Adopted Quotes

For years I did take my time, but that was because I hated waiting to hit shots - I adopted a pace where I didn't have to stand by my ball and wait.

I want to be adopted by the French. I want to go to live in Paris.

There's a difference between a mistake or even a crime that's been committed by an individual, and between a policy of crime that's been implemented or adopted by a government.

In Australia, everyone gets a nickname and people started calling me "Izzy" and I hated it so I just adopted Bella.

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.

I initially felt shy about doing painting because I wasn't a professional painter. I almost felt like I didn't deserve to paint. But I have gradually adopted a different kind of attitude about this.

Pop music has always adopted the style of marrying upbeat melodies to dour lyrics.

Today, Angelina Jolie met with Pope Francis at the Vatican. Long story short: She adopted him.

We had a rule in Tibet that anyone proposing a new invention had to guarentee that it was beneficial, or at least harmless, for seven generations of humans before it could be adopted.

Education (the institution) has now adopted values, attitudes, and practices that make any rigorous understanding of the human self and life impossible.

I've had a lot of different lives. I was adopted, I grew up in Nebraska, and then I went to Northwestern... Then I had this really extraordinary, different life than my parents.

My wife fosters dogs, to try and give these lost puppies a chance to get adopted. I'm grateful to my wife for that, she brings that element to my family and my kids get to understand what that means.

As anyone who's ever adopted a dog will tell you, there's always the fear that one day the birth parents will come scratching at the door.

I have younger kids, and I adopted them late in life. They don't know these people [from Annie Hall] at all.

If we think there is an undermining now, just wait if Sharia is adopted or utilized by justices in the United States.

I've always known I was adopted.

The human understanding when it has once adopted an opinion (either as being the received opinion or as being agreeable to itself) draws all things else to support and agree with it.

I think it's the tragedy of our time that we're not aware of the affect of the manner in which we've adopted tools. Those tools have become who we are.

Cold and hunger seem more friendly to my nature than those methods which men have adopted and advise to ward them off.

A son or daughter in any human family is either born to or adopted by the parents. By definition, a child can't be both. But with God we're both born of Him and adopted by Him.

You think about every piece of idiomatic speech adopted by white men over the past ten or twenty years; virtually all of it comes from hip-hop.

On her daughter Melissa: The only time she really cried is when I sat her down and told her that she was not adopted.

Since I was five, I've known that I was adopted, which is a politically correct term for being clueless about one's own origins.

The friend that I based Heffer on was adopted, and it all played into his total personality.

Cindy and I are adoptive parents. We know what a treasure and joy it is to have an adopted child in our lives.

Truthfully, my films don't get funded, they get adopted - and are made thanks to the generosity of others.

I have adopted clothes from all the projects I'm in. It's really been a while since I've bought anything myself.

They're my burka... I'm a little shortsighted, and people, when they're shortsighted, they remove their glasses and then they look like cute little dogs who want to be adopted.

My sister is Korean and my parents adopted her about three years before I was born and that is how I grew up.

My father has passed away. He was African-American. My mother is white. So I was adopted by a couple that was of a similar dynamic as my biological parents.

I'm adopted, so I didn't know my father, but apparently he was pretty tall.

My children range in age from 5 to 31. We adopted the 5-year-old, but people are often impressed with my wife before knowing that.

I'm not at all against white people adopting black children, because we're all human beings who need to give love and be nurtured in safety, but I do think it's better to be adopted by blacks.

Turkeys are misunderstood. Once I adopted turkeys, I understood this large bird to be a great companion.

My father was adopted. He grew up in the Italian household.

I think most children who are adopted ultimately want to meet their biological parents and often do. I think that is an important journey for children who are adopted to go on.

All necessary steps needed to be taken to tackle terrorism will be adopted...but we will keep in mind that a particular religion or section of society does not face problems unnecessary

In Australia we can take a playbook back to California from people who have actually adopted best practises, who have seen those practises play out over the years and plan for future droughts.

[To her frequently needed plumber:] How would you like to be adopted? I'm sure it would be cheaper.

And one of my absolute favorite quotes of all-time, one that I've adopted as one of my greatest life mottos: Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: "I'm with you kid. Let's go."

It actually got me upset reading about adopted children. They become junkies or criminals or actors. I wanted to write a book from the children’s point of view.

On November 15th, 2008, in over 300 cities, 4,000 children were adopted in one day.

My daughter is a preschooler but I have only known her for a while. She is adopted.

Growing up, I kind of adopted that mentality, going all out, being a warrior.

Count Basie practically adopted me at 13. We became closer and closer and I ended up conducting for him and Sinatra.

I am Cuban, my parents are Cuban, and I was not adopted.

All I wanted to do was please my adopted family.

Young children from Guatemala who are adopted into the United States gain considerable height relative to the standards. So the height difference cannot be genetic.

Now I see some family resemblance. I was starting to wonder if Jill was adopted, but you two kind of look like each other." "So does our mailman back in North Dakota," said Adrian.

I have adopted the Roman sentiment, that it is more honorable to save a citizen than to kill an enemy.