Best 1155 quotes in «accepting quotes» category

In any event, it has never been true that we ignore mainstream science; and anyone who reads AEI publications closely can see that we are not 'skeptics' about warming. It is possible to accept the general consensus about the existence of global warming while having valid questions about the extent of warming, the consequences of warming, and the appropriate responses.

In a recording, your ear believes and accepts the trumpets as part of the ensemble, but you can't do that in a concert hall.

In business life, that is, in its material processes, we eagerly accept the new. In social life, in all our social processes, we piously, valiantly, obdurately, maintain the old.

Individuals with a good self esteem can accept or reject the opinions of others, but never depend on them for their sense of worthiness.

I never hesitated, as a student, in embracing the necessity of violence. In South Africa, I didn't just accept it; I looked forward to it as a mission.

Innate in nearly every artistic nature is a wanton, treacherous penchant for accepting injustice when it creates beauty and showing sympathy for and paying homage to aristocratic privilege.

Innovation is all about people. Innovation thrives when the population is diverse, accepting and willing to cooperate.

I no longer idolize reason. I have come to accept that ninety percent of what we do is irrational and that we spend what little rational thought we have in justifying our irrationality.

I now accept that it is looking increasingly likely that Tiger Woods is, in fact, straight.

Instead of focusing on that unappeasable person, refocus on Jesus, who accepts you unconditionally.

In the latter case life rests upon a thousand presuppositions which the individual can never trace back to their origins, and verify; but which he must accept upon faith and belief.

In their arrogance, ABC wanted a number-one show. They wouldnt accept losing that time slot.

In the one defense, briefly, we accept responsibility but deny that it was bad: in the other, we admit that it was bad but don't accept full, or even any, responsibility.

In the zazen posture, your mind and body have, great power to accept things as they are, whether agreeable or disagreeable.

in the traditional family structure of Persia ... one simply cannot discard close relatives just because one does not like them; rather one has to accommodate them, make allowances and accept them, like misfortune.

I often ask people if they would like to give their organs when they pass on, and they say "Well, I'm not so sure, I don't know." And I said, "Well, would you accept one if you needed one?" "Well, yeah, sure." And I say "Well, there you go - where do you get them from?".

I open my arms wide and declare with love that I deserve and accept all good!

I refuse to accept anything less than 100% of what I can achieve.

I, personally, am unable to accept any revealed religion, Christian or not.

I refuse to accept as guilt the fact of my own existence.

I refuse to accept Pluto's resignation as a planet.

I say with my own authority that if you go on questioning without accepting anybody's answer, including mine, by and by you will find that the answer is not found but the question disappears.

I should do something about the cigarettes; I quite accept that it's bad for your health, but you know a moderate tipple is positively beneficial and, at certain times, absolutely essential.

I seek the presidency because I believe deeply in the American promise and can no longer accept the diminishing of that promise.

I simply don't accept losing well. I just feel whatever it takes to win, you have to do it.

It couldn`t be clearer, any person who holds an office of trust is not allowed to accept favors or gifts from foreign governments.

I still do not know where the notes will come from when I accept a commission for a new work.

Islam cannot accept or agree to a situation which is half-Islam and half-Jahiliyya [separated from God].

I still reject lead roles, as I don't accept any role if I don't find it challenging enough. I am very careful while making selections.

It doesn't count if your swing is going the highest if you're getting pushed.

I tell you the solemn truth, that the doctrine of the Trinity is not so difficult to accept for a working proposition as any one of the axioms of physics.

I think Björk is playing on the fact she knows she's eccentric and she accepts the fact.

It goes with a courageous intent to greet the universe as it really is, not to foist our emotional predispositions on it but to courageously accept what our explorations tell us.

I think failure is just a part of life. You can't avoid it in anything. I just accept it as a part of life and something that's going to happen, and you use it to grow. You use it, you learn from it, and you grow from it.

I think the Australian people are very conscientious. During the 1980s and 1990s we proved they will respond conscientiously to necessary reforms. They mightn't like them but they'll accept them. But reforms have to be presented in a digestible format.

I think it's a theory... the theory of evolution and I don't accept it as a theory.

I think we have to accept a wide variety of positions on gender. Some want to be gender-free, but others want to be free really to be a gender that is crucial to who they are.

I think to make any relationship work it just takes a tremendous amount of effort and accepting of one another.

I think you have to live inside your contradictions and find a way to accept that that's the human condition - to be forced to live in contradiction.

It is always so simple, and so complicating, to accept an apology.

It is better to protest than to accept injustice.

It is always well to accept your own shortcomings with candor but to regard those of your friends with polite incredulity.

It is hard to accept being different, hard to have people avoid looking at you, and still believe in yourself.

It is fraud to accept what you cannot repay.

It is my principle never to accept any donations from any government or any foreign funded organisation.

It is necessary to put yourself out for rejection, and accept that you will be rejected.

It is no longer possible to accept the benefits of civilization and at the same time deny the supernatural basis upon which it is based.

It is not enough to accept boredom, you must embrace it. It is only when you have completely embraced it that you can go beyond it.

It is not necessary to accept the choices handed down to you by life as you know it.

it is not necessary to accept everything as true, one must only accept it as necessary.' 'A melancholy conclusion,' said K. 'It turns lying into a universal principle.