Adopted Quotes

328 Adopted quotes by 288 unique authors

There are some who would like to see the oil rigs removed right down to the ground once their job is done, and there are… — Sylvia Earle
My mother birthed three children and she adopted myself and another African-American son. My adoptive parents were Finnish. I grew up in a white picket… — Michael Franti
Musicians have always adopted Macs. — Trent Reznor
My son, who is five, was adopted from Ethiopia. My daughter was adopted from Guatemala. Her parents died of typhoid and malaria. We got her… — Lisa Kristine
My father was adopted. He grew up in the Italian household. — Louis Gossett, Jr.
In many respects I have gone out of my way to avoid the usual approach adopted in crime novels. I have used some techniques that… — Stieg Larsson
There should be resolutions adopted in top international institutions, which are binding on all states and governments in the world, to forbid the defamation of… — Hassan Nasrallah
Football was always a deal we made with ourselves. We adopted it for its brutality, which was embedded in a context that happened to be… — Charlie Pierce
When I ride the subway back and forth, sometimes I look at the other passengers and wonder if any of them are children who have… — Marcus Samuelsson
I want adopted people to know they were chosen. — Kym Whitley
No surprise that, as companies have adopted social media en masse, demand for software and applications to manage and monitor social use has exploded. — Ryan Holmes
Monsieur Saint Laurent was pathologically shy, and he made the Saint Laurent woman in his own image. Like her, I am shy. And to protect… — Carine Roitfeld
For something to be useful to the spirit is not very valuable to get your covered wagon across the desert. We have adopted that attitude… — Miller Williams
When the Transportation Security Administration adopted body scanners at airports, activists wrote the Fourth Amendment on their underwear in metallic paint readable by the new… — Dana Priest
China adopted a capitalist system in the 1980s, and they went from a 60% poverty rate to 10%. — Bill Gates
One of the characteristics of New Labour - and Miliband is irredeemably of that species - is that, in the guise of a new liberal… — Martin Jacques
After the Meiji restoration in 1868, Japan adopted an expansionist and colonial attitude towards its neighbours. It sought to identify itself with the West and… — Martin Jacques
I adopted England as least as much as England adopted me. — Tom Stoppard
Trying to conceal the fact that I was a gay, effeminate, hyperactive, adopted child with a serious lisp in southern Louisiana would have been like… — Kevyn Aucoin
I adopted two children, then I got eye disease and five rounds of surgery. I went blind in one eye, then the other eye, and… — John Patrick Shanley
One-third of all professional baseball players come from Latin America, and Sosa is following role models such as the late Roberto Clemente, a Puerto Rican,… — Bill Dedman
England opened up the world of literature for me. Not really having a world of my own, I made up for my disinheritance by absorbing… — Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
The fellows that I played with encouraged me to bunt and beat the ball out. I was anxious to make good and did as I… — Zack Wheat
I have my three brothers, and then I have my adopted sister from El Salvador, who is actually the oldest. My brother and I were… — Carrie Coon
The viral power of online media has proven how fast creative ideas can be spread and adopted, using tools like cellphones, digital cameras, micro-credit, mobile… — Tina Brown

Who Wrote These Adopted Quotes

288 authors contributed a total of 328 Adopted Quotes, led by these top contributors: