Adopt Quotations

The issue of equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals has vexed politicians for decades. I have my own cloudy history with the issue, having supported a law in Mississippi that made it illegal for LGBT couples to adopt children. I believed at the time this was a principled position based on my faith.

Each experience through which we pass operates ultimately for our good. This is a correct attitude to adopt and we must be able to see it in that light.

When I was in the group homes, I saw some of the kids being moved into foster homes with the potential for adoption. I remember well asking a social worker if I could find a home, too. I was told I was 'too old' and 'no one wants to adopt a 16-year-old.' I felt hopeless and alone.

When we classify an issue as a 'shield issue' it is usually because we feel that someone else occupies the high ground on that issue. We feel we can't win on that issue and so we adopt a defensive posture.

Enterprises are just starting to adopt and integrate the iPad into their networks, but this is accelerating, and that's an opportunity for Infosys.

When we adopt a dog or any pet, we know it is going to end with us having to say goodbye, but we still do it. And we do it for a very good reason: They bring so much joy and optimism and happiness. They attack every moment of every day with that attitude.

My wife and I have never been able to have kids of our own. Physically, it's impossible. The doctor checked. So we tend to unofficially adopt lots of twenty-somethings. I have a real soft spot in my heart for youth.

Washington should revive international efforts begun during the Clinton administration to pressure countries with dangerously loose banking regulations to adopt and enforce stricter rules.

I have never said I would adopt the euro. Not today, not tomorrow, not in five years. We will introduce the euro when it will benefit Poles and Poland.

To Western parents that want to adopt a child, I would say to people that money is not everything, wealth does not matter.

What I find problematic is the suggestion that when, say, Madonna adopts an African child, she is saving Africa. It's not that simple. You have to do more than go there and adopt a child or show us pictures of children with flies in their eyes. That simplifies Africa.

If I was madly in love with someone who offered the opportunity to spend our lives together, I would love to have a child or adopt a child.

I'm glad the NCAA is pushing back the 3-point line a foot. I'm a big supporter of the 3-point shot; it's exciting. I hope the high schools adopt the same rule.

We physicists know that a beautiful postulate is more likely to be correct than an ugly one. Why not adopt this Postulate of Eternal Life, at least as a working hypothesis?

We must insist on assimilation - immigration without assimilation is an invasion. We need to tell folks who want to come here, they need to come here legally. They need to learn English, adopt our values, roll up their sleeves and get to work.

Holland was one of the first countries to adopt dance music into their culture, and we were the first ones to have really big raves. I grew up in that atmosphere in the early 1990s, and I was very interested in how dance music was made.

Cell phones were more popular in Cambodia and Uganda because they didn't have phones. We had phones in this country, and we were very late to the table. They're going to adopt e-books much faster than we do.

Homeowners and business owners across the country agreed to pay premiums, communities agreed to adopt building codes to mitigate flood dangers, and the Federal Government agreed to provide insurance coverage to policyholders after a disaster.

I've been vegetarian for virtually all of my adult life, and I do adopt a very strict health regime.

My dream is to have a baby, not to adopt one, because I am not up to it and I don't feel strong enough. I want my own child, a biological child, the fruit of my sperm, conceived through artificial insemination because it wouldn't make sense for me to make love to a woman I don't love.

When I present those clip shows and movie mistakes and things, the persona the writers adopt for me is unimpressed, superior, very sarcastic - I'm not any of that. I can do it, but that's not what I'm like.

That's the kind of musical freedom I like: jazz, rock, blues, anything. You adopt different attitudes when you play different music.

There is also an epidemic of infertility in this country. There are more women who have put off child-bearing in favor of their professional lives. For them, the only way they are going to have a family is to adopt from China.

Anyone who wants to be part of the political process should adopt values that are compatible with democracy.

The United States has got to adopt a policy of befriending and creating allies around the world.

Sorting through what social conventions we ought to adopt for the Internet is a pretty tricky and complicated topic. I think we are just going to live through a lot of these issues until we discover what social norms make sense.

We cannot expect that all nations will adopt like systems, for conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

My husband and I, when we had our five children and they were grown, we thought we were entitled to grandchildren. And so we were just expecting this to happen; of course, nothing was happening. And then we kept begging, bribing, cajoling, anything - threatening to adopt our own grandchildren - and finally, we got some grandchildren.

I realized that every sermon I preached should be designed not to 'teach' or 'convert' people, but rather to encourage them, to give them a lift. I decided to adopt the spirit, style, strategy and substance of a 'therapist' in the pulpit.

My suspicion is Kennedy probably will not want to adopt a rule that would gut the practical effect of Casey, which is a decision he wrote. On the other hand, he might choose a narrower way of upholding the New Hampshire law. He might remand to see if the health exception can be applied in the language.

Some 70% of these tenders is won by foreign-owned companies. Hungarian businesses expect the government to adopt a more patriotic economic policy in this respect.

Some 90,000 square miles of the Gulf Coast was devastated by the hurricane, and it seems so hard to imagine where to start any relief effort, especially in low and moderate income communities, ... The opportunity to adopt a community like Kenner gives a focused structure to directly provide assistance on an ongoing basis.

Only 40 to 50 percent of employers choose to adopt the grace period.

Only after We adopt recycling-based economy, we can achieve sustainable development which is of our three countries' national interests,

Monster findings suggest that workplace relationships are commonplace these days. Some workplaces may discourage relationships, whilst others adopt a more relaxed approach. Whatever code of conduct you choose, the importance of ensuring an office romance doesn't cause conflict or have a negative impact on your career is paramount.

None of us think about a world where all the cars are automated all the time. It could take society 20 years to adopt the technology.

My directing principle is to tone in with Tan Dun's music. I'll adopt a dichotomy to demonstrate his (the emperor's) historic achievements and faults while probing into the loneliness as a king deep in his mind.

Nobody would choose to have a disease visited upon them. Still, Parkinson's forced me to make a fundamental life decision: adopt a siege mentality - or embark upon a life journey.

Now that you have a new owner and effectively a whole new philosophy behind the team, this could be a way to adopt a new identity.

Obviously, our ability to predict future sales and earnings has not been borne out by experience so far this year, ... We need to adopt a wait-and-see approach to the rest of the year. The holiday season is always very important to us but it is really the key to a successful year this time out.

My fear is that the debate over sequential blind will obscure everything, and you'll have police departments who are reluctant to change at all, or not adopt anything.

I have great concerns about what it will do to our community, as well, ... I know if we adopt (the proposed funding formula) it will impact City Schools in particular. We're a long way from doing that.

Many of the programs are doing a great job, but there are not enough funds. Farmers are willing to do their part, but we need to recognize the economic risks they take when they adopt new land use practices. Rep. Kind's proposal will give farmers the tools and incentives they need to be better stewards.

There are people less willing to adopt African-American babies, some people rather wait and get a Caucasian baby.

When two people of the same sex à decide that they want to then adopt children, à then I think what you have in many respects is state-sanctioned child abuse because you have purposely taken away either a momma or a daddy, and mom and dad are both necessary in a child's life.

When we adopt them out, we will do it with the understanding that if the owner comes forward, they will be returned.

We're simple-minded, the team at Hulu, which is, we think if we can obsess over quality and build a better mousetrap, that good things will happen. Users will adopt the service, advertisers will see great value in it, and that's what we're seeing.

Low interest in this service among the grey-power generation and the baby boomers stems from multiple reasons, including the fact that the service is a novelty to many senior citizens, who are typically slow to adopt new technologies in the first place. The seemingly complex applications inhibit adoption.

She goes to work with us, she goes home with us and upon her retirement I'm going to adopt her.

Let's just imagine that we adopt it and today we issued that statement -- then what happens after two weeks? In such a pace we'll start bombing in June.

Let's just imagine that we adopt it and today we issued that statement ? then what happens after two weeks?

Lyrically, I think I'm frustrated with this whole process of trying to figure out what I believe about the world and life. I don't like to adopt a sort of guiding philosophy.

So it must be a clear signal that, in order to avoid such a disaster, we must deploy technologies and adopt economic measures that are already available and feasible.

So it's seen as a test in many ways of the type of policy the Bush administration will adopt towards China,

Shouldn't the General Assembly adopt a declaration on the inadmissibility of interference into domestic affairs of sovereign states and nonrecognition of coup d'etats as a method of the change of power?

I would urge the council not to adopt these fee increases, ... I do believe they are a backdoor tax.

I would say that a huge percentage of them who don't already have automatic enrollment would adopt it overnight.

Greenwood for a long time has wanted to compare itself to Carmel. But I gotta say that Greenwood has fallen behind. I would very much like to see Greenwood adopt the kind of image that Carmel has.

There are some ways to change your eating habits in 24 hours that, hopefully, you can adopt the rest of your life.

He is pursuing it (the anti-Israel line) because he doesn't really have any choice internally. Otherwise he will be sidelined. It's very hard, even for people like Rafsanjani, to adopt a more moderate stance.

Given the competitive and demographic challenges facing Canada, tax reform is increasingly urgent. In the coming years, Canada should not simply react to changes in tax policy abroad, but should take the initiative and adopt policies that would unleash the Canadian tiger.

Given the fact that the 'withhold' campaign at Disney is what started this whole brouhaha, I think it's appropriate that Disney adopt this standard, ... I don't believe this makes them a leader in corporate governance practices though I view it as a positive.

From here, we do the public campaign. We get the businesses who've said they'll give that haven't yet, to finish giving what they're going to give. And we go to the city commission again and say please get this on your agenda and adopt this.

If you are forcing consumers to adopt new technology -- whether or not they are ready -- you ought to provide full compensation for everyone.

If a family wants to adopt an African-American child we could have a placement within six months and most likely of a newborn infant.

If anybody in New York wants to adopt us, we'll take it. Come on down this Saturday. Nowhere up there is a game quite like it is down here.

From the beginning our goal was to help employers adopt a product development approach to their health care benefits, The old methods are just not enough anymore to control health care costs.

For those who are looking to lead healthier lives there is no better time to make smart dietary choices and adopt healthy habits. By committing to a weight loss program, millions of Americans will improve their overall health, have more energy, reduce their risk of heart disease, and of course, shed pounds in time for the summer.

If a new bank moves into a market, all the other banks take notice and will work to adopt any changes that bank may have because of competitive concerns.

I believe you'll see over the next two years or so, upward of 40 countries that will adopt the new electronic passport with biometrics ( search ).

Business needs to move to adopt much more scalable pull platforms. When we talk about pull platforms, often people focus on one level of pull, which is what we call access. It's simply, if I have a need, I can make a request, get the resource or the information I need when needed.

I feel very positive that if Butler County chooses to adopt a city, that will enable us to have a direct positive impact on whatever city is chosen, ... We have about 340,000 people in Butler County. Can you imagine what kind of forces we can rally if we all get together?

China is becoming ever more socially unstable. To maintain social stability, Beijing will certainly adopt more suppressive measures,

China-Japan relations are faced with harsh difficulties and a difficult period. We hope that Japanese leaders will proceed from the overall interest of relations between the two sides and the development of Asia and adopt a correct attitude on historical issues.

What we found was age was a significant predictor in Bt corn adoption. We found as producers get older and gain experience they are more likely to adopt Bt corn rootworm, but once they reach about age 48 they become less likely to adopt the technology.

What we found was that age was a significant predictor in Bt corn adoption. We found as producers get older and gain experience they are more likely to adopt Bt corn rootworm, but once they reach about age 48 they become less likely to adopt the technology.

We support the emergence of China in the region and on the world stage in many areas, as it's doing, ... we also expect China to play by the rules, to adopt the various standards of conduct that other responsible international players use.

We must convince and empower people to adopt the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity as their guiding principle,

We must defend our rights and preserve our constitution, ... For the federal courts to adopt the agenda of the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) and to remove the knowledge of God and morality from our lives is wrong.

We may also need to remove one of the Iranian arguments that the suspension called for is 'voluntary'. We could do both by making the voluntary suspension a mandatory requirement to the Security Council, in a Resolution we would aim to adopt (in) ... early May.

If we were to adopt both of these packages, we'd be in a world of hurt in 14 months.

He will decide which options he wants to adopt and then send the business plan options back to the consultants for analysis.

He's heading back. If I adopt him, he could stay. But he's heading back.

Today it seems obvious to everyone that, of course, you have to be in the digital space or at least have a presence on the Internet. But if you rewind five, six, seven years ago, it wasn't so obvious then. There was a lot of trepidation and concern about how consumers would adopt it, ... John was one of the first to make that bold step forward. He was saying, 'We don't know how it's all going to turn out, but we do know the impact is going to be significant. We need to play today so we can be effective tomorrow.'

He might think I'm the devil, but Shaun Alexander is a great back. For the longest time, people said he was soft and couldn't do this and couldn't do that. Right now, he's the league MVP. Maybe we need all to adopt that mentality of him staying fresh by running out of bounds and not taking the extra pounding. That got him the league MVP. I'm sure everybody will like to be in his shoes.

help the club until someone comes along to adopt them. They all deserve a chance.

Hence, to jointly promote balanced and orderly development of the world economy, all countries, major economies in particular, should not only adopt responsible economic policies to introduce necessary economic restructuring, keep major currencies reasonably stable and prevent trade protectionism, but also intensify dialogues on macro-economic policies and, most importantly, coordination on major issues that bear on the overall development of the world economy and the common interest of all countries,

Market momentum in the blade market continued in the quarter with blade volumes up 50% year over year. Blade shipments increased more than 60% year over year in 2005 as IT managers began to adopt blades as a standard building block in their virtual IT infrastructures.

Let me make this clear: it is our duty to adopt a policy barring the wearing of niqabs in these public buildings.

Recognizing there is a certain risk in achieving our plan, however, some of the agencies may adopt a 'wait and see' attitude before giving full recognition to all that we intend to accomplish,

Really it's better for them to be back on campus than in a cage waiting for somebody to adopt them.

States are free to modify the Common Core State Standards or adopt their own individual standards, because academic standards are the prerogative of the states.

Optical sensors are an indirect assessment of soil fertility because it is using plants to give an indication of how well that soil is supporting the crop. There is also a wildcard in this technology with making recommendations and improving efficiency. And that's if there will be federal dollars available for growers to adopt it.

I will definitely adopt. And I probably will adopt even if it does happen naturally.

I think a lot of people on Twitter say, 'Oh you're really cute. I want to adopt you,' and things like that, yeah.

Our greatest hope is that somebody will adopt her.

Our immigration system is outdated, inadequate and ineffective -- but H.R. 4437 is not the answer. We need sweeping reform to ensure that immigration is safe, legal, orderly and fair to workers and employers throughout the United States. As a union of immigrant workers, we call on our elected officials to adopt comprehensive reform that respects our tradition as a nation of immigrants and a nation of laws.

NAMIC strongly supports more stringent building codes; however, we recognize that enacting these laws at the state level has been very difficult. Therefore, there is a critical need to develop federal incentives to encourage states to adopt these codes.

Maybe so, ... but you've got to understand what it means to have a guy like that calling your offense. He's bold and unorthodox. He's always looking to go for the jugular, no matter what the book says you should do. So pretty soon you adopt a killer mentality yourself, and you're bold out there. And that's what got us where we are.

I think the board will adopt these amendments within the next month,