Famous Quotes & Sayings

For the first time in history, we declared war without financing it. Americans have not been asked to pay for it through taxes.

For some of the kids, you might be the only positive thing in their day and so I try to take the time to talk to them, ... I ask how their days went and whether they learned anything new in school.

Irvine Welsh

Are you asking me or telling me?

George Herbert

Many things are lost for want of asking.

If it happens, I'd like to be there. Two years ago, if you asked me whether I had a chance to be on the Venezuelan team, I would probably say no. But all the work I put in made it possible.

Victor Martinez

If I see other guys throwing away things, I ask them for it and send it home for the young players there.

If I did something wrong, they should say it, but I didn't. I asked her if she was firing me because I wasn't quitting. I'm not a hush boy. She lost her mind.

George Shinn

If I don't generate money, I'm I trouble. These people have stepped up to try to keep us whole. I couldn't ask for anything else. I was seeing myself going to the bank borrowing lots of money. I don't see that happening now. It's bittersweet. We've got a place to land and a lot of support, which is positive. But you know, I don't know how the hell to explain it. It's not home. We've got to come back home to help with all the suffering there . . . . it's just hard to describe.

If I could bring him back, I would. I'm so sorry. I just ask forgiveness for my son. That's all I can say is I'm sorry this has happened.

If I ask myself how many writers of color are writing in the American theater, it's sad. You could count the writers being supported on two hands.

David Blaine

If I asked you to stand in one spot for 35 hours or a certain length of time, you could do it.

If I asked him to run through a wall, he would run through a wall. He does what it takes to win. He picks up the other players, and he is just an all-around great guy on and off the field, which makes him that much better.

If I asked him to go into the goal, he would go and I'd shoot on him, ... But rarely, it was more like me catching his footballs in the yard.

Shelley Berman

If I asked for a (stage) light, it was not an ask but a demand. If I demanded, I was having a fit,

Sourav Ganguly

If I am asked I will do that.

If he has to resort to crackdowns, he'll do that. And the West is going to continue to be there for him and ask him to do things for them.

If he had asked for the ship's speed, we would have given it to him in 10 seconds. The information he provided to The Courant is either a result of his attorneys not sharing information they had with him, or he flat-out said something he knew not to be true. Maybe in the future he should be in better communications with the lawyers.

Clint Hurdle

If he's tired, we'll ask him, ... But if he's not, this is something he's just got to grind through and get better at. He's got to find a way to repeat his delivery with more consistency.

If he's late for practice, I'm responsible. He can ask me about anything, even if it has nothing to do with the band.

Kirsten Smith

If he sees a talented tap dancer at one of those events or at the open jams we have, he might ask them to come back for another audition.

Ivan Rodriguez

If he asks me to do things, I'm going to. He's the skipper, and you have to follow his rules. Whatever he tells me to do, I'll do.

If he asked me I would give him an opinion.

If he asked me for advice, I'd tell him that if you're going to play two sports in college, there's not a better guy to play for than coach Willingham. Everyone's situation is different, but for me, I knew I wanted to go to college, play both, then see which sport was for me.

If everything goes my way on race day, I will ride to the best of my ability. This is all I can ask of myself, and I believe that my best is worthy of winning a gold medal. I also believe my result has been decided a long time ago on many different levels. Winning a race is not a magic trick. My coach and I joke about becoming an overnight success in 10 years. I feel that my result was determined this summer when I got out of bed every morning and went to the gym.

If every team was as receptive to coaching as this one, I might coach forever. These guys want to win so badly, they do everything you ask them to do.

If every one of my players could be like her, I'd be very happy. She comes to practice every day, plays hard and does what the coaches ask of her. I can't say enough about that.

Derek Jeter

If I had to guess, I would say yes. And that has nothing to do with anything that he's told me. I have not even asked him. I haven't even said, 'Rocket, are you playing? Thinking about playing?' I haven't even brought the question up.

Billy Idol

If I had the chance I'd ask the world to dance.

Scott Skiles

If I had a dollar for every time someone asked me that question... wait a minute, I do have a dollar for every time I've been asked that question.

If I had gone to a big company, it would have been very difficult for me to do research freely. At a big company, say Sony, there are very, very good researchers. So I would have to ask them what I could do.

Tom Stoppard

If I had been asked to write 1,200 words for a newspaper tomorrow, on any subject, I would just do it rather than leave a white hole in the page. And I think it's a very healthy attitude to take to writing anything.

If I'm elected and I'm not successful in four years, I'm not going to ask for a second chance.

William Butler Yeats

If I make the lashes darkAnd the eyes more brightAnd the lips more scarlet,Or ask if all be rightFrom mirror after mirror,No vanity's displayed:I'm looking for the face I hadBefore the world was made.