Of course, Mike and I debate and argue – we used to play Ping-Pong to settle arguments. But then Mike got really good.
In my opinion, if we have not achieved peace, it is because people forget its most fundamental aspect. Before we talk about peace among nations, we must settle our peace with God.
When I was in the U.S. for ‘Swimming Pool,’ people had asked me, ‘So are you going to settle down in Hollywood?’ And I said, ‘No, I’m French! I am living in France. I am not going to be American.’
I have the world’s worst taste in men, so now I simply have wonderful relationships of the friend kind, but trying to settle down with somebody? No, no, no, no, no, no, no. I’m beyond that.
I’m just deeply disappointed that once again we may have to settle for the lesser of two evils.
In five years’ time I’d like to be a mum. I want to settle down and have a family, definitely sooner rather than later. I’d like to have finished my second album too, maybe even my third. I’d like a sound that sticks around that other people are inspired by and that people know is me.
Who co-founded Google? Sergey Brin, a Russian-born Jew whose family fled anti-semitism in the Soviet Union to settle here and who considers himself a refugee.
Every player needs time to settle in and to get used to a new club, from knowing the league to the other players – everything.
There definitely is that element of guys who like to party and have a good time and… putting off for as long as possible the idea that they’ll actually have to settle down.
I want you to answer this question: Why should you settle for anything less than an authentic conservative who will fight for your views and values without an apology? Think about that.
No man wants to settle down. It happens. Eventually you’re going to bump into somebody that makes you go, ‘Hmm, I don’t mind seeing this person every day.’
I don’t think I should settle for anything less than what I’m valued at.
The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.
One of the greatest political delusions of our age was the idea that holding a referendum on our E.U. membership would settle the argument once and for all.
The macro of any negotiation is that the only time you can cut a deal is when both sides are hurting. If either side is – is well and feeling happy, you can’t get a deal. Then they go for victory. You need – if they’re willing to settle for things the other side can live with, it’s because they’re hurting a little bit.
I see many founders waste too much time trying to work their networks and/or ultimately settle for mediocre but available candidates. You will definitely have to interview hard for cultural fit, but the best talent isn’t cheap.
I am not naive enough to settle for anything less than a reasonable valuation of my worth.
Especially a new role, it takes a long time for me to settle into a role but it’s exciting as well.
If you settle in life, you don’t go further.
You don’t have to be a rock star – if you don’t like the situation you’re in, you don’t have to settle for it.
I run a dating site, but I will gladly tell someone, ‘Do not date someone if it’s not right.’ And don’t settle. This settling thing is insane. I’ve literally had to force friends out of relationships because they want to be married by a certain age, so they just date these guys that are not right for them.
Don’t get me wrong, I love watching episodes of my favorite shows on Hulu and reading the daily trash on PageSix, but I also embrace the opportunity to settle down with a good book and let my mind travel to another place and time.
I am not arguing that women ought to ‘settle.’ I am arguing that we can now expect more of a mate than we could when we depended on men for our financial security, social status, and sense of accomplishment.
I think there’s something that happens at 40 where you settle into your own skin and you stop caring what people think – you realize life is a gift from God and you want to live it to the fullest.
I’m not done with love, but I refuse to settle. I am a hopeless romantic. And I won’t stop till I get it right.
I will settle down & teach for the rest of my days.
I needed a little time to settle, to know the Premier League, the people here, how they are, and to know the players. I had to find my confidence.
Sometimes you just got to settle back and relax and be like, ‘All right, Saquon, chill. You know what you’re doing. Just do the little stuff.’ The little stuff will get you there.
We are at last on the high lands of Mexico, the districts which at least three different races have chosen to settle in, neglecting the fertile country below.
I played at Aston Villa for four years and most of the time I loved it there, but typically it took me a while to settle in.
I don’t need to be going out reverse-sweeping for six and four straightaway. Singles can be just as important as boundaries, rotating the strike and not letting the bowlers settle.
My mother wants me to settle down and have children! I’m aware that it’s a mother’s concern and I respect it. But I can’t get married because I have to get married. I have to be in love with the woman I commit to.
Americans wanted to settle all our difficulties with Russia and then go to the movies and drink Coke.
Moms and daughters can negotiate over anything, and they can go on longer than it took to settle the Vietnam War.
Years ago, I met once a week, 9 A.M. sharp, with a therapist whom I will call Dr. Mason. We would settle in well-worn chairs, Dr. Mason, a slender, balding middle-ager in blazer and striped tie, and me, an anxious academic in Levi’s and tweeds.
I always dreamed of working in an MLB front office and ruining baseball, but I have to settle for ruining ‘Jeopardy’ instead.
My truculent opponents are out to settle scores that have nothing to do with Sherpa, and I refuse to allow my enemies to drag my Sherpa family into their fight with me.
You get one go round in this life. Why are you going to settle for second best when you can get everything you want out of it?
If you’re going to wear a cowboy hat, you’re going to have to go all the way. You should have livestock around you, settle all of your disputes with a pistol, and ride a horse absolutely everywhere.
I will only think of settling down after Salman Khan, the other most eligible bachelor, plans to settle down. We are eligible bachelors, but he’s the rock star, so let him get married first; then I’ll think about myself.
I don’t like memoirs. I think they’re self-serving, and people use them to settle scores, and I really tried not to do that. You have to have a really interesting life to justify memoir, and my life has been pretty ho-hum.
It’s better to think of life as a proper journey with a beginning and an end. Maybe, I can settle for being immortalised on screen.
If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.
I am not pregnant, but I’ve had three kids, and there is a ‘bump.’ From now on, ladies, I will have a ‘bump,’ and it will be my ‘baby bump,’ and let’s just all settle in and get used to it; it’s not going anywhere.
In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something else.
I make sure that, every morning, my skin is really well moisturised. I use my sunscreen; I make sure I wash my face at least once during the day. I try not to overdo it, just so if there’s any dust on my face, it doesn’t settle into my pores.
I have often noticed how primate groups in their entirety enter a similar mood. All of a sudden, all of them are playful, hopping around. Or all of them are grumpy. Or all of them are sleepy and settle down. In such cases, the mood contagion serves the function of synchronizing activities.
Democracy is a revelation, but it’s complicated. There are elections to hold, politics to create, rights to assert, grievances to settle and institutions to build. To many, it’s exhilarating. For others, it can be disappointing when it turns out that democracy doesn’t immediately make life better.
I think if you look at the Singapore projects, we wanted to do industrial parks. They have taken very long to clear the issues of land, and these become politicised, and you can’t settle it, and eventually the project languishes and nothing happens.
Horses calm me. I love being around them. They smell great, they are beautiful to look at, they are loving, demanding, temperamental, and they settle you.
That attitude that I wouldn’t succeed didn’t come from my family; it came from school and then the township we lived in. I wasn’t going to settle for that, and my mother warned us not to settle for less, to make the most of our lives.
Even though I’m not with their mother, it’s important for my kids to see adults in a committed and happy relationship. They need to see a strong relationship. You don’t have to settle.
When I went through my divorce, I decided that I was going to pray this time for someone. Then, God sent me someone. I prayed for the specific qualities I wanted in a man, and I wasn’t going to settle for anything less.
There are some pundits with whom I will settle my differences… they want to sell a lie to the French people that Evra is disliked. But that is not the case at all.
