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.
I don't accept the argument of people like David Horowitz that the government should impose some sort of predetermined political balance on academic research.
The bringing-about of order is the first and fundamental task of government. We accept limits on our rights for the sake of a larger social compact all the time.
Journalists are supposed to be skeptical, that's what keeps them digging rather than simply accepting the official line, whether it comes from government or corporate bureaucrats.
In Washington, the accepted method for passing along information about how the government fails to meet real-world needs is to leak it.
I remember doing 'La Bamba' and thinking, 'Do you really think that Latinos will be accepted in mainstream?' and I said, 'Someday I hope so, but there is no guarantee.'
The contribution of Islam to history and modern civilization is the product of the efforts of peoples of many races and tongues which came to accept its way of life.
Those who invoke history will certainly be heard by history. And they will have to accept its verdict.
It's absolutely not acceptable for people to argue that, if we are going to do anything about climate change at all, well, the responsibility lies solely with the individual.
Self-deception ultimately explains Japan's plight. The Japanese have never accepted that change is in their interest - and not merely a response to U.S. criticism.
The serenity prayer, 'God grant me the strength to accept...' That's a prayer that's actually in my car. I say it every day.
I beg people not to accept the seasonal ritual of well-timed charity on Christmas Eve. It's blasphemy.
It is difficult to accept death in this society because it is unfamiliar. In spite of the fact that it happens all the time, we never see it.
'Sesame Street's' genius lies in finding gentle ways to talk about hard things - death, divorce, danger - in terms that children understand and accept.
I love my early movies, but naturalism is an artist's early style. Now I want to deal with feelings, dreams, an acceptance of irrationality.
One of the biggest development issues in the world is the education of girls. In the United States and Europe, it has been accepted, but not in Africa and the developing countries.
An idea like equality between men and women, which is now accepted in the West, is quite new.
If God should desire to raise us to the position of one who is an intimate and shares his secrets, we ought to accept this gladly.
Ernest Hemingway did a great deal toward making the writer an acceptable public figure; obviously, he was no sissy.
You can't put a price on what Mark McGwire brings to the Cardinals organization. The responsibility he accepts is as great as any number of home runs.
I've had a very good career and I'm grateful that the public has had some level of acceptance and appreciation of my work.
