Adopted Quotes

328 Adopted quotes by 288 unique authors

. . . 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 cybernétique' (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
If the proposed ordinance is adopted it will hurt small women- and minority-owned businesses the most, the majority of which are already struggling mightily to… — Randy Hamilton
I adopted a healthier diet. I take at least a tablespoon of apple-cider vinegar a day. It's an old wives' tale, but it really is… — Melissa Etheridge
All I ever want is to return to either Bangladesh, my motherland, or India, my adopted home. — Taslima Nasrin
Japan suffered terribly from the atomic bomb but never adopted a pose of moral superiority, implying: 'We would never have done it!' The Japanese know… — George Mikes
We were proposing, in a sense, that the rest of the world be made safe for American ideas, as they adopted intellectual property rights that… — Jeffrey Sachs
Self-righteousness is much like a spiritual egocentricity. It constitutes a secular type of love that thrives under conditionality, one in which is only existent after… — Criss Jami
In learning and argumentation, the quality brain is similar to a facility of maximum security. What passes the logic test, free of fallacy and pretense,… — Criss Jami
Al Gore adopted three utterly different personas in three national presidential debates. — Rich Lowry
I didn't actually know what the protesters in the West really wanted. It was fantastic here, so much freedom, and that was what they were… — Gerhard Richter
I learned that you don't have to be saddled for life with the mental attitudes you adopted in early childhood. All of us are free… — M. J. Ryan

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