I Accepted Quotes

#1. So okay, I accepted, and I realized while working for that concert that I'd been missing something very important and vital to me, and that something was music.

Joseph Jarman

#2. Men of success meet with tragedy. It was the will of God that I won the Olympics, and it was the will of God that I met with my accident. I accepted those victories as I accept this tragedy. I have to accept both circumstances as facts of life and live happily.

Abebe Bikila

#3. I accepted the face that as much as I want to lead others, and love to be around other people, in some essential way, I am something of a loner.

Arthur Ashe

#4. If I accepted, Edmund would be our vampire servant." "Come to think of it, that sounds all kinds-a classy. He could clean our toilets. See you soon, babe.

Faith Hunter

#5. I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held with the media, but I would have preferred to work in peace.

Naguib Mahfouz

#6. Once I accepted Christ I immediately had peace. I still didn't have a place to live, I still didn't have a car, but I had peace.

Sherri Shepherd

#7. I hesitated for all the right reasons. And I accepted for all the wrong ones.

Deanna Raybourn

#8. My parents, my teachers, my friends, my ex-wife-everybody held up a mirror and I accepted the image that came back. Well, it finally dawned on me that my reflection in others' eyes was the truth once removed.

Richard Moran

#9. I suddenly woke up to the fact that if I accepted anybody's definition of what there was in the world, I would be limited.

Shirley Brice Heath

#10. The word majesty was now dropped; but, with the deepest respect and humility, I was addressed as the count. What could I do? I accepted the title, and from that moment I was known as Count Peter.

Adelbert Von Chamisso

#11. A couple of weeks after that, Zebra Books phoned with an offer, and I accepted.

George Stephen

#12. As I accepted my death and dissolution into God's love, the insectoids began feeding on my heart, devouring the feelings of love and surrender. They were interested in emotion. As I was holding on to my last thought - that God is love - they asked, Even here? Even here?

Rick Strassman

#13. Prophet,' he said, 'Your doctrines I do not know; therefore if I accepted them, I would do it out of fear like a coward and a base man. Are you anxious that your faith be professed by cowards and base people?

Henryk Sienkiewicz

#14. He made me question what was, when for a whole lifetime up till that moment, I accepted the world's excuses.

Walter Mosley

#15. You always have to appeal to your audience. You always have to consider how well your project will do in terms of admissions. I abandoned many stories because of that. But I don't get too down about it. It's something I accepted from the time I decided to work in films.

Hayao Miyazaki

#16. On the last day, Chelsea made a great proposal and I accepted.

Robinho

#17. I accepted that a new kind of hate had emerged, silent and disciplined, a racism tempered by loyalty cards and PIN numbers. Shopping was now the model for all human behaviour, drained of emotion and anger.

J.G. Ballard

#18. Our heavenly Father understands our disappointment, suffering, pain, fear, and doubt. He is always there to encourage our hearts and help us understand that He's sufficient for all of our needs. When I accepted this as an absolute truth in my life, I found that my worrying stopped.

Charles Stanley

#19. The war project at Stanford was essentially completed, and I accepted an offer of an Assistant Professorship at the University of Minnesota, which had a good biochemistry department.

Paul D. Boyer

#20. I'm a very contented, peaceful man. I made mistakes, yes, but I accepted them, and, I hope, graciously.

Don Ameche

#21. In the spring of 1959, I received an offer of a professorship at Harvard, which I accepted with alacrity since I wanted to be near my family and since the chemistry department at Harvard was unsurpassed.

Elias James Corey

#22. One of the reasons that I accepted, once asked to do Star Trek, was to give a single child a chance to see the long thought, to see themselves some 400 years hence. It occurred to me that we must ensure that we keep in front of children the ever-changing horizon.

Avery Brooks

#23. I saw a star, I reached for it. I missed, so I accepted the sky

Scott Fortino

#24. You cannot fight against it. There's a price you have to pay for fame, and people who don't want to pay that price can get in trouble. I accepted the idea of celebrity because of a French expression: 'You cannot have the butter and the money for the butter.'

Karl Lagerfeld

#25. Both of my parents were raised in Christian homes, which was great. They instilled in us that God came first and they showed us what it was like to have a relationship with Christ. I accepted Christ at a young age, at the age of six years old, and just tried to play hockey and balance that.

Mike Fisher

#26. I have never felt guilty of my ability. I have never felt guilty of my mind. I have never felt guilty of being a man. I accepted no unearned guilt, and thus was free to earn and to know my own value.

Ayn Rand

#27. As a young kid, I had a great background. My grandfather was a minister; I have two uncles that were ministers, and so I had that spiritual background. I accepted Christ early as a kid.

Tony Dungy

#28. Jamie : "I didn't want anybody to be weird around me.". Landon : "Including me?". Jamie : "Especially you! You know, I was getting along with everything fine. I accepted it, and then you happened!".

Nicholas Sparks

#29. I accepted the official line so completely that even now, after all I've read and heard, I still have a minute hope that our lives weren't entirely wasted. It's the self-preservation instinct at work.

Svetlana Alexievich

#30. I accepted a change in my life. I didn't choose that change and those are the best changes to make.

Michelle Shocked

#31. I've been as good as dead since the day I was born. I accepted that a very long time ago.

Elizabeth Morgan

#32. It was never a name I would have chosen for myself, but with time I accepted the title as if it were my birthright.

Brittany Comeaux

#33. I was making almost minimum wage on 'The Young and the Restless.' But it was my first job, so I accepted my first quote. I had a great time on it, and it obviously led me to better things.

Eva Longoria

#34. I sped through heaven and saw god at work. I suffered holy pains. I dropped all my defenses and was afraid of nothing in the world. I accepted all things and to all things I gave up my heart.

Hermann Hesse

#35. As soon as I accepted that I am this kind of writer and I happen to live here, and stopped going to meetings and stopped beating myself up because I wasn't making a ton of money writing for some stupid sitcom, I felt really at home.

Meghan Daum

#36. I'm not a real crazy social butterfly - and once I realised that and I accepted it, I started to realise how many people weren't accepting of that.

Hayley Williams

#37. I come from a family of tall, curvy women. I developed in my body and my shape far earlier, so from a young age I accepted it. I embraced it and saw it as an advantage.

Ricki-Lee Coulter

#38. I was their Mockingjay long before I accepted the role. A

Suzanne Collins

#39. I needed to find my way to write. I need about six hours of uninterrupted time in order to produce about two hours of writing, and when I accepted that and found the way to do it, then I was able to write.

Robert B. Parker

#40. Once my heart was captured, reason was shown the door, deliberately and with a sort of frantic joy. I accepted everything, I believed everything, without struggle, without suffering, without regret, without false shame. How can one blush for what one adores?

George Sand

#41. The struggle goes on. The victory is in the struggle, for me. And I accepted that a long time ago.

Al Lewis

#42. Well, I have a CBE and I accepted it with glee because it's not bestowed on you by the royal family, it's not bestowed on you by the government, you have to be nominated by the public.

Rod Stewart

#43. I was about to get a degree in economics when I accepted that I'd be a lousy businessman, and if I didn't give acting a try I'd regret it for the rest of my life.

Peter Gallagher

#44. I've been cordially invited to join the visceral realists. I accepted, of course. There was no initiation ceremony. It was better that way.

Roberto Bolano

#45. My mother always, always, always thought that I was going to be famous. Thought that I was going to win Oscars. In fact, I believe I accepted the Oscar as a ketchup bottle many a time in front of my mother in the kitchen. 'I'd like to thank the Academy,' I said with a ketchup bottle.

Kevin Spacey

#46. I am so grateful that I accepted the offer to do 'CSI,' but it was like being shot out of a cannon, and it was so different from anything that I have ever done.

Ted Danson

#47. My relationship with George Steinbrenner was great. He was the boss, and I accepted that.

Joe Torre

#48. The Spanish offered me their protection, and liberty to those who would fight for the cause of the kings. I accepted their offers, seeing myself entirely abandoned by my brethren, the French.

Toussaint Louverture

#49. I had a Masters of Fine Arts, but so did thousands of other graduates every year, and we were all competing for the same jobs. I realistically didn't expect to become a teacher, and after two or three years, I accepted defeat.

Kurt Wagner

#50. I accepted that I was wired differently than most people, or, more precisely, that my wiring was toward one end of a spectrum of different human configurations. My innate logical skills were significantly greater than my interpersonal skills.

Graeme Simsion

#51. I accepted their ridicule by sulking manfully.

Robin Hobb

#52. I knew Scotty was going to win. At the beginning of the episode, I was like, 'Scotty, are you ready to win?'. I knew he was going to in my heart. I accepted it. I couldn't pick a more perfect person to get second place to. He's my best friend.

Lauren Alaina

#53. I gave my heart to Jesus. I accepted him as my Lord and Savior, started reading the Bible, started going to a church (and) started a relationship with Jesus.

Patricia Mauceri

#54. Many people think of Jesus as our Savior, as the one who will get us into heaven. So the question often is "Have I accepted Jesus as my Savior?" But we never ask the question "Have I accepted Jesus as my teacher?

Dallas Willard

#55. I accepted being a damn damsel in distress for you. You can be the hunky archangel in distress for once.

Nalini Singh

#56. The priest accepted me, I accepted the priest, so everything went off smoothly.

Andre Gide

#57. I accepted the child, but I did not accept this monster called Epidermolysis Bullosa, and I would move heaven and earth in order to effect change.

Silvia Corradin

#58. Even if I accepted that Jesus - like almost every other prophet on record - was born of a virgin, I cannot think that this proves the divinity of his father or the truth of his teachings. The same would be true if I accepted that he had been resurrected.

Christopher Hitchens

#59. When I married your daughter, I accepted full responsibility for both her and her happiness. If there are consequences to be faced, I have no problem facing them. His

Sylvia Day

#60. I went further than forgiving the clerk, I accepted her as a fellow victim of the same puppeteer. On

Maya Angelou

#61. But had I accepted the pickle juice, I would be drinking pickle juice right now.

Nicki Minaj

#62. I accepted an offer to do a concert for the reopening of the Mall of Memphis.

Johnny Rivers

#63. God gave me a physical defect, I've accepted that since I was a kid. When I was a kid people were laughing at me. But I accepted that because God gave me other qualities and I'm grateful.

Jean Chretien

#64. Your position in this household has not changed, and I do not appreciate being spoken to in such a disrespectful manner by the orphan that I accepted into my home."

"Really?" said Cinder. "Would you like me to list all the things I didn't appreciate being done to me today?

Marissa Meyer

#65. I accepted the role of spokesman for Lipitor because I am dedicated to the battle against heart disease, which killed my father at age 62 and motivated me to become a medical doctor.

Robert Jarvik

#66. I let my soul be corrupted that day, although it would be years later before I accepted what I had done. I forgot who I was and what I should do and only thought about what I wanted and what I could do.

Tawni O'Dell

#67. When I accepted the commission, I had something of an epiphany in the research I did about the agency, actually the science of espionage. I realized there is a connection between the sciences and the invisible forces of man.

James Sanborn

#68. By faith I accepted Him for what He claimed to be, the Son of the Living God. That simple decision changed my life - and I have seen it change the lives of countless others across the world.

Billy Graham

#69. I keep thinking that insanity is a state where a person can't tell what's real. Well, what's real now is insane - and if I accepted it as real, I'd have to lose my mind, wouldn't

Ayn Rand

#70. It wasn't that everything was going my way, but I began to believe that the way it was going was perfect. I accepted that where I was in life, was exactly where I was supposed to be.

The Hippie

#71. I am not a gifted person. I had only three assets: I was keenly interested, I accepted every challenge and every opportunity to learn more, and I had great energy and discipline.

Eleanor Roosevelt

#72. I was surprised I was nominated for an Oscar because 'Cocoon' was such an ensemble picture. But now I'm certain it wasn't only for 'Cocoon.' It was a lifetime award, so I accepted it in that vein, and it probably meant more from a recognition standpoint.

Don Ameche

#73. I asked myself, 'What are you going to do with your life? Are you going to be like everyone else or are you going to do what's right?' I just made a decision. I said, 'It's time to grow up. It's time to start living for the Lord, do things the right way.' I accepted the Lord, and it changed my life.

Luke Scott

#74. I knew what I was getting into: 72-ounce steaks, shakes by the quart, atomic wings. When I landed 'Man v. Food' in 2008, I accepted the fact that my weight would fluctuate. But instead of stressing about the scale, I made my long-term health a primary concern.

Adam Richman

#75. To be honest, I joined Facebook as an experiment. I accepted all invitations just to see how many people would ask to be 'friends' - it quickly overwhelmed my time to process even the invitations and requests, let alone to actually go there and do anything.

Vint Cerf

#76. I watched a million coming-out videos, and that was kind of how I accepted it myself.

Connor Franta

#77. It was the hardest decision of his coaching career so I accepted that I should be No 1 and that was it

Jens Lehmann

#78. I accepted what the Sisters taught in religion class: that God is loving, merciful, charitable, forgiving. That message didn't jibe with adults smacking kids.

Sonia Sotomayor

#79. My hand was shaking as I accepted that perfect hand. I honestly felt that I had sold my soul the moment I felt his hand encircle mine. I was now utterly his; I felt it down to the very marrow of my bones.

Cristina Rayne

#80. Grade 9: I was too small for football, too shy for drama class, but I did have a passion for music. And so, with a mouth full of braces (and a glorious mullet), I accepted that the trombone would be a fantastic scholastic counterpart to my extracurricular loves: country music, and the guitar.

Jason McCoy

#81. I thought that there could be no revolt against nature. I accepted the landscape without dreaming that, behind, there still prowled large skeletons without fur. With just one sign, I thought I was able to make them rise up outside their refuges ...

Roger Vitrac

#82. I was, in life, to be a gambler, a risk taker, a swashbuckler, a knight. I accepted, then and there, my place in this world. I was a fighter of windmills. I was a chaser of whales.

Percival Everett

#83. If I hadn't refused Ken Russell, Fellini and Spielberg and made their movies when they asked me, my life would be no different. It is not my fault that I accepted one movie and turned down another. I don't see any point in defending myself, either.

Klaus Kinski

#84. Soul mates, I've always believed in, so I accepted the truth there. But curses? That was extreme. There had to be a place where the line was drawn between fiction and reality, and a curse sounded way more on the fiction side of the spectrum.

Michelle Madow

#85. There appears to be a vast amount of confusion on this point, but I do not know many Negroes who are eager to be "accepted" by white people, still less to be loved by them; they, the blacks, simply don't wish to be beaten over the head by the whites every instant of our brief passage on this planet.

James Baldwin

#86. New York. Truly, this is the only city that I feel this energy. Everyone is accepted. This is the first place that I felt open and that I can do everything.

Elie Tahari

#87. The statistics of life out there and the statistics of intelligent beings and advanced civilization is a certainty, the way I look at it. that It has not been accepted, because we've been in an anthropocentric era.

Story Musgrave

#88. If you submit an
article to a major refereed clinical journal and it is accepted
upon first submission without a single revision, let me
know and I will take you to dinner the next time you are in
Portland, Oregon.

Robert B. Taylor

#89. 'Give up ... it's time to quit,' I don't think I've ever really accepted those kinds of words in my life or vocabulary.

Willie Aames

#90. You know the bodysuit that I built my line on? ... That was about me being able to go directly from work to yoga class. It just wasn't as accepted to talk about then.

Donna Karan

#91. Something in me died at Peleliu. Perhaps it was the childish innocence that accepted as faith the claim that Man is basically good. Possibly I lost faith that politicians in high places, who do not have to endure war's savagery, will ever stop blundering and sending others to endure it.

Eugene B. Sledge

#92. Introductions, that is, belong to the masterpieces and classics of the world, to the great and ancient and accepted things; and I am here introducing a short, small story of my own which appeared in The Evening News about ten months ago.

Arthur Machen

#93. I didn't try out for bands when I was younger. I got into guitars intensely a couple of years into playing so much by the time I was graduating high school I was accepted into Berklee College of Music.

John Petrucci

#94. I think British humour is very cruel, and gay humour is very cruel. I think the two go hand-in-hand and that's why they mix so well in England. I think that's why you get so many gay comedians in England that are accepted so well because British humour is very cruel. I love it.

Jason Sellards

#95. I would gladly have accepted a heaping spoonful of nepotism when I got out of college and was looking for a job.

Sloane Crosley

#96. When I first started to write, I was aware of being queer, but I didn't write about it. Queer poems would probably not have been accepted by the editors I sent them to.

Thom Gunn

#97. I grew up being very shy, very much a bookworm, and I remember desperately wondering how to be accepted by the popular kids.

Lisa Kleypas

#98. By any accepted standard, I have had more than nine lives. I counted them up once, and there were 13 times I almost and maybe should have died.

Hunter S. Thompson

#99. I was obsessed with The Who. I would have accepted a marriage proposal from Roger Daltrey on the spot. I went to all of their shows in San Francisco and some in L.A. That was as close as I got to being a groupie.

Jennifer Egan

#100. I always wanted to be a dentist from the time I was in high school, and I was accepted to dental school in the spring of 1972. I was planning to go, but after the Olympics there were other opportunities.

Mark Spitz