“People don't show up here (at the courtroom) because they believe evolution is bad science. They show up because they believe that if they accept evolution, then they are abandoning their religious beliefs. They see it as an either/or proposition: Either evolution happened, or God loves you.” PeopleIfsBelieveShowsBeliefReligiousAcceptingHappenedLove YouEvolutionGod LovePropositionsReligious BeliefCourtroomGod Loves YouEither Or Author:Eugenie Scott
“When you turn your heart and your life over to Christ, when you accept Christ as the savior, it changes your heart. It changes your life. And that's what happened to me.” HeartTurnsChristAcceptingHappenedSaviorChanging Your Life Author:John Bachman
“I think what drove me away from being a reporter was an inability to accept that the world came in neat stories. Every story you have to report is just part of something bigger. The news isn't what happened last night - it's some cumulative thing that's happened over centuries. I found it hard to think of one event and drag it out of a bubbling pot and present it as the story that explains it all.” ThinkingWorldHardStoriesLastsNightFoundAcceptingHappenedCenturyEventsNewsBiggerReportsPotDragReportersInabilityLast NightNeatCumulative Author:Terry Pratchett
“The unphilosophical and philosophical attitudes can be very sharply distinguished (with scarcely any intermediate forms) by the fact that the first accepts everything that happens as regards its general form, and finds occasion for surprise only in that special content by which something that happens here today differs from what happened there yesterday; whereas for the second, it is precisely the common features of all experience, such as characterise everything we encounter, which are the primary and most profound occasion for astonishment.” FirstsFactsHappensTodayFormCommonAttitudeAcceptingHappenedSpecialPhilosophicalRegardSurpriseProfoundYesterdayOccasionsPrimariesFeaturesEncountersDistinguishedAstonishment Author:Erwin Schrodinger
“I accept responsibility for U-boat warfare from 1933 onward, and of the entire navy from 1943 on, but to make me responsible for what happened to Jews in Germany, or Russian soldiers on the east front it is so ridiculous all I can do is laugh.” I CanCan DoResponsibilityAcceptingLaughingHappenedFrontsResponsibleSoldierJewEastRidiculousBoatGermanyWarfareNavy Author:Karl Donitz
“I don't have to accept their tenants. I was trying to convince those college students to accept my tenants. And I reject any labeling me because I happened to go to the university.” TryingHumorPoliticalAcceptingHappenedStudentsCollegeUniversityConvinceRejectsPolitical HumorLabelingCollege StudentsTenants Author:George W. Bush
“You accept that this civilisation could be abolished and life will begin later on after a few thousand years because that is something that has happened in the history of this planet. When you have peace in yourself and accept, then you are calm enough to do something, but if you are carried by despair there is no hope.” IfsYearsEnoughAcceptingHappenedPlanetsThousandDespairCalmThousand YearsCivilisationNo Hope Author:Nhat Hanh
“You have to be willing to be happy. Despite the mess of your life-just accept what's happened, throw away your ideals, and create a new map of happiness to follow.” AcceptingHappenedWillingIdealsDespiteMessMaps Author:Tarryn Fisher
“If one of my daughters happened to be [gay], of course I would love them and I would accept them. That's what we're taught when we have strong faith.” IfsCoursesStrongAcceptingHappenedTaughtGayDaughterMy DaughterStrong Faith Author:John Kasich
“I decided, very early on, just to accept life unconditionally; I never expected it to do anything special for me, yet I seemed to accomplish far more than I had ever hoped. Most of the time it just happened to me without my ever seeking it.” InspirationalTimeAcceptingHappenedSpecialDecidedEncouragementSeekingAccomplishExpectedEncouragingWords Of EncouragementAccept MeEncouraging Life Author:Audrey Hepburn
“How did we go - in a relatively short amount of time - from Audrey Hepburn to Kim Kardashian? I don't know how that happened. Like did we all collectively slip and hit our heads as a society? Why are we accepting garbage as nourishment? I don't know what's going on.” KnowsAcceptingKnow HowHappenedAmountSlipsGarbageNourishmentKimHepburnAudrey Author:Laura Benanti
“One of the challenges that happened in Europe is that in accepting many Muslim people they didn't explain to them that those countries have particular values like equality of all people before the law. Islam does not accept people are equal before the law.” PeopleDoeCountryLawValuesChallengesAcceptingHappenedParticularEqualEuropeIslam Author:Mark Durie
“... when confronted with unusual life situations... A warrior acts as if nothing had ever happened, because he doesn't believe in anything, yet he accepts everything at its face value.” IfsBelieveFacesValuesSituationAcceptingHappenedWarriorUnusualFace Value Book:Tales of Power Source: Tales of Power
“Each and every perpetrator was boastful, usually they would invite me to the places where they killed and I would of course accept those invitations because I could document what happened that way.” WayCoursesAcceptingHappenedInvitesDocumentsInvitationsPerpetrators Author:Joshua Oppenheimer