Adopting Quotes

109 Adopting quotes by 104 unique authors

I was so sad from losing two of my dogs and my mother. I had this vision of all these animals sitting behind bars. They… — Linda Blair
The great sin was adopting the 21st Century's Socialism, something that not even its founder, Ditrich knows exactly what it is, though he says it… — Rafael Correa
A system such as classical mechanics may be 'scientific' to any degree you like; but those who uphold it dogmatically - believing, perhaps, that it… — Karl Popper
Hitchcock's got a very interesting voice; it's a very controlled, measured rhythm that's quite slow and, in that sense, also felt quite controlling in its… — Toby Jones
Learning about factory farms and their horrendous treatment of animals is what made me become vegetarian in the first place. I also support the education… — Laura Mennell
Making something and sending it out into the world and then people not only responding to it but adopting it for their own and making… — Marketa Irglova
The more usual reason for adopting a strategy of limited aim is that of awaiting a change in the balance of force ... The essential… — B. H. Liddell Hart
The most desirable mode of education, is that which is careful that all the acquisitions of the pupil shall be preceded and accompanied by desire… — William Godwin
Playing for money, or adopting the attitude of one who plays for money, lowers the fever. — Steven Pressfield
They have also been adopting fuel efficiency standards for automobiles in China. — Lester R. Brown
To no circumstance is the wide diffusion of error in the world more owing than to our habit of adopting conclusions from insufficiently established data.… — Christian Nestell Bovee
When my grandfather died, I started adopting some of his accents, to sort of remind myself of him. A homage. He was a war hero,… — Gavin DeGraw
By adopting a wonderful mutt, you'll save a life and help reduce animal homelessness while also boosting your chances of a more robust new furry… — Ingrid Newkirk
And yet, there are still people in American politics who, for some reason, cling to this belief that America is better off adopting the economic… — Marco Rubio
Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one. — Hans Selye
I've never tried to find my real parents. I'm very grateful to my mum and dad for adopting me - they're completely incredible people. It… — Dan Stevens
As Barbara Streisand discovered, adopting a militaristic posture against a tech-savvy mob of civil libertarians is not going to be of much help: Many of… — Evgeny Morozov
Big business increasingly likes to portray itself as socially concerned, adopting the style of civic action through 'campaigns' of varying degrees of cynicism. — Geoff Mulgan
My main reason for adopting literature as a profession was that, as the author is never seen by his clients, he need not dress respectably. — George Bernard Shaw
Other people's views and troubles can be contagious. Don't sabotage yourself by unwittingly adopting negative, unproductive attitudes through your associations with others. — Epictetus
He plants his feet stubbornly, adopting what he must think is an heroic post. He's just begging for a pigeon to fly by and relieve… — Libba Bray
Most artists are brought to their vocation when their own nascent gifts are awakened by the work of a master. That is to say, most… — Lewis Hyde
Whenever an occasion arose in which she needed an opinion on something in the wider world, she borrowed her husband's. If this had been all… — Haruki Murakami
So many people never pause long enough to make up their minds about basic issues of life and death. It's quite possible to go through… — Catherine Marshall
Civilized man longs for the illusion of barbarism. Either his culture fulfills this need by adopting its outer trappings, or he will be seduced by… — C.S. Friedman

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