Famous Quotes & Sayings

We need to play a game. It's important to win the opener. Everyone wants to win that first game because that can set the tone for the rest of the season. Obviously we have some guys that can run the football. Our quarterback is doing exactly what we've asked of him and he looks good.

We need to move forward much more quickly and have much more federal investment, ... It's sort of like with Hurricane Katrina. For years they asked for money to strengthen the levees in New Orleans, and in retrospect, it's too bad that money never materialized.

Patrick Fitzgerald

When you decide whether or not to charge someone with a crime, you want to know as many facts as possible. You want to know what their motive is. ... You want to know their intent. ... If you are asking me what his motives were, I can't tell you.

Jenna Morasca

When you check out at PetSmart, the cashier usually asks you if you want to donate money to PetSmart charities to help save the animals. Usually, we're so busy we don't even pay attention.

When you change your offense, there will be a transition period and you'll have some rough spots. I was fairly impressed, for asking them to make a change in two weeks. It was a great job.

When you ask them about it, they will tell you they discovered the suit. They never wore a suit before, they never owned a suit and some of them never saw their father wear a suit.

When you ask someone a question and they're slow to respond, don't feel pressure to move the conversation forward. Remaining silent plays to your advantage. Moments of silence make people feel as though they should speak, especially when the ball is in their court. This is a great tool to use in negotiations and other difficult conversations.

When you ask senior American officials where this is leading,

Mo Ibrahim

When you ask people what they think of Africa, they think of AIDS, genocide, disasters, famine.

Jessica Valenti

When you ask most American parents why they want to have kids, it's to bring more joy into their lives. So, when you don't feel that all-encompassing joy, it must be that something is wrong with you. I think it's dissatisfaction that the expectation was different than the reality.

When you ask me whether they mean well and whether there is a diversity program that addresses all of our problems, we have not yet seen that. But we want to see that, and we are willing to work together to make that happen.

Kelvin Sampson

When you ask how is recruiting going, I think it's going great because we're going to keep D.J.. To me, he was the most important recruit.

When we started in 1984 and told banks and others we were planning to build a business making goat cheese, we were asking them to make a leap of faith. When we asked them to help with this project, we were asking them to express their continued confidence in us. It is very gratifying that they did.

When we seek help, people are there to help. But you have to take the first step and ask for it.

Jack Canfield

When we saw American Magazine, we knew we wanted to work with Mignonne to launch Chicken Soup for the Soul magazine. Our fans have been asking for Chicken Soup for the Soul magazine, and now it's here.

When voters read the ballot question, they will ask how the city can call this no new taxes.

When told that only 3 men in the world understood Relativity, Eddington asked "I wonder who is the third?

Dick Cheney

When this convention concludes tomorrow night, we will go forth with confidence in our cause, and in the man who leads it, ... By leaving no doubt where we stand, and asking all Americans to join us, we will see our cause to victory.

Jake Busey

Let's say you would see me in a lot more big movies had I done movies that I'd been asked to do playing bad guys. Now that I have a child on the way, I think that you'll probably be seeing me play more bad guys. If that's what's going to put bread on the table, that's what I'm going to be doing.

Let me ask you: Who do you prefer, a clown organizing your menu - with all due respect to Mr. McDonald - or a chef? I do believe it's a very simple answer.

Jim Harrick

Let me ask you something. What would you do if you were falsely accused? ... I'm fine, but I'm worried about my son. He's one of the finest assistant coaches in America, but he's been stigmatized. He has no job right now, but he's had two or three people tell him they would hire him if all this wasn't going on.

David Stern

Let me ask you a question. Do you think we'll go to the Olympics if bird flu is pandemic? There may be a thousand different reasons why the world tomorrow will not be the same as it today. All you can do is set things in motion and plan to follow through on them. And we are planning to go back to New Orleans.

Leo does anything we ask him to. I can't say enough about his enthusiasm and the lift he gives to everybody.

Pete Carroll

LenDale White got asked about 30 questions to try to get him to say something. He was true to his word the whole way through and somebody thinks they got something out of him. Our guys are great, competitive kids and they want to play and they want the ball. I think that's a really good attribute.

Pat Burke

(Legislators) are reinventing the wheel, making it square and asking us to do it for them.

Wendy Kopp

Let the tech firms and consulting firms build your skills, but be sure to ask yourself, 'Am I maximizing my impact?' 'Am I living up to my values?'

Fidel Castro

Let the blockade cease! The United States has no right to ask for or expect anything from us while they maintain the blockade.

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Louis was with us in the fall, kind of just went through the whole thing on his own. I think he's put himself or giving himself another chance, but he has, to this point, done everything we've asked him to do and will continue to do the same and ... is excited about his new opportunity.

Walter Isaacson

Louisiana lost its credibility by asking for everything. Now it is our job to say, we have some reasonable priorities for spending and we are going to be sensible and frugal about it.

Lionel Hampton

Louis asked me do I know anything the instrument, and what was it, and I explained it to him. So he said, 'Could you play something on it?' I said, 'Sure,' you know.

Laura Mvula

Lots of people think I'm telling porky pies when I say how nervous I get about singing. I was good at working out how music was put together, and I was good at being at the back, but if you asked me to sing up front, then I looked like I was going to pass out.

Lots of people have come in here and asked me whether it is safe to go to the Eiffel Tower. This is really hurting the city's image.