Famous Quotes & Sayings

Herbie Hancock

I was blown away when Donald asked me to stay in the band. He said that both he and the band really liked my playing.

Sarunas Jasikevicius

I was more aggressive. I was looking for my shot. I didn't go into New Jersey (Tuesday) and do many things. I was just trying to get my first game under my belt and move on. The season is very long. The most positive thing for me is I'm more comfortable with every minute. That's the only thing I can ask for right now.

I wasn't planning on watching it at all. I was getting out of my car when someone called me and asked if I had heard the news and I said no. They said 'You're in,' and I thought they were joking.

Willie Randolph

I wasn't in the situation, so you'll have to ask him,

John Dunning

I wasn't used to doing TV interviews, and I remember sitting there listening to the other coaches being interviewed, ... I was in awe. I had a good seat because I was going to be next and they asked him how do you expect your team to do and how do you rate the teams. I remember the coach saying, 'There are three teams here with a chance to win.' I knew he had to be talking about our team as the team that didn't have a chance.

We need to ask ""what are our common goals, and how can we work together toward solving problems and meeting needs."" In the past we too often have said that because we differ from each other in points A and B, we can't work together at all.

We need to ask the residents what they are in need of and fill that need. For too long the residents have not had a say in their city's development. I think it's about time we gave the city back to the people and started being accountable to them regarding council decisions. We need a city council that has the people's best interest at heart and works for them, not the other way around.

We need to ask the baby for permission with our eyes before massaging them -- we massage with a baby, not to a baby. You start to know what things your baby does to show you she's ready to interact with you -- for each parent it's different -- a sound, a gesture. Then once you start massaging you need to watch for cues that the baby likes what you're doing.

We need to ask our visitors who our visitors are.

We need to ask ourselves, what organizations do I belong to, do they endorse political candidates, if so, what is the process? Am I worth being heard in that process?

We need to ask for what we think it right and I think it is right to ask for legalization.

We need to ask employers to step up to the plate.

We haven't asked for an increase for five years and we have more expenses that we need to cover.

We haven't asked for a bailout but we have asked for a lot of things and the reaction in Washington has been very slow.

Jim Tomsula

We haven't asked Drew to go out and win a game for us yet, we haven't had to. But you know this league. Sooner or later, we will. And I don't doubt that he'll do it.

Jack Warner

We have not been given the exact figures. But all we have asked for we have gotten.

We have not been asked by the palace and even if we are called for the meeting we will not go.

We haven't had to ask anybody. My phone's been ringing off the hook.

We haven't given him a whole lot of run support. He's doing his job, I'll tell you. I can't ask for any more than the way he's pitched.

Zoe Sugg

'Bake Off' is one of my favourite programmes, so I was genuinely a little bit shocked and very excited when I was asked to take part.

Zadie Smith

If you asked me if I wanted more joyful experiences in my life, I wouldn't be at all sure I did, exactly because it proves such a difficult emotion to manage.

Zbigniew Brzezinski

We need to ask who is the enemy, and the enemies are terrorists.

The president has stated that he cannot say that out of the hundreds and hundreds of calls he made to supporters that he never asked for financial support. He said that he cannot recall specifically asking for contributions during these calls, though he may well have.

Nancy Pelosi

The president does a disservice to the troops and the American people when he tries to silence those asking questions about putting our men and women in uniform in harm's way,

The president asked us to go and show support for their new government.

The president asked for China's help in the full range of diplomatic operations that we may choose to bring this to a successful resolution.

Condoleezza Rice

The president and I have asked John to do this work because he knows how to get things done. He is a tough-minded diplomat,

The presence of foreign troops is damaging for the Iraqis, and the Iraqi government could ask for their departure by proposing a timetable, ... the US and Britain will eventually have to leave Iraq with a bitter experience.

The preliminary stage of screening in my church is that everyone who volunteers fills out an application. It asks whether they have a criminal history and gives the church permission to do a background check.

The press is going to go whacko over this, ... If the wardens of either institution were asked if they would want her, they would say 'no' for security purposes.

The problems are with the smaller carriers, which SYSCO relies on heavily. Small carriers don't have a lot of this information readily available. We ask them to enter the data in our Internet-based transportation management system, but they're not always good about doing it.

The problems are not fixed the problems are multiple and the problems are serious health threats. We've asked them to thoroughly evaluate that. They have refused us.

The problem is you're asking the townships to come up with 20 to 30 percent more. The problem is we can't get 20 percent. We might be able to get 4 percent. When you change the rules, you price us out of the market.