Famous Quotes & Sayings

Trevor Phillips

I ask questions, and a large part of my life has been spent asking questions of Ken Livingstone.

Vikram Seth

In general, questions are fine; you can always seize upon the parts of them that interest you and concentrate on answering those. And one has to remember when answering questions that asking questions isn't easy either, and for someone who's quite shy to stand up in an audience to speak takes some courage.

Will Smith

Begging for acknowledgment, or even asking, diminishes dignity and diminishes power.

Wayne Coyne

Maybe there's some unquenchable question that I keep asking the universe that I can't get an answer to.

Raymond Arroyo

When you're asking someone for assistance, make it as easy as possible for them to say 'no' to you. You don't want someone helping you who doesn't really want to.

Jeff Sessions

[Donald Trump] was a magnificent witness. The reporter, when asking me about his testimony, said, "Sessions gushed about his testimony." But it was remarkable.

Jim Gaffigan

Anyone know if the shuttles to Hell will have Wifi? Asking for a friend.

Christopher Lee

Once asked if he felt wearied by the constant onslaught of autograph seekers, actor Gregory Peck replied that he would be more worried when they stopped asking.

Gary Zukav

Ask and you shall receive" is the rule, but you must learn how to ask and how to receive

Jean-Paul Sartre

I am not asking for sensational revelations, but I would like to sense the meaning of that minute, to feel it's urgency...

Jasper Fforde

Edward, Edward," he said with a patronising smile, "there are no unanswered questions of any relevance. Every question that we need to ask has been answered fully. If you can't find the correct answer then you are obviously asking the wrong question.

Hillary Clinton

I took the unprecedented step of asking that the State Department make all my work-related emails public for everyone to see.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

you once liked me, didn't you?, he asked. LIKED you- I LOVED you. Everybody loved you. You could've had anybody you wanted for the asking.

Ethel Waters

Asking what I considered an impossible salary when I didn't want to work for someone has boosted my pay again and again.

He?s the most improved player I have. My last five years I always ask kids or I challenge them, ?can you take someone?s job from them?? ..He?s taken the starting second base position ..His range is excellent.

He's loving the fact that he comes here to play, that his family is going to see him. I'm sure he'll be asking for all of our tickets.

Matt Hasselbeck

He's a pro and he worked hard. And I give him a lot of credit. We asked him to do a lot. He came through when we needed him.

He's a pretty tough kid and he'll do what he's asked to do. He's out there doing a bit to the opposition.

Mike Wallace

He said come and ask me anything. That was the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

He's a guy who will show up, and if you didn't ask him something, he wouldn't say a word. I think that's his natural persona. But that didn't make him a bad leader. I think he's a good leader because he works extremely hard at preparing for every game. He is really, really tough, and I think he has our guys' respect.

Vance Law

He said the first baseman caught the ball, I saw it completely different. I asked him to ask the other umpire and he said it was my call and I'm not going to ask the other umpire. I really need to watch what I say. I've been reprimanded before. That didn't have a whole heck of a lot of bearing on the ball game. It was pretty well out of reach, but let's just put it this way: I've got a control pitcher on the mound and he walks five guys in three innings. That's all I'll say. He hasn't walked five guys in five games.

He said that he might not seek re-election in 2007. When I asked what he wanted to do, he said, 'I hope I can get a staff job at City Council,'

He said that from his discussions with the players, he had every reason to believe that the tour was on. I did ask him the specific question and that was his response.

He's an outstanding kid who will do whatever a teacher or coach asks him to do. He's a very smart and athletic kid who has tools to be a very good quarterback. He is also very good with football terms.

He's an idiot. He's selfish. That's why we don't miss him. If you go out there and ask any one of my players or staff members, we don't miss him.

Gay marriage is already illegal. The ban would sort of double-ban gay marriage. But beyond that, it would prevent Wisconsin from ever having civil unions. It would jeopardize public and private employers from offering domestic partner benefits. I think people are going to ask the question, is this the role of government?

(Garris) came in and, for what we ask him to do, he did a heck of a job. He doesn't get a lot of reps in practice.

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Jim Davis

George Bates is our police chief, and if George was asking (for a curfew), I'd be the first one to make a motion. But until he comes to us and says we have a problem, I think we should leave it to his discretion,

Elizabeth Warren

G.E. doesn't pay any taxes, and we are asking college kids to take on even more debt to get an education and asking seniors to get by on less. These aren't just economic questions. These are moral questions.

Franz Kafka

But questions that don’t answer themselves at the very moment of their asking are never answered.

George Horace Lorimer

When a fortune comes without calling, it's apt to leave without asking.