Famous Quotes & Sayings

If I own my house, and I'm going to pay for the shingles, and I'm going to do the work, why do I have to ask the city's permission to do it, and then pay them a fee to ask for the permission?

Mario Testino

I find that my entire life has come to me, and things happened without me planning them. You know, I never asked to photograph Princess Diana, and that made me more famous than I wanted. I never asked to photograph Madonna, and that pushed me to another level. There are things that just take you into the limelight.

Madeline Kahn

I find being funny very hard work. I am always asked about it, and I feel guilty saying that, but it's the truth. I love my work, but it ain't easy.

Jay Wright

I feel great right now. I didn't ask if he could play. I was more worried about his future. And they said he's fine.

I feel great, I came to compete and represent the United States. All you can ask for in life is a chance and I had it the last two Olympics. I just wish I could have done better for my teammates.

Vinny Testaverde

I feel great -- after that win. It was a great homecoming. I couldn't have asked for anything more than the way it went.

I feel fine. I couldn't have asked for more. I don't feel like I'm being held back by anything. I don't feel like I'm being slowed down. I'm playing the way I play, and that's how I'm going about my business.

Tony Meola

I feel personally like I failed in my mission here. After speaking to a bunch of guys on the team I think that's the sentiment. We failed a good guy and a good coach. He asked us to take this and use it however we can to get better, to get closer as a tam and to get more determined.

I feel like we came in here and played a heck of a team and played them hard. We had every chance to win this ball game, and that's all you can ask for when you're an underdog.

O. Henry

I feel responsible. What could I have done? There's plenty I could have done. I have to ask myself, maybe, if I'm not fit to be principal owner of the Boston Red Sox.

Braden Looper

I feel like I'm making progress. And that's all you can ask for. ... I feel like right now, the last two or three days I've hopefully gotten rid of some bad habits and consistently repeated my delivery. If I can do that, my pitches are going to be down and I'm going to be successful.

I did not ask Mollie to testify. I never asked Drayton to testify before the hearing.

Orson Card

I did it just because my friend asked me to, ... There was a real lack of black male role-model-type heroes in fiction, and he wanted to have a writer he likes do that.

I did everything I could; I was trying as hard as I could the whole time I was out there, so I can't ask for anything else. I was close, I was really close a lot today, so I'm excited for next week because I think I'm right on the verge (of winning).

Jasmine Tookes

I did a shoot for 'Sports Illustrated,' and my grandpa called me and asked when my issue of 'Playboy' was coming out. It was hilarious as well as embarrassing.

I can't say enough about what's she's done for this conference. I've always looked up to her. She walks on water. She's the Olympic coach, she's won national championships. And she wants to share with you, when you have the guts to ask her a question.

John Hendricks

I can't fault the way we played in the second half. We never quit, we kept going at it. You can't ask for anything more.

Iain Dowie

I can't see any faults, I'm sure he has some - you should maybe ask his wife. But even his dress sense is fine by me.

John O'Keefe

I can't say when we will have a cure, but we now know through our findings how to ask the question of what is going wrong at the earliest stage of Alzheimer's.

I can tell you without challenge that I have asked Bobby to please take some time to rest and spend quality time away from the job.

I can tell you nobody has ever asked me and I've never had a conversation with a union about a quid pro quo, ... It's just not the way I do business.

I can't imagine a reporter out there doing investigative work that doesn't ask themselves to count to 10 before they grant a request for confidentiality.

Michael Bamberger

I can totally understand why people who aren't reporters would make that point. It didn't work for me. I could never, as a reporter, see going to the police first rather than asking the subject about it.

Jake Gyllenhaal

I can't make a movie unless I believe in the themes behind it. I mean, that's the first question I ask myself, always, is, 'What is this movie about?'

Caitlin Moran

I can't live in a world where there are only, like, four kinds of women. Or where every woman is obsessed with cake. The very least I ask is that we have one female character in the world who likes savory things! I don't have any role models who like cheese!

Victoria Wood

i forgot to ask how's your husband Mrs O""oh, he's dead miss babs""how terrible, how?""his heart stopped beating

Victoria Wood

i forgot to ask how's your husband Mrs O" "oh, he's dead miss babs" "how terrible, how?" "his heart stopped beating

Alec Stewart

If I was Nel I'd be embarrassed. Look in the mirror and ask yourself a few questions.

If I was asked about my wildest dreams, I would never have considered this.

Martin Clunes

I found out when I was 18 that Dad had left my mother and the family before he realised he was ill and then died. When I asked Mum about it, she just sort of shrugged it off and said she'd thought I knew about it all along. Of course I hadn't, though I'm sure she must have been desperately unhappy at the time.

Elizabeth Warren

Growing up, my mother and grandparents often talked about our family's Native American heritage. As a kid, I never thought to ask them for documentation - what kid would?

Give neither counsel nor salt till you are asked for it

Give me an opportunity. That?s all I ask for. Just give me a chance to make the team.