I say to everybody, 'Adoption is not for the faint of…

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

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

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

— James Haven

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 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

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

“Some adventures should never be repeated.”

— Mike L. Hopper

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

“I love Russia because Russia gave me you.”

— John M. Simmons

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

“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

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

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

— John Stuart Mill

With all the chaos, pain and suffering in the world, the fact that my adoption of a child from who was living in an…

— Madonna Ciccone

“The Friends Thou Hast And Their Adoption Tried Grapple Them To Thy Soul With Hooks Of Steel”

— William Shakespeare