Ridiculous modes, invented by ignorance, and adopted by…

Races are very often invented from ignorance, or for evil purposes.

— Francis Lieber

When you're adopted, no matter what, you've got issues with unconditional love. And you find out you're the product of the worst situation for…

— Rodney Atkins

To a large extent, the American church has become merged with the world. It has adopted so many of the world's ideals and standards…

— Billy Graham

People, the common people, can genuinely see what I'm doing. Moreover, people know that I have adopted four principles in living my life: simple…

— Abdul Sattar Edhi

I had severed relations with the Romanian exiles who had become politically conservative and even extremely right wing; I was giving chess lessons to…

— Dumitru Tepeneag

I did this one movie with a great director named Wayne Kramer. It was 'Crossing Over,' and Harrison Ford, Ashley Judd and Ray Liotta…

— Justin Chon

I was adopted my black Americans, I feel that I'm a 'Hybrid'. When I'm around Africans'I suddenly feel very black American. And when I'm…

— Kola Boof

. . . by natural selection our mind has adapted itself to the conditions of the external world. It has adopted the geometry most…

— Henri Poincare

A son or daughter in any human family is either born to or adopted by the parents. By definition, a child can't be both.…

— Jerry Bridges

We may argue eloquently that 'Honesty is the best Policy' - unfortunately, the moment honesty is adopted for the sake of policy it mysteriously…

— Dorothy L. Sayers

Susan, an only child who never had any roots, and I, a lone wolf who got married 20 years to late, were adopted by…

— Harpo Marx

I'm not at all against white people adopting black children, because we're all human beings who need to give love and be nurtured in…

— Kola Boof

Azerbaijan unleashed the war, and was defeated in that war; Azerbaijan asked for truce (including from the Commander of Karabakh's forces) and later started…

— Serzh Sargsyan

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

— Nicole Kidman

Amongst the financial Twitterati, the term 'muppets' has come to describe any client used and abused by some financial predator. I've adopted the term…

— Barry Ritholtz