Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ryan Holmes

A critical question to ask when bringing in a new CEO to take the reins of a company you started is: Do you want someone who will maintain company culture or reinvent it?

Actually, not only ABS-CBN stars should help. In the first place, we don't need to ask for help. They are doing it on their own.

Dean Stockwell

Subsequently, a fellow from Metro Goldwyn Mayer studios saw the play and they asked me to do a screen test and then I was signed to a contract.

Stories matter and need to be heard, ... I ask my students after they've read a book, 'do you feel enlarged? Have you grown from it?' which is the same thing I ask myself. I'm not going to impose anything on anyone; I just want to remind people of the power of storytelling.

Douglas Alexander

Stories come and go. The challenge is to frame the questions that voters will be asking on polling day, such as who has avoided a global depression and worked here to deliver jobs.

Curtis Sliwa

Some teachers have asked us -- not through the school board or anything -- to come in and help.

Some students were discussing (the cartoons) in class, asking why the Muslim people were so upset. We're going to try to explain why it is such a big deal for Muslims.

Some people had counted us out because of the recent situation here, and I think our kids responded. We came within one takedown of winning the whole tournament. We had six guys in the finals, and I think that certainly made a statement. We ask our kids to do their best and I certainly feel our kids gave that today.

Some people don't want to leave then. They keep asking me to play one more song.

Some buddies from church went out playing and they asked me to come.

Pat Mitchell

someone to whom they could write and ask questions.

Ed Gillespie

Someone said, 'well, did you coach him?' And I just laughed and said, 'that's like asking somebody if you can coach Michael Jordan on his jump shot. You just can't. He's a natural talent.'

Some people thought, 'You must be joking. Here in this community, people ask for clothes, but to ask for books!'

Spencer is our most improved player. He just turned up the dial this year. He got more confident in his ball handling ability. He got more confident in his shooting ability. He's a smart kid. He works hard. He's one of those kids that always asks how he can improve certain aspects of his game and then he's out there working on it.

Robert Stack

Speed was a very important part of my life. Someone once asked me if I ever tried drugs. And I said I didn't need it, I had speed. It's a kick.

Bill Guerin

Speed is a big part of my game, ... I mean, my legs are my whole game. I'm not one of those guys who can get by on my hands alone. I need my legs working to get the rest of me going. So, it's a legitimate question to ask about them now. I have to have my legs if I want to have my game going.

Jasper Fforde

Speak to any editor and ask them what they turned down, and they'll have long lists of books.

Space technology can and does fail. When you mix plutonium into the equation, we think you're asking for trouble. It's not theoretical. It's real.

John Fahey

So when people ask me how good I am, I usually cop to being brilliant, even better than that, but short of genius.

Linda Fiorentino

Sometimes I have to work because I need the money. You weigh the issues and ask yourself, Can I wake up every morning and do this?

One has to ask the question if such a decision was taken in South Africa's interest. Durban is known throughout the world as a rugby city and was supposed to get the Test this year.

Jay Wright

One guy, Speedy Claxton. He reminds me a lot of him. You ask how does a guy 5-10 make it to the NBA? That's the kind of things Speedy did. He's the only other person I've seen do that. That's why he's special. A lot of guys say, 'I'm a point guard. I set people up, that's what I do.' Kyle's a ballplayer. He says: 'I'll do anything I have to do'... The point guard is not supposed to do that. A good team can block out four guys. You're not thinking about blocking out the point guard, but he loves that. That's a basketball player.

One guy riding by on his bike just asked if I'd sell him my tickets.

One guy asked me why we wouldn't just want to tear down the Dome because it harbors so many bad memories of the storm, but we had 30 years of good memories here before the hurricane. It could be a symbol for the rebuilding of New Orleans, something people could rally around.

Dan Gelber

Once you start asking public school teachers to instruct on matters of religion in science classes, you're in trouble.

Once you're part of this organization, part of this locker room, you can get drawn away by money, but the majority of guys, in their heart, if you ask them where they prefer to play, it's here.

Judith Jamison

One couldn't ask for better support in an executive director. I am able to focus on what the dream can be, not how much the dream will cost me.

Once you get passed all the fixed increases you ask what else you are going to need. I t leaves only a few hundred thousand dollars for programs that we want to add.

Josh McDowell

On December 19, 1959, at 8:30 at night I placed my trust in Christ as Savior and Lord and asked Him to come into my life and forgive me.

Jill McCorkle

One day, when my son was eight, he came into the kitchen while I was cooking and said: 'You put bad words in your books, don't you?' No doubt he had overheard my mother, who often tells people who ask about my work: 'Well, you'll never find her books in the Christian bookstore.'

Johnny Mize

One day, the infielders were having a pretty bad time and were making some bad throws to me at first base. After digging a few out of the dirt, Joe Orengo called over to me, 'Atta boy, John, you look like a big cat.' Some of the writers overheard the remark and asked Joe about it later. The nickname has stuck with me ever since.

Brian Grazer

One day Jim came to me with this great idea to update Fun With Dick and Jane. It not only had great comic potential but seemed torn from the headlines. He asked if I would be willing to produce it. I jumped at the chance.

One day I went over and started talking to him and one thing led to another. I asked if he'd be interested in sort of helping and maybe get involved in the program. He started tinkering around. One day, there he is with a rake around home plate. He would always say, 'I don't want to step on any toes here,' but he always had great suggestions. It just grew and grew and grew.