My sister gained 80 pounds expecting her baby. Well, you…

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…

— Max Lucado

My sister married a German. He complained he couldn't get a good bagel back home. I said: 'Well, whose fault is that?'

— Emo Philips

Every great movement must experience three stages: ridicule, discussion, adoption.

— John Stuart Mill

As we grew to love South Australia, we felt that we were in an expanding society, still feeling the bond to the motherland, but…

— Catherine Helen Spence

“Yes, I see why we endured infertility and a lengthy adoption process now, but I don’t know all the reasons for all the struggles…

— Ashley Wells

I've never been keen on open adoption. It doesn't seem to solve the main problem with adoption, which is that somebody feels she was…

— Joan Didion

“I love Russia because Russia gave me you.”

— John M. Simmons

Some women just skip having babies or adopt because they don't want to get fat or they haven't put in the time to find…

— Jaime Pressly

“Some adventures should never be repeated.”

— Mike L. Hopper

Despite the reams of paperwork, obstacles worthy of a horse show, and a wait that can rival an elephant's gestation, adoption feels no different…

— Scott Simon

I have a lot of respect for my birth mother I know she must have had a lot of love for me to want…

— Faith Hill

Somehow destiny comes into play. These children end up with you and you end up with them. It's something quite magical.

— Nicole Kidman

I think adoption becomes complicated whenever the biological parents are alive.

— James Haven

Next came the Patent laws. These began in England in 1624; and, in this country, with the adoption of our constitution. Before then [these?],…

— Abraham Lincoln

The purpose of this book is to supply, in the form suitable for laymen, guidance in the adoption and execution of an investment policy.

— Benjamin Graham