Adopted Quotes

328 quotes by 288 authors

Oh, you think the darkness is your ally, but you merely adopted the dark. I was born in it. Molded by it. — Helen Keller
This is hilarious. First, people say how so many actresses in Hollywood look anorexic, and now they are criticizing me for looking normal. Body images… — Jennifer Lawrence
Being a victim of oppression in the United States is not enough to make you revolutionary, just as dropping out of your mother's womb is… — Grace Lee Boggs
Style begins with the people passing through oneâ€™s life, the harbingers we push against and the stylemakers we want to clone. Some are famous, some… — Carol Edgarian
Adopted pets are the best pets you can have. Most adoptable pets come from loving homes that simply cannot care for them anymore. Or, they… — Josh Duhamel
. . . by natural selection our mind has adapted itself to the conditions of the external world. It has adopted the geometry most advantageous… — Henri Poincare
It has not been possible to build that society. It set very high standards, because not only would life in the Soviet Union or in… — George Blake
Nobody ever launched an attack without having misgivings beforehand, You ought to have misgivings before; but when the moment of action is come, the hour… — Winston Churchill
I moved up over Lower East Side and I was adopted by eight foster parents; I lived all over New York City with these parents,… — Gregory Corso
The future science of government should be called 'la cybernÃ©tique' (1843) Coining the French word to mean 'the art of governing,' from the Greek (Kybernetes… — Andre-Marie Ampere
I was a sickly baby, and after two sets of adoptive parents took me home, they returned me to the orphanage because of a serious… — Rodney Atkins
. . . it is worth discussing radical changes, not in the expectation that they will be adopted promptly but for two other reasons. One… — Milton Friedman
Laissez Faire, laissez passer. Let it be, let it pass. The phrase is not readily translatable. It was widely used by the Physiocrats in urging… — Francois Quesnay
Turkeys are misunderstood. Once I adopted turkeys, I understood this large bird to be a great companion. — Linda Blair
Consistent with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 1622(d), I am continuing for 1 year the national emergency previously declared on September… — Barack Obama
Everyone is in a hurry. The persons whom I lead in worship, among whom I counsel, visit, pray, preach, and teach, want shortcuts. They want… — Albert Mohler
A Dominican monk, Father Henri Didon, used it as a watchword for his pupils in sports at Arcueil College in Paris. Baron Pierre De Coubertin,… — John Wooden
All of my cats are adopted and all show their gratitude on a daily basis. I don't know where I would be without them. — Bill Goldberg
Being blunt with your feelings is very American. In this big country, I can be as brash as New York, as hedonistic as Los Angeles,… — Martina Navratilova
Voshak's hair, a pale blond braid, which he bleached, was his trademark. It made him memorable. That's how the slavers operated. They adopted costumes and… — Ilona Andrews

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