Adopt Quotes

410 quotes by 366 authors

I was pulled this way and that for longer than I can remember. And my problem was that I always tried to go in everyone's… — Ralph Ellison
So I didn't adopt Homer because he was cute and little and sweet, or because he was helpless and needed me. I adopted him because… — Gwen Cooper
I don't have that many days left," he said as we sat together in the library. "Why would I want to spend them on matters… — Jacqueline Kelly
And it was about then, about that time, that I began to find life unsatisfactory as an explanation of itself and was forced to adopt… — Tennessee Williams
Happy will be those who take a lesson and warning from the mistakes and misfortunes of others and seek, nevertheless, to adopt the good they… — Yusuf al-Qaradawi
Mom! This is Haruhi! We'll adopt her someday so don't forget! ~Hikaru and Kaoru — Bisco Hatori
Promise me, man. If anything ever happens to me, promise me you'll take care of Angelina. She's something special, Micah. Heart way too big for… — Maya Banks
Isn't it fascinating that Nazis always manage to adopt the word freedom? — Steig Larsson
how can one respect, let alone adopt, the values of a people who do not, on any level whatever, live the way they say they… — James A. Baldwin
Algy, you always adopt a strictly immoral attitude towards life. You are not quite old enough to do that. — Oscar Wilde
Everything, decided Francie after that first lecture, was vibrant with life and there was no death in chemistry. She was puzzled as to why learned… — Betty Smith
You form a society: that limits you. Adopt a name, and you've limited yourself again; draw up a constitution and bylaws and you've made a… — Robert Henri
Much has been said about Robert, and more will be added. Young men will adopt his gait. Young girls will wear white dresses and mourn… — Patti Smith
It is your attitude about yourself that a man will adopt. — Sherry Argov
When you adopt the standards and the values of someone else â€¦ you surrender your own integrity. You become, to the extent of your surrender,… — Eleanor Roosevelt
The arrogant elimination of the Djaouts of our world must nerve us to pursue our own combative doctrine, namely: that peaceful cohabitation on this planet… — Wole Soyinka
Our society is obsessed with personal rights, but it will survive only if we adopt personal obligations. — Dennis Prager
We must abandon the notion that the people govern. Instead, we must adopt the theory that, by their occasional mobilisations as a majority, people support… — Walter Lippmann
The individual who wants to reach the top in business must appreciate the might and force of habit. He must be quick to break those… — J. Paul Getty
I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing… — Abraham Lincoln

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