The maxim that men are not to be praised before their death was invented by envy and too lightly adopted by philosophers. — Luc de Clapiers Copy Share Image
Back in the mid-1970s, we adopted some fairly ambitious goals to improve efficiency of our cars. What did we get? We got… — Jay Inslee Copy Share Image
For every child that is born, it brings with it the hope that God is not yet disappointed with man. — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
“ I was adopted there for I was not put in a family by random I was chosen i was wanted by… — Michael J Barron Copy Share Image
“Being denied their original birth certificates isn't just a problem for adoptees. It's a social problem, requiring social change.” — DaShanne Stokes Copy Share Image
As anyone who's ever adopted a dog will tell you, there's always the fear that one day the birth parents will come… — Dana Gould Copy Share Image
Somehow destiny comes into play. These children end up with you and you end up with them. It's something quite magical. — Nicole Kidman Copy Share Image
“Children come from love.” “They come from Hashem’s commandment. He said to produce and multiply.” — Eishes Chayil Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, marketing textbooks is like marketing fishing lures: the point is to catch fishermen, not fish. Thus many adopted textbooks are flashy… — James W. Loewen Copy Share Image
He’d learned years ago it was better not to dwell too much on who was related to whom on the godly side… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
The theory of evolution by natural selection is an ecological theory-founded on ecological observation by perhaps the greatest of all ecologists. It… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Capitalism justified itself and was adopted as an economic principle on the express ground that it provides selfish motives for doing good,… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Football was always a deal we made with ourselves. We adopted it for its brutality, which was embedded in a context that… — Charlie Pierce Copy Share Image
We are resolved that the method of consultation shall be the method adopted to deal with any other questions that may concern… — Neville Chamberlain Copy Share Image
Laissez Faire, laissez passer. Let it be, let it pass. The phrase is not readily translatable. It was widely used by the… — Francois Quesnay Copy Share Image
Virtue is the daughter of Religion; Repentance, her adopted child,--a poor orphan who, without the asylum which she offers, would not know… — Sophie Swetchine Copy Share Image
I was appalled to find that the mathematical notation on which I had been raised failed to fill the needs of the… — Kenneth E. Iverson Copy Share Image
The vegan believes that if we are to be true emancipators of animals we must renounce absolutely our traditional and conceited attitude… — Donald Watson Copy Share Image
I had not been involved in any way in planning the event in Mobile. My staff maybe, had really been contacted, but… — Jeff Sessions Copy Share Image
“Moses was getting to know God as Jehovah-Rohi, his Shepherd. Like a shepherd, God would feed and lead Moses as he led… — Beth Willis Miller Copy Share Image
Conceit of the anti-gay law in Russia is to protect children, then the people who have the most to fear are LGBT… — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
Restricted immigration is not an offensive but purely a defensive action. It is not adopted in criticism of others in the slightest… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
Everyone caved, adopted loose [accounting] standards, and created exotic derivatives linked to theoretical models. As a result, all kinds of earnings, blessed… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
Narcissism is actually a clever guise adopted to mask its exact opposite, which is a deep well of self-loathing, a well of… — Jeffrey Kluger Copy Share Image
Young children from Guatemala who are adopted into the United States gain considerable height relative to the standards. So the height difference… — Richard H. Steckel Copy Share Image
If Youku had adopted YouTubes business model, we just would not be here. We would not exist. — Victor Koo Copy Share Image
Ideas really do matter. But in any organization a good idea will only go so far unless its proponents are willing to… — John Daly Copy Share Image
Howard and I have found that our Bulldog Bianca, and adopted cats Walter, Apple and Leon Bear, enrich our lives so much. — Beth Ostrosky Stern Copy Share Image
“I love them both as though I birthed them both, but also as though I adopted them both.” — Natalie Brenner Copy Share Image
A motto I've adopted is, if at first you don't succeed, hide all evidence that you ever tried. — Billy Collins Copy Share Image
I was an adopted child of my grandparents, and I don’t know how I can ever express my gratitude for that because… — James Earl Jones Copy Share Image
...truth-telling may be an ethic, adopted by photojournalists as a behavior, but experience shows us that it is not embedded in the… — Andy Grundberg Copy Share Image
I always say neediness is the cause of suffering. I'm not the only one who says it. It's something I adopted and… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
“Father, we are all Your children, the seeds of Abraham, looking up, claiming Your peace.” — Guideposts Copy Share Image
“It's illegal to deny people their records due to race or gender. Adoptees deserve the same rights and protections.” — DaShanne Stokes Copy Share Image
The oppressed, having internalized the image of the oppressor and adopted his guidelines, are fearful of freedom. — Paulo Freire Copy Share Image
Children : The child is God's gift to the family. Each child is created in the special image and likeness of God… — Nikhil Saluja Copy Share Image
“Well, just remember this. When my ma got me, she picked what she wanted. But when your ma got you, she had… — Karen Abbott Copy Share Image
What children we are, even the wisest! When God walks the earth, his steps are often centuries apart. — Lew Wallace Copy Share Image
The first four months of my life were spent in care, before I was adopted by my wonderful parents - my mum… — Michael Gove Copy Share Image
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