Famous Quotes & Sayings

Meghan Trainor

I had a reporter ask me how much I weigh. I said to him, 'You go first: How much do you weigh?' People always ask me what I eat. Other artists don't get asked these questions.

I had another call today from a parent, asking if they could try out next year.

Wendi Deng Murdoch

I grew up in China, but I live in the U.S. and I want my children to understand what's going on over there. They ask me sometimes, 'Are we Chinese or Australians?' My family are in L.A., New York and China, and they have the freedom to go back and forth, which is really, really nice.

Jake Gyllenhaal

I grew up in L.A., so the idea of same-sex relationships is hardly foreign to me. I think there comes a time when everyone asks himself about his sexuality. That doesn't mean you experiment, but you definitely think about your preferences.

I'm very loyal to my friends and family in New Jersey. When someone I went to high school with calls and asks for help, I'm going to do what I can to get the word out.

John Walters

In 2001, President Bush asked me to become Director of National Drug Control Policy, a Cabinet-rank position that coordinates federal drug programs.

Roger Waters

In 1987 or '88, Etienne and Nadine came with a manuscript, ... It was all handwritten, with illustrations by Nadine. They asked if I would set it to music.

Michael Smith

In 1986, I was asked by the then-Dean of Science at the University of British Columbia, Dr. R.C. Miller, Jr., to establish a new interdisciplinary institute, the Biotechnology Laboratory. I decided that it was time for me to start paying back for the thirty years of fun that I had been able to have in research.

Andy Pettitte

I never had to ask him one time to come. It was all his, ... When I signed, Roger called me and said, 'I think I want to play, man.'

Lesley Nicol

I never imagined I'd go into acting, but I always loved drama, and when I was 16, I discovered the Library Theatre up the road. So I plucked up courage and asked if I could watch rehearsals. It was like Heaven.

I never really asked them. That is a sensitive subject and isn't my business to discuss it with them. They have never discussed it. I have not seen any change in the boys in any shape or form when they come to the team.

Jerry Maren

I never seen a little person in my life eye-to-eye, ... Asking all these questions to little people made me feel much better because I knew I was not alone.

Anthony Swofford

I never saw it as a political book, ... I wanted to open up a world that people might not know anything about. It's up to the people who go to this movie to decide how they feel about it, just like it's their job as Americans to decide how they feel about the war. We're asking the viewer to take responsibility for how they feel.

Leandro Barbosa

I never saw him. I asked coach, 'How did he do that?' My teammates said I was dribbling like crazy, and he still caught me. All of a sudden, he's at the other end.

I never really thought of it. I mean I get asked the question all the time. If someone comes to a show because they think like, 'Oh, this is gonna be funny' or something they're gonna get there and they're gonna see that's not what this is about.

Skylar Grey

I never really focus on writing for other people, to be honest. Every song I've ever written was for me to sing. Maybe if I'm writing for a rapper, but I'd still write it as though it was for myself and then sometimes I'm actually asked to do the part.

Matt Holliday

I'm very prepared and very comfortable to take on any role they ask me to take on as far as leadership goes, as far as being out in the public,

Leo Beenhakker

I'm very happy with the result, but I think I can ask much more of the players.

I'm very happy with the performance of all the kids. Even in the losses, they gave it all they had and I never ask for more than that.

I'm very pleased. I couldn't have asked for more from my guys tonight. We had our biggest crowd of the season, and (the players) really gave it everything they had.

I'm very, very proud of the crew, ... I think this is going to be more representative of what the EVAs are going to be like in the future where the crew is asked to do tasks that they haven't looked at extensively preflight.

I'm trying not to be greedy in my decision making process and I'm asking everyone to cooperate with this.

Kathleen Blanco

I must ask that everyone please stay where you are, because you will hamper the recovery effort.

Rick Astley

I must admit, the constant invasion of privacy was becoming a real concern. I've been asked for autographs while I've been doing laps in the pool and even in the toilet!

Katherine Mansfield

I'm treating you as a friend asking you to share my present minuses in the hope that I can ask you to share my future pluses

I'm totally uncomfortable asking my students to fund-raise for my pay, we already fund-raise just for the activities. I can't do it. It's not professional.

Chris Eigeman

I never dreamed I'd be a spokesman for anything. But Pac Bell just asked me. The money was OK; the scripts were fun because I had to do in 30 seconds what it takes a whole feature to do and because the dysfunctional family of agents, managers and lawyers who represent me said it was cool.

Tom Bradley

In essence, we gave them a free ride for all of 2005 and asked them to come up with a plan to cover the cost of the building. We did not buy the property with plans to use it right away when they could not come up with a plan, we offered free use of the loading docks to continue distributing food. ... But to cover the costs of carrying that operation, we need to rent out the front of the building.

In a sample, the levels of arsenic were found to be too high. We have asked them to withdraw this batch.

I must say I am not surprised that the report asks for President Clinton's impeachment. I know Kenneth Starr and the man that I know wrote the conclusion on day one and spent the next five years filling it in.

Wolfgang Petersen

I must have seen 200 girls out of the 3,000 we auditioned. It was hell. In the end we had our own currency for the girls we saw. We would ask - how many ships could she launch? It was 212, 380, so on and so forth, but as soon as we saw Diane we knew we had the right face.

Ralph Neas

I'm tempted to call my friendly adversaries on the right and ask them whether we can make some joint recommendations to the Senate on document requests of the White House and the line of questioning during the hearings.

Ozzie Guillen

I'm the one who makes the decisions. But right now, you ask me who is going to pitch in the ninth or the last inning to save the game, and I'm going to say Jenks.