child who has a different color skin than I do. Votes: 0

That the state of knowledge in any country will exert a directive influence on the general system of instruction adopted in it, is a principle too obvious to require investigation. Votes: 0

There's a difference between a mistake or even a crime that's been committed by an individual, and between a policy of crime that's been implemented or adopted by a government. Votes: 0

President Obama has adopted a practice of picking and choosing which laws he wants to enforce. In most cases, his laws of choice conveniently coincide with his administration's political agenda. Votes: 0

Urban transport is a political and not a technical issue. The technical aspects are very simple. The difficult decisions relate to who is going to benefit from the models adopted. Votes: 0

I think it's the tragedy of our time that we're not aware of the affect of the manner in which we've adopted tools. Those tools have become who we are. Votes: 0

Ideas really do matter. But in any organization a good idea will only go so far unless its proponents are willing to fight the political games to get the idea adopted. Votes: 0

Virtue is the daughter of Religion; Repentance, her adopted child,--a poor orphan who, without the asylum which she offers, would not know where to hide her sole treasure, her tears! Votes: 0

I was an adopted child of my grandparents, and I don't know how I can ever express my gratitude for that, because my parents would have been a mess, you know. Votes: 0

When I started in fashion, I had already adopted the sailor-striped sweater as my uniform; that way, I wouldn't have to drive myself crazy trying to figure out what to wear. Votes: 0

Whomever the Lord has adopted and deemed worthy of His fellowship ought to prepare themselves for a hard, toilsome, and unquiet life, crammed with very many and various kinds of evil. Votes: 0

The records of adopted children are sealed in California. That seal is considered inviolable... The judge ruled that, because I was famous, he didn't have the same rights as other kids. Votes: 0

Time and progress are synonymous terms--nothing can stop either. Truth will prevail and that is why I know that my teachings will reach the masses and finally be adopted as universal. Votes: 0

Each religion, so dear to those whose life it sanctifies, and fulfilling so necessary a function in the society that has adopted it, necessarily contradicts every other religion, and probably contradicts itself. Votes: 0

All necessary steps needed to be taken to tackle terrorism will be adopted...but we will keep in mind that a particular religion or section of society does not face problems unnecessary Votes: 0

The constitutional reform is supposed to give autonomy to eastern Ukraine and to be adopted by the end of 2015. This has not happened, and the year is over. That's not Russia's fault. Votes: 0

When you look at where the Democratic field is going relative to foreign policy, they are increasingly moving away from a policy of pre-emptive self-defense that the president has adopted since September 11. Votes: 0

All distinctions of birth or of rank have been abolished. All citizens, whether native or adopted, are placed upon terms of precise equality. All are entitled to equal rights and equal protection. Votes: 0

Persuasion, kind, unassuming persuasion, should be adopted to influence the conduct of men. The opposite course would be a reversal of human nature, which is God's decree and can never be reversed. Votes: 0

I adopted the assumption of many of my generation that women were intellectually inferior to men, that we were not capable of governing, leading, managing anything but our homes and our children. Votes: 0

I've had a lot of different lives. I was adopted, I grew up in Nebraska, and then I went to Northwestern... Then I had this really extraordinary, different life than my parents. Votes: 0

I think most children who are adopted ultimately want to meet their biological parents and often do. I think that is an important journey for children who are adopted to go on. Votes: 0

Susan, an only child who never had any roots, and I, a lone wolf who got married 20 years to late, were adopted by the kids as much as they were by us. Votes: 0

How much you discipline your mind to step out of its routines and look into new ways of doing things that you haven't yet adopted, is what will determine your economic potential. Votes: 0

The human understanding when it has once adopted an opinion (either as being the received opinion or as being agreeable to itself) draws all things else to support and agree with it. Votes: 0

Razo hopped back up and adopted a posture that said he was completely unruffled, never had been, and in fact was ready to do something manly like lift boulders or swallow live worms. Votes: 0

Experience teaches, that men are often so much governed by what they are accustomed to see and practice, that the simplest and most obvious improvements . . . are adopted with hesitation, reluctance, and slow gradations. Votes: 0

Best friends are always together, always whispering and laughing and running, always at each other's house, having dinner, sleeping over. They are practically adopted by each other's parents. You can't pry them apart. Votes: 0

I was a tomboy and I didn't have a bunch of brothers but I always wanted them and so I sort of adopted a few of my great friends to be my brother. Votes: 0

I moved up over Lower East Side and I was adopted by eight foster parents; I lived all over New York City with these parents, man, till I was about ten years old. Votes: 0

Capitalism justified itself and was adopted as an economic principle on the express ground that it provides selfish motives for doing good, and that human beings will do nothing except for selfish motives Votes: 0

It was intended that when Newspeak had been adopted once and for all and Oldspeak forgotten, a heretical thought...should be literally unthinkable, at least so far as thought is dependent on words. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

We were proposing, in a sense, that the rest of the world be made safe for American ideas, as they adopted intellectual property rights that gave patent protection to our very innovative economy. Votes: 0

For years I did take my time, but that was because I hated waiting to hit shots - I adopted a pace where I didn't have to stand by my ball and wait. Votes: 0

In Australia we can take a playbook back to California from people who have actually adopted best practises, who have seen those practises play out over the years and plan for future droughts. Votes: 0

We had a rule in Tibet that anyone proposing a new invention had to guarentee that it was beneficial, or at least harmless, for seven generations of humans before it could be adopted. Votes: 0

I was aware of Darwin's views fourteen years before I adopted them and I have done so solely and entirely from an independent study of the plants themselves.[Letter to W.H. Harvey] Votes: 0

Trying to conceal the fact that I was a gay, effeminate, hyperactive, adopted child with a serious lisp in southern Louisiana would have been like trying to hide Dolly Parton in a string bikini! Votes: 0

Now I see some family resemblance. I was starting to wonder if Jill was adopted, but you two kind of look like each other." "So does our mailman back in North Dakota," said Adrian. Votes: 0

I adopted the theory of reincarnation when I was 26. Genius is experience. Some think to seem that it is a gift or talent, but it is the fruit of long experience in many lives Votes: 0

The eureka moment is two reasons why the output-based standard should be adopted: common sense and accountability. Input-based standards don't encourage energy diversity; they don't create any incentives; they don't produce solar, hydro, nuclear. Votes: 0

I initially felt shy about doing painting because I wasn't a professional painter. I almost felt like I didn't deserve to paint. But I have gradually adopted a different kind of attitude about this. Votes: 0

As Buffett has often observed, value investing is not a concept that can be learned and gradually applied over time. It is either absorbed and adopted at once, or it is never truly learned. Votes: 0

A role model is a person whose roles can be modelled. If the roles you conceive and give birth to today cannot be adopted by anyone in your absence, you are no good model. Votes: 0

The moment someone chooses to trust in Jesus Christ, his sins are wiped away, and he is adopted into God's family. That individual is set apart as a child of God, with a sacred purpose. Votes: 0

Almost none of the poetries I admire stick to their labels, native or adopted ones. Rather, they are vagrant in their identifications. Tramp poets, there you go, a new label for those with unstable allegiances. Votes: 0

Laissez Faire, laissez passer. Let it be, let it pass. The phrase is not readily translatable. It was widely used by the Physiocrats in urging freedom from government interference and was adopted by Adam Smith. Votes: 0

My son, who is five, was adopted from Ethiopia. My daughter was adopted from Guatemala. Her parents died of typhoid and malaria. We got her from an orphanage. They are the lights of my life. Votes: 0

Unfortunately, marketing textbooks is like marketing fishing lures: the point is to catch fishermen, not fish. Thus many adopted textbooks are flashy to catch the eye of adoption committees but dull when read by students. Votes: 0

I have never discovered that the nude could be studied in any way except the way I have adopted. All the muscles must be pointed out. To do this all the drapery must be removed. Votes: 0