Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jim Edmonds

In that situation, I thought I deserved a better answer than, 'Don't you come back here and argue with me,' ... I asked, 'How's that ball a strike?' and that's the answer I get. He doesn't have time to answer the question, but he has time to scream at me.

In terms of student projects, they have basically been answering the same questions, but using different methods to answer them. Oh, but their display boards are getting better and better with the use of the Internet.

Mel Stottlemyre

I really can't answer that one way or the other.

If you think about what has really led the Nasdaq for the past six months, ... the answer has been exceptional growth rates. If you're a company with these phenomenal growth rates, your stock has gone to the moon; if you actually make money, you've languished. That's been a reversal, and that is good for right now. So if you look at areas such as semiconductors, enterprise hardware, software and wireless I think these types of companies are all going to all deliver strong earnings.

If you talk to the Fed staff in private and ask them who would Greenspan like to replace him, the answer would be Don Kohn,

If you spend more time asking appropriate questions rather than giving answers or opinions, your listening skills will increase

If you see the future of computing as 'give me the answer now,' it favors something like Cell, a computer platform designed for photorealistic modeling.

If you struggle with putting things into perspective, just ask yourself two simple questions: What's the worst thing that could happen as a result of this? Will this matter in five years? Your answers should put a stop to cataclysmic thinking.

Jiang Zemin

If you make any error in your report, you will have to take responsibility for it, ... I never said that I appointed him. I never meant this. But you forced me to answer to you whether I support him or not. He is the chief executive. How can we not support the chief executive?

Bob Edwards

If you walk in and say that we want you to hire ex-felons ... the answer is probably 'no,' ... But when you get them here and they are seeing them face-to-face, they're seeing them as human beings. And that breaks it down, and some real positive things can happen.

Richard Hamming

If you want to think new thoughts that are different, then do what creative people do - get the problem reasonably clear and then refuse to look at any answers until you've thought the problem through carefully how you would do it, how you could slightly change the problem to be the correct one.

I gave this test to the graduate of a fairly prestigious university. The question was this: Which is the largest oil-producing nation in the Middle East? Her answer was Nicaragua. That's not the kind of person we need.

In order to grant such a shield, you have to determine who is a journalist, and there is no satisfactory answer to that question.

Dick Gephardt

In fact, I'm sure the answers are not all here and they are not in state legislatures and city councils, ... We really have to figure out how to change the human heart.

In fact, his answers combined with his record can only lead us to the conclusion that the confirmation of Judge Roberts will pose a danger ... to women's health and lives.

In a game like this we didn't expect to be down. The way we answered back in the ninth inning really shows a lot about our team.

Tony Dungy

I guess we won't have to answer the question what is wrong with the offense now.

Carlisle Floyd

What is American music? The most satisfying answer I've come across is that it was a kind of natural comfort with the vernacular which is diverse and regional; it's not one particular set of sounds.

Candice Patton

I don't really dig for answers from the producers and writers that much. I let things happen the way they're going to happen.

Euripides

Again, a smooth answer, signifying nothing.

Erna Solberg

The future of Norway isn’t about competing on being the cheapest but the most innovative. We have an expensive welfare state and the only answer to continue that way is to become more competitive, especially on knowledge,

Erin Morgenstern

How are you managing to keep everyone from aging?” Celia asks after a while. “Very carefully,” Marco answers.

Cassandra Clare

And the answer is yes. I have loved you. I always have, and I always will.

Does the imam have a legal right to build the mosque at Ground Zero? The answer is yes. But is it the right thing to do? The answer is no. And most Americans, and most moderate Muslims, join with me in that call.

Joel Fuhrman

Cutting back on calories is not the answer to successful weight loss and successful health... you have to increase the quality of what you eat, not just reduce the quantity.

Jaclyn Smith

It's not about me, it's about my family. You don't answer questions for you, but for us. You learn to live beyond yourself.

James Blunt

I'm quite British in the sense of not expressing my emotions much. I save it for my songs. If you ask about a death in the family, or a lover, I will not be emotional. I'd probably answer with a smile. Because that's what we British blokes do.

Frank Herbert

Question: Who governs the governors? Answer: Entropy

Frank Herbert

There are problems in this universe for which there are no answers. Nothing. Nothing can be done.

Frank Herbert

Answers are a perilous grip on the universe. They can appear sensible yet explain nothing.

Jim Butcher

You never get a straight answer from captains. You should know that by now.

Kurt Loder

If you ask questions that interest you, you'll get answers that interest your audience.

H. L. Mencken

What is the function that a clergyman performs in the world? Answer: He gets his living by assuring idiots that he can save them from an imaginary hell.