Pat Robertson Quotes

Adoption is a global issue these days - it's certainly current - and it's encouraging for a lot of couples whether they're straight or gay.

I've been involved in the offering-up-adoption-as-another-choice business for a long time.

I want to say that, in general, when it works, open adoption is great.

When I was growing up, I wanted to adopt, because I was aware there were kids that didn't have parents.

We have looked into the general problems with adoption in the United States, and we discovered - on the basis of the reports written by American NGOs - we discovered that not only Russians but kids from other countries and the American-born kids have been subject to very unfortunate behavior on the part of their adopted parents.

I'd adopt an older child, not a baby.

If I have kids, I'll adopt.

I always thought I would adopt. Even when I was young, I used to look up how to adopt.

I went to a number of foreign countries, and during whenever I went, I would try to go to an orphanage or a home for children. And I was seeing thousands of kids around the world that needed homes.

I want to have and adopt. I always have; ever since I was 18, I wanted a baby, and I wanted to have and adopt because there are a lot of kids. I want to adopt an American baby though, you know what I mean, no offense. Just because there are so many kids here that need our help.

I have 179 children that I take care of full-time: close to 40 in Uganda and the rest in Sudan.

There's a lot of people in my family who've adopted children.

If I'm not blessed with children of my own then I'd like to adopt one day - possibly a child from Pakistan.

I will say, in open adoption, all these choices you make about race, about the amount of mental illness you can deal with, about special needs and physical maladies, you have to lay all this out there before you know anybody's story.

We feel that there are so many kids who need adopting. We thought we'd do it after having a couple of our own, but we just changed our mind.

I'd like to adopt an older child, maybe 5 years old.

My sister-in-law works for a group that supports orphanages in Cairo. She and her colleagues take care of children left behind by circumstances beyond their control. They feed these children, clothe them, and teach them to read.

We've heard some theories, but there is a lot of mystery surrounding my adoption.

I always knew I would adopt. Always.

There are so many kids out there that need to be adopted and need good homes. I definitely want to have my own but I also want to adopt for sure. I think it's very important to find these kids homes.

If it gets to the point where I actually physically cannot have a child, there's plenty of children in the world that need a stable home and loving parent. I'm so down for adoption.

I get letters from little girls begging me to adopt them.

Before I met my husband, I was just about to look into adoption.

I've always been concerned with what happens to children in our society when there's nobody left to take care of them.

Too many children in foster care are falling through cracks. Be a hero, take the time learn about adoption today.