Famous Quotes & Sayings

Throughout the year they've been taken down, and I asked my sister if she had. And she said no.

Ram Dass

I used to have a sign over my computer that read OLD DOGS CAN LEARN NEW TRICKS, but lately I sometimes ask myself how many more new tricks I want to learn. Wouldnt it be easier just to be outdated?

I understood early in my career that sometimes things don't go the way you want them to go. But to have the opportunity I have here, I couldn't ask for anything better.

Julie Walters

I used to ask him to show me various little steps that we would do in our routine, and he'd do them and I wouldn't recognize them as the thing I was trying to do.

Jordana Spiro

I used to play chess when I was a kid and participate in national-level tournaments with the geekiest guys. This one time, I was losing terribly, so I batted my eyelashes and flirted as I asked for a draw. My dad just couldn't believe it. He thought, 'What have I created, a floozy?' But it worked!

Eddie Campbell

I used to write a column in there, called Genius, And How It Got That Way, they had asked me to write a column on the great comics in history.

I've never been more proud of my team. It was a solid game plan and they did everything we could ask of them.

I've never been more proud of a team. Every single kid fought to the end. Every kid gave everything he had. I can't ask for more than that.

Things are so chaotic down there that governments are asking people to stop sending items,

John Beilein

Things were very quiet in the locker room. And then I asked for a moment of prayer.

Things that come to mind are things like getting a mini plate instead of a regular plate, asking for tossed salad instead of mac salad.

They approached me and said, 'We would like to do this to avoid recall.' I asked them how many members they had and they never could give me those numbers, ... I didn't do this to avoid recall. I did it because I wanted to.

William Walker

They approached citizens as they walked or drove by, asking for money and saying it would go to charity.

The whole thing goes back to the presence of God. You need to be in a state of decorum. You must ask yourself: How would God like to see me?

The whole team gives me all they can. That's all I'm asking for.

The whole point is to be interactive, so people can ask questions, share their experiences and hear one another. People get to know one another, call each other, make friends. It's a way to meet peers, which they may not have the opportunity to do if they can't go to the senior center or synagogue.

Mario Batali

The whole thing of the risotto as a side dish with pasta: If no one is ever going to ask for risotto on the side of their spaghetti again, we have won something. We've turned them around.

James Gandolfini

They all know that world so well. I ask for their opinions all the time and trust whatever they tell me about what I'm doing.

Simon Cowell

They all hate each other deep down, but they're not gonna say it on camera. Ask Kelly how many congratulation e-mails she got from the other contestants. Probably zero. But that's the music business. In a positive way, I like that. I like the fact that people enter the show because they might win.

They all did really well at district and I believe they'll do the same this week I know we'll be ready for it. Our main thing is just to do our best and that's all we can ask for. It's going to take two really strong days and we're really going to have to perform.

They all ask the inevitable questions. Where are my relatives? Will they be found? They're very distraught.

They seem determined to push this promotion through, ... We're not asking that he be dismissed. We're only asking that he not be promoted in the middle of a controversy.

Roy Williams

The 'X' is usually the 'clear out' guy, ... Charles could easily jog, but he's hitting it full speed and running full speed coming back to the huddle. He doesn't ask for the ball. We've got a lot of crossing routes, but he doesn't say, 'Can I get an X cross?' I think he believes that good things come to those who wait.

The wrestling coach came up to me and asked me if I wanted to wrestle. He explained the sport to me, and I said I'd try it out.

The word is out. All the top programs think of us as one of the top two or three tournaments. We hear from every major school asking questions about coming down here. They all know about us now.

Tori Amos

The word 'confession,' to me, means needing to be absolved, ... I'm not asking for forgiveness. I'm not asking people to understand. I'd like to think that I tell stories and sometimes my life weaves through it.

The women also ... are given a quiz asking them what's their primary form of contraception and their second form of contraception, and it has to match up to what the practitioner said.

The wolves are at our door and we're asking for support, really. And that's clearly what it is. The wolves are at our door.

The wolves are at our door and we are asking for support. Really, that's clearly what it is. The wolves are at our door,

The victim asked him a second time to slow down, and that's when he was run down. There's no question that it was intentional. This was not an accident.

Mary Burke

These are the students who ask why something is a certain way and then they do the research to find out.

These are the questions that need to be asked by an independent commission.

These are the kinds of things I'm trying to ask people about (to get) as many details as I can find out about the way this fishery works, the way it used to work and how it changed.