Famous Quotes & Sayings

Staff were stuck in a comfort zone and there was a palpable fear of selling. It had come to the point where, if a customer walked into a branch, employees generally considered it cheeky to ask them about their financial needs.

Glenn Hoddle

Spurs made it clear when we first asked for an extension they wanted Tom to go back, but we will be conversing with them in the next week or so to see if it's the same. I don't know at this stage whether there's a chance of keeping him until the end of the season, but it's something we'll have to talk about.

Robert Ball

Spring is near, the holiday weekend is approaching and an above-average passenger volume is expected. We are prepared to handle the crowds, but I ask the traveling public to follow a few simple steps to assist us in getting you through the checkpoints as quickly and efficiently as possible.

Steve Cohen

Sports programming is a very important factor in whether subscribers are asking for and signing up for our service,

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Stan Kennedy, a local piano tuner and a killer guitarist, was asked to teach classes at the Excel Program, a music class at Emmanuel Christian School in Hartsville. He couldn't do it, but he recommended me, and I've really loved it. It's not exclusive to members of the church, but the church serves as the venue, and I have students from 9 years old to 64.

Some of these guys who go door to door have criminal records. They can come out and ask these individuals what their reason is for being around.

Some of these club coaches are abusing these kids and asking impossible things from them. Coaches preach every game is important, but how can we expect a player to stay at that high level for all these games they are playing? They are getting fatigued and burning out.

Kitty Carlisle

Some of the items were still in dry cleaning bags. The AJ community was especially generous. I could not have asked for a better response.

Some of the guys have asked me about beating the Steelers, and I tell them to ask the man that knows better than anyone. He's got firsthand experience.

Some of the fiber was sitting on top of the surface, and it got colder, so it was flying a little more than normal. The surface was a little looser. We asked them if the surface was unsafe, and they said it wasn't. They were just providing feedback.

Some of (the concerns) we were able to deal with -- having to do with sensitivities in the portrayal of Islam in the movie, ... But some of which asked us to change the premise of the film, which we were unwilling to do.

Some of the children are only in kindergarten; they'll sit there and tell Alexis about the pictures, and that's reading to them. They feel free because it's just Alexis and myself and the child; no other kids listening to them, no moms in the room to correct pronunciation. We ask the parents nicely to let this be for readers only. We stress this as 'free' time.

Brian Dawkins

Some of them would just hang up. They'd be like, 'Is this Brian Dawkins?' I'd say yes and they would hang up. Others would be loud and I would have to take the phone away from my ear and they'd donate. A lot of time they would ask for different people - 'Could you pass the phone to John Elway?' It was a fun atmosphere.

Ron Gardenhire

Some of them do. I pretty much know the ones that do. I pretty much know the ones that don't. But you can go ask them.

Terry Jones

Some of them are shaken, some are very thankful to be alive. They're asking questions about who else made it. They don't know which of their friends made it and who didn't.

Some of the BBC reporters were not sure whether Nepal played cricket. One guy asked me how you play cricket in the mountains.

Some of our kids don't even pay attention. I asked some of the kids in the dugout if they saw what happened on a play, and no one knew. You could give them a quiz at the end of an inning about what went on, and they'll get every question wrong.

Some of our kids are literally sleep-walking through life, with some potentially serious consequences. As clinicians and researchers, we know more now than ever about the biological and behavioral issues that prevent kids from getting enough sleep. But the National Sleep Foundation did something powerful: They asked teens themselves about their sleep. The results are startling and should be a wake-up call to any parent or pediatrician.

Gloria Steinem

Someone asked me why women don't gamble as much as men do, and I gave the commonsensical reply that we don't have as much money. That was a true and incomplete answer. In fact, women's total instinct for gambling is satisfied by marriage.

Alex Turner

Someone asked me what the key to being a good frontman was, and I think having a sense of humor about it is pretty near the top of that list. It's a very strange place to be in, and I don't take that role too seriously.

Someone asked me what are the secrets to my success, and I said 'There are three: Timing, timing, timing.'

Sheryl Crow

Someone asked me the other day if I was going to wear a yellow dress.

Someone asked me the other day if it was easier breaking into rap or rock, ... I don't know, I haven't broken in on either one, you know

Some guys, who may be playing in the test series, may need a game or two off to rest and rebuild their strength and that is something I've asked the selectors to ponder over the next couple of days. But we need to win on Saturday, so it's first things first.

Tony Perez

Some guys asked me. 'Who is he?' I told them Placido Domingo. Some guys didn't know who he was. Some guys heard the name,

Someone ought to be able to make a profit. If you ask Compaq, they'll tell you they're doing well in the consumer market. Compaq is getting whacked at the low-end corporate market.

Gloria Steinem

Someone once asked me why women don't gamble as much as men do, and I gave the common-sensical reply that we don't have as much money. That was a true but incomplete answer. In fact, women's total instinct for gambling is satisfied by marriage.

Someone once asked me whether I am an idealist or a dreamer. I'm neither. I consider myself an optimistic realist. I see reality, but I give it the benefit of the doubt.

Someone once asked him, 'How many poets do you know there?' ... He said, 'Thank God, none.'

Someone needs to be asking the questions. How many lives do we have to lose? How many trucks are going over these overheads over the highways, and what can we do?

Someone didn't take their slot and the director called me and asked me to join. I had the feeling that this was my shot. When I overcame my feelings of inferiority I realized that this was a gift,

Somehow we have a lot of hope still. We're praying for a miracle, and we are asking for a miracle, and we believe that there is a miracle there.