Famous Quotes & Sayings

Matthew Pearl

I don't like my birthday. I don't like things that are directed towards me. It took me a long time to get over people asking me to write my name in the book.

Jaret Wright

I don't look at it like a bad situation. I look at it as, this is my job; this is what I'm asked to do. Somebody's got to be in that position. I've got no problem doing that.

I don't like talking about football, I change the subject. Everybody was asking about it. I love the game, but so many people and celebrities and fans came up to me. I guess I'd rather be known as the guy who caught the ball than the guy who dropped it.

Macaulay Culkin

I don't mind if somebody comes up to me and shakes my hand, but if I'm in the middle of a restaurant and somebody asks me for a picture, I can be a jerk and say no, or I can say yes and draw more attention to myself, which is exactly the opposite of what I want.

Colman McCarthy

I do believe we should forgive those people who perpetrated 9/11 and ask that they forgive us.

Marco Rubio

I do not believe that we have to destroy our economy in order to protect our environment. And especially what these programs are asking us to pass that will do nothing to help the environment, but will be devastating for our economy.

I do not believe that Enron's fall would have been avoided had the board asked more questions.

Stuart Pearce

I do not include the goalkeeper in this, but the rest of the team I have told to go home, have a look at their kids and ask them how daddy did today. None of them earned their wages.

Javier Solana

I do not have the information - I do not have the competence - to ask the countries how they have handled these questions.

I do know he can do more than just recruit. He's done a great job here to be honest with you. I couldn't ask for a better person to be with. He'll succeed. He's from New Jersey and you need that here.

Matt Giteau

I do get asked a lot, but no one believes me I think.

Ian Mckellen

I'd never read 'Lord of the Rings' until I was asked to play Gandalf, so I didn't really know it was a frightfully famous book.

Michelle Mone

I'd never of thought that coming from where I did and leaving school at 15 with nothing I'd be asked to speak at Leaders in London. I laugh sometimes!,

I do not ask to profit. I ask for what is fair and proper.

Joseph Smith

I do not ask for mercy for myself. The only thing I can see to give me a life sentence is for my family. I do not want to see them hurt any further.

Joseph Smith

I do not ask for mercy for myself. The only reason I ask for you to give me a life sentence is for the sake of my family.

Joseph Smith

I do not ask for mercy for myself. As you have heard, there were many times when I didn't care whether I lived or died.

Steve Cohen

College baseball fans have been asking for these games and now we are delivering.

David Perkins

Collectors continue to provide great feedback about the Box Set release and two of the things they continued to ask for were the introduction of dual-autograph cards and the continuation of the low numbered green autograph cards they saw in the 2004 releases. We were pleased to respond to this feedback and believe this set will build on the success of the previous releases.

Bernard Hopkins

Come Sunday morning, somebody's going to be asked questions (like) 'What happened?' ... And guess what? I don't want to be that person. So I'm going to do my best, by any means legally and clean, to let Howard Eastman know (what went wrong).

Caroline is a voracious reader. She loves to read. If I was going to make a movie, I'd ask Caroline to read it first.

I began to think about alternative forms of communication when I volunteered at parent support groups. Divorced parents used to ask me how they could communicate more with their children. I realized we don't have to speak face to face all the time.

I began asking what I was going to do with the rest of my life, ... This idea of the priesthood kept popping up.

Mohamed ElBaradei

I am making very clear that the Security Council is not asked at this stage to take any action.

If dark matter and dark energy are 95 percent of everything, shouldn't we all be asking questions about that? What does that look like?

If consumers need financial help, they need to ask for it now. Keep up a dialogue.

Jack White

Selling is nothing more than asking questions and waiting for an answer.

Indra Nooyi

I wouldn't ask anyone to do anything I wouldn't do myself.

Before the game, I asked the kids to play intelligent, and they didn't. I guess they were a little too hyper. At halftime, I asked them to put together a good half, and they didn't. Once the fourth quarter came, I was just hoping it would finally click in.

Rosamund Pike

Before the first audition, when they asked me to come in and meet her, I thought 'I can't play Jane to Keira Knightley's Lizzie' but I went and I met her, and thought she was so fabulous, and thought 'if they're prepared to take a risk with her, then I'll go with it.' We became really close.

Eric Morecambe

Before the end of 1960 we were asked to do a series. We did not want to rush things, so we waited until we felt fairly sure of the scripts.

Before Sept. 11, (2001), we were receiving about 5,500 combat boots a month for the troops. There's been a huge surge since the war and we've upped that demand to 85,000 a month. We've asked our suppliers to ramp up production. If they can make just one more, we'll take it.

Because I am sure NASCAR is going to ask the drivers to make a few appearances over there, and I wouldn't have to go too far.