Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Gould

If you don't fix latent failures in your system, you're asking for trouble.

If we ask them to tell us every single time any device doesn't meet specifications, we'll be flooded with data. If we set the bar too high, we'll miss information about malfunctioning devices.

John Williams

If we asked the various families to buy computers, this would only have widened the digital divide. So the school superintendent and the supervisors insisted that this be a grass-roots effort. We wanted to ensure that all the children in the sixth grade would have the opportunity to be a part of this.

If the U.S. economy slows down, U.S. demand for domestic goods will slow down. The tension between slower overall growth and increased need for exporters will result in more companies asking for protection.

If the U.S. asks us to stop the advance, we don't want to have any problem with the international community,

If the unions ask for more than British Airways are offering, then there won't be much sympathy. British Airways has had to cut costs, and the unions know that.

Nigel Lythgoe

If we wanted to, say, clear a song by the Eagles, we would have to ask the publisher, the person who holds the rights, the songwriter and each one of the Eagles. And if one of them says no, we can't sing the song.

If Wasps had come here (Bristol), put 50 points on us and we had to face Saracens the following week, with the best will in the world, you would have been asking a few questions of yourself and having a few doubts.

I fully expected Livingston to cause us a bit of discomfort in these last few weeks. But our future is very much in our own hands just now and I can't ask any more from the players than what they are giving me just now. We are unbeaten in our last three games, we have lost only one goal in that time and we are picking up points. My only criticism is that the players are showing the tension they are obviously feeling and that is stopping them from playing in their usual free-flowing manner, but it is an understandable reaction bearing in mind what is at stake. All I can ask is that they remain focused and concentrate on winning their last four games.

If you cannot be quiet, I'm going to ask you to leave the room.

Lee Miller

If you do your homework you will know what is fair and reasonable to ask for. Don't settle for less.

If you had to ask him if he was an And1 player or an old-school player, he'd tell you he's old school. He thinks like how older people played.

If you had asked people earlier last week, they would have said it was a disaster.

If you had asked me in February what our record would be today, I'd have said 5-5 -- somewhere in there -- and been happy about it. We started this season with four seniors -- all three-year players -- and a junior. The rest are all freshmen and sophomores. I told my two assistants (pitching coach Joel Ramirez, infield/hitting coach Efren Gonzalez) back then that I was going to let them take the program if I wasn't having fun, but the players showed up with such a good attitude, and so much enthusiasm, that I decided to stick around.

Brad Faxon

If you had asked me in February after missing four cuts in a row to start the year if I wondered if I'd ever win again, I might have said yes, ... But I believe a lot. I never thought I was wiped out of this thing.

Dan Marino

If you had asked me if I thought that any of those guys were better than me when I got picked, I would have told you that I was the best player there, ... If you didn't feel that way, then shame on you.

If you had asked me five years ago what the chances were of relocating the airport, I would have said zero percent. I'm not as confident now.

If you had asked me before the game if we could have won scoring only 49 points in the game I would have said no way.

If you had asked me before the game, I'd have told you we were ready. After the game, I'm concerned. We looked like a young and inexperienced basketball team, and we haven't practiced that way.

If you had asked me a week ago (that) we would give up 14, I would have said 'you're crazy,' ... I thought we'd have to score 40 in a 40-35 game.

If you don't trust yourself with that much credit, you should ask that the limit be reduced.

If you don't pay attention to them long term, you are going to wake up one day and have asked yourself, 'Where did all your fans go?'

If you have enthusiasm, thank God for it. If you don't have it, get down on your knees and ask God for it.

Mike Easley

If you have been asked to evacuate, please do so. These floods are going to be worse than anticipated.

Brian Schneider

If you give him the ball, it doesn't matter what you ask him to do -- he's going to go out there and do it. The San Diego game stuck out where it was, 'Here you go. Take the ball and pitch as many innings as you can. Whatever happens, happens. We are short on pitchers right now.' Rauch has a big heart. He is here to win.

Robert Palmer

If you get this type of cancer, the first thing your physician will ask is when and where were you exposed to benzene.

If you are senior enough to ask the question, you are senior enough to get a very specific response,

If you are reluctant to ask the way, you will be lost

If you'd like me to tell you what team is going to win, I'd ask you to go online and check what Las Vegas says.

If you didn't ask for the attachment, don't open it.

If you didn't ask for personally identifying information, it would be interesting to see if the government cited privacy as a reason to refuse.

John Marshall

If you'd ask most defensive coaches, they would say you need to take the run away.

Howard Dean

If you'd asked me two weeks ago, I would have said 'No way, I'm in this because I want to elect the opposite of John Kerry, ... Now, maybe. But really, I just want to take a vacation, sit on a beach and think about it for a while.