Accepted Quotes

I’ve never been certain whether the moral of the Icarus story should only be, as is generally accepted, ‘don’t try to fly too high,’ or whether it might also be thought of as ‘forget the wax and feathers, and do a better job on the wings.

Stanley Kubrick
- Trying
- Moral
- Forget
When I left Cambridge, I applied to regional repertory theaters in the U.K. and got accepted by one of them... And here I am, still at it.

Ian Mckellen
- Accepted
- Theaters

I believe in our culture we need certain socially accepted places where we don’t answer the telephone, we don’t have to answer questions or agree with anyone on anything

John Lilly
- Believe
- Culture
- Agree
In sport, all my fellow riders and trainers and the people I meet and deal with have just accepted the fact that I'm here forever.

Ian Millar
- Forever
- Fact
- Sport
My gayness became quietly accepted and, shock of all shocks, life went on.

Lance Loud
- Life
- Accepted
- Shock
It all begins, I maintain, with that powerful and underutilized thing called love. God's love for the individual is displayed by those people who reflect his love in their words and deeds. It ultimately gets understood and accepted by the child in poverty, and through that individual's love for others, the world gets changed.

Wess Stafford
- People
- Children
- Poverty
The hardest part about this business is accepting the back end with the same love that you accepted the front end.

Garth Brooks
- Business
- End
- Part
Now, when their glances met, they understood one another. The power that lay within both their souls had met, and, as it were, clasped hands. They accepted one another's sacrifice. Hers, mayhap, was the more complete of the two, because for her his absence would mean weary waiting, the dull heartache so terrible to bear.

Emma Orczy
- Power
- Soul
- Mean