Adopted Quotes

328 quotes by 288 authors

I don't understand people whose gratification is a BMW. You don't know what joy is until you see a kid who was tortured get adopted… — Andrew Vachss
Democrtitus, in the fifth century B.C. had declared that all the world was composed of only two elements: atomes and the void. This reduction of… — Leonard Shlain
When I started in fashion, I had already adopted the sailor-striped sweater as my uniform; that way, I wouldn't have to drive myself crazy trying… — Jean Paul Gaultier
The practical success of an idea, irrespective of its inherent merit, is dependent on the attitude of the contemporaries. If timely it is quickly adopted;… — Nikola Tesla
Doctrines, scriptures, sutras, essays, are not to be regarded as systems to be followed. They merely contribute to understanding. They should be for us a… — Wei Wu Wei
Even though I only just found out that I was adopted, God has always known, and he has always loved me. And since that has… — Christine Caine
I'm a naturalized Italian, but I'm from Ghana. I was abandoned by my parents and adopted by two angels. I suffer with racism everyday. I'm… — Mario Balotelli
No matter where I am in the world or what's on my schedule, I begin each day by reading an inspirational book and then meditating… — Doreen Virtue
Harder still it has proved to rule the dragon Money... A whole generation adopted false principles, and went to their graves in the belief they… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I used to joke for years that I was a black man. I adopted the black culture, the black race. I married a black woman,… — Tommy Chong
An adopted son shall never take the family, name and the estate of his natural father, the funeral cake follows the family, name and the… — Guru Nanak
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. But… — Jerry Bridges
In the United States, if one family out of every four churches adopted a child, there would be no orphans in the country — Kay Warren
The strategy we've adopted precludes our following standard diversification dogma. Many pundits would therefore say the strategy must be riskier than that employed by more… — Warren Buffett
Our family adopted Paulie from a shelter as an 8-week-old puppy. We've had him for 11 years, and I think it was valuable for the… — Kyra Sedgwick
The public welfare demands that constitutional cases must be decided according to the terms of the Constitution itself, and not according to judges views of… — Hugo Black
No method of procedure has ever been devised by which liberty could be divorced from local self-government. No plan of centralization has ever been adopted… — Calvin Coolidge
Growing up, I kind of adopted that mentality, going all out, being a warrior. — Nonito Donaire
The faults of a man loved or honoured sometimes steal secretly and imperceptibly upon the wise and virtuous, but by injudicious fondness or thoughtless vanity… — Samuel Johnson
The immigrant's heart marches to the beat of two quite different drums, one from the old homeland and the other from the new. The immigrant… — Mary McAleese

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