Accept

I was willing to accept what I couldn't change.

You will not accept credit that is due to another, or harbor jealousy of an explorer who is more fortunate.

But the leaders of the OIC could not even accept Mahathir's proposal, yet they talk about respect and honour.

I do not accept being a prisoner of fear. Of Communism, of fascism. That, one can bear. But of one's fear. No. Never.

The creative urge is the demon that will not accept anything second rate.

I'm for everyone having the opportunity to accept a $150,000 bribe.

One individual doesn't really accept the pro-life position of the party, and the other... says he supports it and takes a position that is logically inconsistent.

It's part of the general global hypnotism to accept lies as the new truth.

Don't accept that you are in crisis just because everyone says you are.

At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the exact number of his defects and qualities, know how far he can go, foretell his failures - be what he is. And, above all, accept these things.

Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.

I get people to truly accept themselves unconditionally, whether or not their therapist or anyone loves them.

I feel like that's what being creative is: It's you bouncing with emotion and what you capture in those bounces. Accept where you are and use it.

I like to accept it all, the negative and the positive.

I know my theories and findings are hard for you to accept because they are so original and extraordinary.

I can't imagine that life can be replaced with a computer universe. I can't accept it.

Competition is the final price determinant and competitive prices may result in profits which force you to accept a rate of return less than you hoped for, or for that matter to accept temporary losses.

If the United States has to accept the U.N. resolutions, we have to generalize it across the board. We can't just pick and choose where we impose and accept the U.N. resolution and don't accept them. U.N. Resolution 242 is very clear and states very clearly that Israel has to go back to the borders of the pre-war of 1967.

Everyone must accept that we will age and age is not always flattering.

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

I cannot accept fraud.

Underperforming hospitals or units should accept that they have to improve the service they offer or that patients, quite properly, will go elsewhere.

I cannot accept a divide between Malagasy people and a civil war.

Confrontation is something that I accept as part of the project though not its purpose.

If you wish to have free access to the single market, then you have to accept the fundamental rights as well as obligation that come from it.

We feel bound to the Christian image of humanity - that is what defines us. Those who do not accept this are in the wrong place here.

Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.

The critics had an image of me, and they wouldn't accept any other... I was a cartoon character. A joke.

I don't accept at all the quite popular argument that the press is responsible for the monarchy's recent troubles. The monarchy's responsible for the monarchy's recent troubles. To blame the press is the old thing of blaming the messenger for the message.

If, as a Spaniard, I am so often offended by the stereotypes that abound regarding my country, how can I accept and repeat the ones that fall even more heavily upon Israel?

I sing to the realists, people who accept it like it is.

There is no good terror and bad terror. Terror is terror. There's not terror that you can accept and terror that you cannot accept. Terror is terror. Murder is murder.

Accept business only at a price permitting thoroughness. Then do a thorough job, regardless of cost to us.

There is an increasing awareness of the interrelatedness of things. We are becoming less prone to accept an immediate solution without questioning its larger implications.

Look, the hard-line Jewish position is based, to this day, on the idea that the Palestinian Arabs somehow or other will either accept third-class status, or they will pick up and go away. Now, this isn't happening.

If I lose, then I have to accept that my way of writing books is not the way society says it's okay to write.

I'm very picky, I'm never happy with anything. It's so hard to give the record away and accept that you're done.

We do not ask Israeli Arabs to share in the Zionist dream. We are asking them to accept that Israel is a Jewish state - the only one in the world.

Avoiding offense means that we don't accept each other as equals.

I accept that there are multitudes seeking God, seeking meaning, and so on, but if they reject atheism, I would rather they became modern-day Catholics or Jews than that they became Muslims.

I don't accept the Zionist idea.

If you believe you're a nation, then I accept you as a nation.

The worst guilt is to accept an unearned guilt.

Once you become a comedian, you accept that people are just going to yell stuff at you.

We are a heterogeneous society. We have to accept that. Growth has to be such that the most backward sections also benefit from it. Otherwise, it will be a very imbalanced growth.

One thing is clear to me: We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves.

I'm a feminist, of course, and I feel as if I'm very politically correct, although I do question what's P.C. and what's not - I don't just accept what I'm told.

It's not denial. I'm just selective about the reality I accept.

During the campaign for re-election, Barack Obama at least made vague references to a willingness to accept $3 trillion of reduced spending in exchange for a $1 trillion dollar tax increase.

Nearly 300,000 more people are forced to accept part-time employment because of this rotten non-recovery recovery than when Obama arrived at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

Bing was always hesitant to accept appreciation in any form.

I accept chaos, I'm not sure whether it accepts me.

The president has undermined trust. No longer will the members of Congress be entitled to accept his veracity. Caveat emptor has become the word. Every member of Congress is on his or her own to determine the truth.

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.

Unlike many in the conservative camp, I accept theories of global warming, and accept that man-made activity has played a part in global warming. My differences have only been on what the solutions should be.

If you accept your limitations you go beyond them.

The philosophical spirit is not satisfied to simply accept what it is told, no matter how much prestige the teller seems to have. This is true even if the teller is a god.

Once you've grown to accept something and it becomes part of the system you've inherited, you don't even notice it any longer.

Never cut corners, or accept anything that's second-rate.

You have to accept the fact that part of the sizzle of sex comes from the danger of sex. You can be overpowered.

Accept yourself, love yourself.

I don't think that science is complete at all. We don't understand everything, and one can see, within science itself, there are many inconsistencies. We just have to accept that we don't understand.

We all accept the world would be safer without Saddam's baleful dictatorship.

Over the next four years, I will continue to listen to different views and accept different suggestions.

The majority of Taiwan people cannot accept Taiwan becoming a second Hong Kong, nor can we accept Taiwan becoming a local government of the People's Republic of China or a Special Administrative Region of China.

All you must do is accept all that is unacceptable to you.

I look at the corruption in Albany and we cannot accept that.

Yes, you are running businesses, and yes, we understand and accept that, but surely there must be a level beyond which profit from news is simply indecent.

The most important thing is to be passionate and ready to accept the pains that sometimes go along with the business.

Never accept ultimatums, conventional wisdom, or absolutes.

You can set up whatever negotiations or structure you want, but until the Palestinians are willing to accept the fact, as the majority of Israelis do, that there should be two states between the Jordan and the Mediterranean, we won't have peace.

You have to accept the fact that sometimes you are the pigeon, and sometimes you are the statue.

I'm fortunate enough that I don't have to accept every movie that comes along.

Those who invoke history will certainly be heard by history. And they will have to accept its verdict.

First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. Then proceed to improve on the worst.

You know, there are many alter egos and Gorillaz is a collective of alter egos, really. I think anyone who gets involved in it has to sort of accept that nothing is really as it seems.

Of course there is really vile anti-Semitism in Wagner's writings, but I can't accept the idea that characters like Beckmesser and Alberich are Jewish stereotypes in disguise. Would Beckmesser be a court councillor if he was meant to be a Jewish stereotype? No Jew could occupy such a role.

In a way, the American side descended to Saddam's level, which happens often in these types of circumstances. That is why the people in Iraq do not accept the current state of affairs.

It would be dangerous territory if I wasn't practising what I preach which is to always accept responsibility, always accept the consequences of your actions.

Actually, I think most people accept the existence of qualia.

You don't restore 'The Last Supper' by filling in the missing bits - you preserve. You accept the material that has somehow survived.

You have to be very flexible and understand as a director, especially as a writer/director, that you cannot hang onto stuff really hard. You have to be ready to accept those happy accidents and to anticipate that they are going to happen and capitalize on them.

Historically, Jews only accept converts rather than actively seeking them.

One cannot accept Christ and still be part of the normative Jewish community, one cannot live by Torah and still be part of the Church.

We Jews who willingly and happily confirm our covenantal status and its attendant rights and duties must take the question of mission seriously: either to accept it or reject it knowingly and with conviction.

If you sit down with me, I guarantee I will accept any terms you offer for a contract.

The risk presented by these lethal wastes is like no other risk, and we should not be expected to accept it or to project it into the future in order for manufacturers and utilities to make a dollar killing now.

If you put yourself in a situation of unpredictability and then find that it's completely possible to accept it, then you become an observer.

You have to love yourself or you'll never be able to accept compliments from anyone.

All of us are living with dogmas that we accept as truths. When one of these is overturned, there's an initial gasp, soon followed by a rush of exhilaration.

Change the changeable, accept the unchangeable, and remove yourself from the unacceptable.

There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.

Jah is love, or God, whichever way you might accept it.

Israel was seen as having demonstrated unmistakably it wanted peace, and the reason it wasn't available, achievable was because Arafat wouldn't accept it.

As long as people will accept crap, it will be financially profitable to dispense it.

We shouldn't accept things just because somebody says so.

Don't divide the world into 'them' and 'us.' Avoid infatuation with or resentment of the press, the Congress, rivals, or opponents. Accept them as facts. They have their jobs and you have yours.

A lot of people say I'm bent, and I've heard it so many times that I've almost learned to accept it.

You've got to keep your finger on the pulse of what your audience is thinking, and know what they'll accept from you.

When you put on a uniform, there are certain inhibitions that you accept.

I find that easier to accept than this all happened out of nothing.

When the people who are responsible for our country ask you a direct question, I expect them to accept a direct answer, not to be blackballed because you are telling the truth.

I can still take the hits, it's not a problem for me. I accept the blows. I can take the punches like a boxer.

I did not do anything wrong as a governor, even if you accept the verdict as it is, it doesn't indicate that.

The implication that everyone would have to accept its judgments uncritically, that it was a decision from which there could be no appeal, was astonishing.

I don't hate people. I just accept missions.

There is a need to accept a limited disruption of civil liberties in order to penetrate terror.

Try to think for your own why the Russians and the Chinese do not like the idea that whoever takes aggressive steps to keep order within his sovereign borders should not accept others to intervene physically.

Attacks of divine transports are of pride and I accept the part assigned.

People are perfectly glad to accept the idea that dogs love us, so they must be able to love each other.

As Elton John, my days on pop radio are over, and I know that and I accept it and I'm not unhappy about it.

I have to accept risk as a racing driver.

All claims of education notwithstanding, the pupil will accept only that which his mind craves.

We have the eurozone. Could we accept to be cleared, regulated, and de facto have inflows and outflows from a country that has decided to leave the E.U.? For me, definitely not.

I accept the verdict of the people.

In a democratic society, we politicians have to accept criticism, especially when it is founded.

If you want to call me an activist attorney general, I will proudly accept that label.

Never accept a drink from a urologist.

God gives some more than others because some accept more than others.

This was such an extraordinary situation that I simply could not accept it.

The secret lives of politicians are always shady. People need to accept the fact that their leaders aren't perfect. No one is.

The vast majority of Greeks accept the need for reform and want to keep our country inside the euro zone.

So many people accept the negative. They are constantly blinded by that negative thing.

We are all quick to point out all the differences but not as willing to accept what bonds us as humans.

I neither will aspire to nor will I accept, the position of president of the council of state and commander in chief.

I also just accept that I might never want to write a song again.

The first thing you have to do is accept that decay sets in and there's nothing you can do about it.

Proponents of intelligent design don't accept that some of the very complex nanomachines that we have inside ourselves could have come about solely on the basis of natural selection.

The shelves of many evangelicals are full of books that point out the flaws in evolution, discuss it only as a theory, and almost imply that there's a conspiracy here to avoid the fact that evolution is actually flawed. All of those books, unfortunately, are based upon conclusions that no reasonable biologist would now accept.

I'd rather see folks doubt what's true than accept what isn't.

A scientist... must accept the results of experiment, and nothing but the results of experiment.

Everything that is necessary is also easy. You just have to accept it. And the most necessary, the most natural matter on this planet is death.

We often refuse to accept an idea merely because the tone of voice in which it has been expressed is unsympathetic to us.

There have been tons of politicians who were slow to accept equal rights when it meant changes in the established social order. Many eventually came around, admitted they were wrong, and were forgiven. But the ones who actively choose hate-mongering don't ever get a pass.

Privacy is not an option, and it shouldn't be the price we accept for just getting on the Internet.

When you decide to do this kind of music then you just accept the facts.

The reason I talk to myself is that I'm the only one whose answers I accept.

You can't have any successes unless you can accept failure.

I am a giant proponent of giant screens. But I accept the fact that most of my movies are going to be seen on phones.

If every time you engage in a sex act, you go into a confession box, you will never accept your own sexuality.

I think everybody ought to be allowed to be engaged in athletics at whatever level the audience will accept.

In this job, you accept criticism and give answers on the field.

I know that the designers that have me in their shows have me for a reason, I know that the designers that don't have me in their shows don't have me for a reason, and I accept either way.

I don't understand a mentality that will accept eating something that doesn't taste good just because it's low-fat or is made with matzo or whatever.

The governor's not allowed to drive. That's part of the life you accept.

I don't accept as an article of faith that lots of short-term stimulus boosts the economy and gets us back on the long-term trajectory.

More people should apologize, and more people should accept apologies when sincerely made.

Hollywood will accept actresses playing ten years older, but actors can play ten years younger.

Accept yourself and expect more from yourself.

Please accept my resignation. I don't care to belong to any club that will have me as a member.

There is a way that a younger person can accept the inevitable problem that they're going to die, whereas somebody a little bit older might be overcome.

After 13 years, I couldn't accept to be number two.

Kids, don't be too big to accept advice.

I didn't ask to be a hero, but I guess I have become one in the Christian community. So I accept it. But if I'm wrong about this, I guess I'll become a bum.

I'm learning to accept the lack of privacy as the real downer in my profession.

I was not emotionally mature enough to accept any kind of success when I was young. I needed to go that long route.

You've accepted a lot of things without evidence. Find out what the evidence is for that. Find out what the evidence is for everything that you accept.

When we talk about Oscars, it's almost as a symbol of excellence, and the American public and the worldwide public accept that symbol.

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.

The words 'come unto Christ' are an invitation. It is the most important invitation you could ever offer to another person. It is the most important invitation anyone could accept.

Hopefully, nations will refuse to accept a situation in which nuclear accidents actually do occur, and, if at all possible, they will do something to correct a system which makes them likely.

Venezuela is a free country, and we will not be blackmailed by anyone. We will not accept being told what to do over Iran, we will not accept being anyone's colony.

We had a lot of difficulty in getting the French to accept the pyramid. They thought we were trying to import a piece of Egypt until I pointed out that their obelisk was also from Egypt and the Place des Pyramides is around the corner. Then they accepted it. The pyramid at the Louvre, though, is just the tip.

Most Israelis have a sense, 'We just don't want to live in the Middle East anymore. We don't want it to be the Middle East. Were going to just build a wall or operate unilaterally' - not try to even use force as used to be the case to convince Arabs to accept Israel by convincing them that Israel is here to stay and then negotiating.

We can't continue with a justice of vengeance. Peace will require us to accept a certain degree of impunity, it's inevitable.

If you enjoy the fragrance of a rose, you must accept the thorns which it bears.

No Israeli leader will accept a nuclear Iran.

I'm not sure I agree with the thesis, because I think that even though something grotesque or gross has been part of film since way back, what we accept or what we can get away with on the screen is broader now.

It's hard for the majority of people to accept what they don't understand.

In the one defence, 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 early church polemics, Jews are deemed no longer worthy of their own Scriptures because they have failed to accept Christ as the Messiah.

Now I am older, I understand we have to accept who we are.

I was diagnosed with asthma when I was 18 during my freshman year at UCLA. I refused to accept it - and I hid it from my coaches and teammates. But ignoring my problem didn't make it go away.

One month, two months, I am ready to accept any accord on this point that has the approval of the inspectors.

Any union that can't accept workers choosing their own representatives through universal franchise is finished.

We can't have landfills forever, and we can't ask others to accept our trash.

An actor must interpret life, and in order to do so must be willing to accept all the experiences life has to offer. In fact, he must seek out more of life than life puts at his feet.

I always felt that a governor surrenders a certain amount of privacy. And I came to accept that.

Secularism does not accept many things as absolutes. Its principal objectives are pleasure and self-interest. Often, those who embrace secularism have a different look about them.

I have never received a flute from them for free and I would not accept such a gift from any manufacturer.

We must never forget that many around the globe are denied the basic rights we enjoy as Americans. If we are to continue enjoying these privileges and freedoms we must accept our mission of expanding democracy around the globe.

I don't want to be all worthy about it, but I don't do red carpets, I don't do events and I don't accept freebies that much.

The black church will accept anybody.

If we refuse to accept as inevitable the irresponsibility and educational unconcern of the adolescent culture, then this poses a serious challenge.

I've sort of come to accept the fact that when I'm 80, people will ask about Michael Alig. I've had to realize that this is part of who I am.

I sometimes wonder how many of these lifetime achievement awards you can accept before you have to do the decent thing and die.

It's not that I'm retired, I just no longer accept acting work.

People ask me why I keep getting injured but I have just had to accept it is one of those things that happen.

If we're willing to accept unlimited immigration in order to keep wages low and corporate profits high, we should just say so and stop paying for all the immigration enforcement window dressing.

I accept that responsibility and ask only that I be judged by my performance as its chief executive.

It's hard for the Catholic Church to accept change. When the mass was no longer said in Latin, loyalists went into mourning for years.

It's neat to have finally reached a point where I can accept what I was and what I am.

Growth begins when we begin to accept our own weakness.

It's never a script that makes me decide to accept a film or not.

Bribes are not offered in such a way that you can prove them, and in order to prove that I didn't accept a bribe, I had to run.

I've learned to accept that I'm a children's writer, even if it's not what I set out to become. It's what I should have been all along, and I'll stay in this role as long as I'm a writer.

I always date younger men. For some reason that's just the way it's gone, because younger guys have always asked me out and I accept.

I accept any challenge.

Europe will not accept genetically modified foods. It doesn't make any difference in the final analysis what Brussels does, what Washington does, or what the World Trade Organization does.

The things I write are for those who are willing to accept a new relationship between the reader and the author.