Famous Quotes & Sayings

Miguel Unamuno

And wherefore do you want to be immortal? you ask me, wherefore? Frankly, I do not understand the question, for it is to ask the reason of the reason, the end of the end, the principle of the principle.

And when somebody always tells him to do something, he does it without asking why.

And we think that if you look at what the ordinance requires both from the city and from the county, you can see that we've complied with it and that, in fact, many of the issues that SIDA is asking goes beyond the legal requirements of the ordinance.

And we're trying to ask them to cut the hamburgers in half for kids who don't eat so much. If you're still hungry, you can go back for more.

Timothy Spall

Are you asking me if I was shit? I think you are. You reckon I was probably shit at driving. I find that sort of thing offensive. I didn't go on that show for people to tell me I'm bad at driving.

Are you asking for a service to actually make the changes, or do you just want them to come and look through your site and suggest things overall and you do it?

Khalil Gibran

Are you a politician asking what your country can do for you, or a zealous one asking what you can do for your country? If you are the first, then you are a parasite; if the second, then you are an oasis in the desert

Estelle Ramey

Are you a Feminist? (addressing a group of professional military officers) Oh...WRONG question. I should have asked 'are you a Father?' When your daughter loses her job to a clearly less-qualified man, you will discover YOU are a feminist.

Arm-wise, he looks all right. It would be nice if we would be able to see him some more before he leaves. If somebody were to ask me, 'Do I think he's in condition to pitch?' it would be a bare minimum of work that he would have to put in to be ready.

Nandan Nilekani

Ever since the India-Pakistan conflict, our customers have asked for enhanced security.

Cleo Moore

Ever since that Jack Eigen kiss incident, people don't ask me for my autograph any more.

E-mail was the first frontier and now they are asking what's next. Application support is definitely right, but it's also a strategy their competitors will employ.

Employees are asking those same questions. They want to understand the company's long-term commitment to this.

Eliminate patronage and wasteful spending. Don't ask taxpayers to dig deeper into their pockets when some county employees, some venders and some suppliers have Joel in their back pocket.

Don Scardino

Edgar asked me, 'Do you know anything about John Lennon,' ... I said, 'I know everything about John Lennon.' And he told me, 'If you can come up with a concept, you can come to the meeting.' So I had three days to think of something, and my starting point was, what would I, as a die-hard John Lennon fan, want to see?

Earnhardt was unchallenged in expressing himself. He had no qualms about sitting down and taking us to task or asking us questions or voicing his opinion.

Joe Moore

Dr. Floyd did ask Chancellor Deaton to look into some questions regarding events surrounding coach Snyder's decision to depart.

Stan Kenton

Drew would run through a brick wall for (Temples). When he asked him to put his hand down, he didn't hesitate. I think it's the reason why he's playing college football, because he put his hand down.

Joe Theismann

During a routine physical, I asked my doctor about the signs indicating an enlarged prostate. He explained the symptoms, which basically matched what I was experiencing. During my checkup, he found that I did indeed have an enlarged prostate.

Duncan asked me a question he probably shouldn't have asked, ... It's a question Tony should have asked. I would have talked to Tony.

Dykes got loose and hit some tough shots, but we did a decent job on him for the most part. I can't say enough about how hard the kids on the floor worked and how they executed everything we asked them to do. We just couldn't get the ball to drop for us tonight.

Duvall loved the banter. He used to spend all the time he could around us, chatting away and asking us questions.

Brian Dawkins

Each guy in here has to look in the mirror and ask themselves:

Rahul Dravid

Each day I am asked to do the job as captain I go about preparing for it not just in the short term but also in the long term. There is a responsibility to deal not just with what is happening now but also look ahead.

Megan Smith

Each class is going to ask him two questions. I think it's going to be fun.

Due to the lack of snow in other locations and knowing that I had a practice track, they asked if they could have it up here.

Paul Farmer

Due to the groundbreaking work of PIH, the global community has moved from asking 'should' antiretroviral treatment be provided to people living with HIV/AIDS in the poorest countries to demanding to know 'when' it will happen and 'how' to do it most effectively.

Tony Robinson

Due to the extraordinary circumstances, we've asked that everybody cancel or relocate their events.

Each year, with our players, I ask them what their goals are. I said, 'Roy, what is one of your goals?' He said, 'To own a bulldozer.' That kind of took me back a little bit. I had never heard that before.

Each year I've tried to find a different (opponent) so that it gives more student-athletes the experience (of playing at The Palace). This year, it just happened that I asked Clare and they accepted.

Alan Thicke

Dr. Seaver would have sent four or five e-mails asking his neighbors to be quiet because his kids were studying or it was too late. ... Growing Pains

Colin Wilson

Dr. Miller says we are pessimistic because life seems like a very bad, very screwed-up film. If you ask "What the hell is wrong with the projector?" and go up to the control room, you find it's empty. You are the projectionist, and you should have been up there all the time.

Eric Clapton asked me to join his band, Derek and the Dominos. That was the day before Carlos asked me to join him, and I went with Carlos.