Adopted Quotes

328 quotes by 288 authors

Those in the West who have adopted Christ as their own should remember that he was an Oriental. Love and sympathy for Jesus should be… — Paramahansa Yogananda
Each religion, so dear to those whose life it sanctifies, and fulfilling so necessary a function in the society that has adopted it, necessarily contradicts… — George Santayana
I have never discovered that the nude could be studied in any way except the way I have adopted. All the muscles must be pointed… — Thomas Eakins
A motto I've adopted is, if at first you don't succeed, hide all evidence that you ever tried. — Billy Collins
Monsier 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
The basis and firm groundwork of the material, and its primary contribution, lies in the concept that consciousness itself indeed creates matter, that consciousness is… — Jane Roberts
Time and progress are synonymous terms--nothing can stop either. Truth will prevail and that is why I know that my teachings will reach the masses… — Joseph Pilates
The New Yorker has always dealt with experience not by trying to understand it but by prescribing the attitude to be adopted toward it. This… — Robert Warshow
Each university should have a Young Scholars' Committee. I became the chairman of this Committee, and immediately it was permitted to have this plan officially… — Anatoly Chubais
How much you discipline your mind to step out of its routines and look into new ways of doing things that you haven't yet adopted,… — Paul Zane Pilzer
On November 15th, 2008, in over 300 cities, 4,000 children were adopted in one day. — Nia Vardalos
The vegan believes that if we are to be true emancipators of animals we must renounce absolutely our traditional and conceited attitude that we have… — Donald Watson
Throughout the history of the Internet, most of the innovation has come as a by-product of efforts to facilitate communication within social groups of various… — John Quiggin
You know Iâ€™m the first rapper to adopt a tabby cat. You know I adopted straight from the ASPCA, you feel me? Just breaking the… — Lil B
New legislation has just been adopted by the International Labour Organization on the Worst Forms of Child Labor, such as bonded labour, prostitution and hazardous… — Carol Bellamy
If the Constitution is adopted (and it was) the Union will be in fact and in theory an association of States or a Confederacy. — Alexander Hamilton
Organized medicine quickly adopted the stance that his alleged "cures" fell into three categories: those who never had cancer in the first place; those who… — Kenny Ausubel
Indeed, the very first resolution of the General Assembly of the United Nations - adopted unanimously - called for the elimination of nuclear weapons. — Joseph Rotblat
New Zealand's nuclear free movement is a broad-based and popular movement. Our nuclear free status is a challenge to much that is accepted as orthodox… — David Lange
New solutions win by virtue of adoption, and they don't get adopted if they're bad solutions. — John Perry Barlow

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