Adopted Quotes

328 quotes by 288 authors

The method of exposition which philosophers have adopted leads many to suppose that they are simply inquiries, that they have no interest in the conclusions… — Morris Raphael Cohen
I did nothing to deserve God's love; in fact, I was living as an orphan, without hope. Yet God chose to pursue a relationship with… — Steven Curtis Chapman
I was raised by my great-great aunt. I was adopted within our family. My mother had me when she was, I think, 15, 16. They… — Eric Dickerson
I was raised in Brooklyn and in Baltimore. My father was a bookkeeper. When I was 36 years old, my mother told me I was… — Harry Frankfurt
I wish I could go to the school where my close friends go, but I obviously can't. The good thing is, they're really good about… — David Gallagher
When you look at where the Democratic field is going relative to foreign policy, they are increasingly moving away from a policy of pre-emptive self-defense… — Ed Gillespie
China has adopted and is implementing its national climate change program. This includes mandatory national targets for reducing energy intensity and discharge of major pollutants… — Hu Jintao
For Singapore, its test for its own democracy must be whether it fit and serve the interests of its people and conditions, and not serve… — Goh Chok Tong
Justice White's conclusion is perhaps correct, if one assumes that the task of a court of law is to plumb the intent of the particular… — Antonin Scalia
People in Finland have also adopted me because of my dad, and that's great, but it's the one language I can't speak. — Unknown Author
Today Saint Paul has told us that in Christ we have become Godâ€™s adopted children, brothers and sisters in Christ.Â This is who we are.Â … — Pope Francis
We adopted a focused strategy of core businesses in Citicorp that play to our unique historic strengths as a global bank that will provide strong… — Michael Corbat
All I wanted to do was please my adopted family. — Reese Hoffa
I'm adopted, so I didn't know my father, but apparently he was pretty tall. — Keegan-Michael Key
As Enlightenment philosophers and scholars consciously adopted the methods of science to establish such abstract concepts as rights, liberty, and justice, successive generations have become… — Michael Shermer
The process of open adoption is not discussed in the way it should be. Everyone I know who has adopted domestically has at least one… — Jennifer Gilmore
Capitalism justified itself and was adopted as an economic principle on the express ground that it provides selfish motives for doing good, and that human… — George Bernard Shaw
Cindy and I are adoptive parents. We know what a treasure and joy it is to have an adopted child in our lives. — John McCain
A vendor neutral, standards-based approach must be adopted — Carly Fiorina
One of the interpreters hired by CBS for the Dan Rather/Saddam Hussein interview adopted a phony Arabic accent. You know, maybe CBS should have hired… — Jay Leno

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