Famous Quotes & Sayings

Michael Clarke

I had to ask at least three times to clarify what I thought I heard,

Meghan Trainor

I had a reporter ask me how much I weigh. I said to him, 'You go first: How much do you weigh?' People always ask me what I eat. Other artists don't get asked these questions.

I had another call today from a parent, asking if they could try out next year.

Wendi Deng Murdoch

I grew up in China, but I live in the U.S. and I want my children to understand what's going on over there. They ask me sometimes, 'Are we Chinese or Australians?' My family are in L.A., New York and China, and they have the freedom to go back and forth, which is really, really nice.

Jake Gyllenhaal

I grew up in L.A., so the idea of same-sex relationships is hardly foreign to me. I think there comes a time when everyone asks himself about his sexuality. That doesn't mean you experiment, but you definitely think about your preferences.

I'm very loyal to my friends and family in New Jersey. When someone I went to high school with calls and asks for help, I'm going to do what I can to get the word out.

John Walters

In 2001, President Bush asked me to become Director of National Drug Control Policy, a Cabinet-rank position that coordinates federal drug programs.

Roger Waters

In 1987 or '88, Etienne and Nadine came with a manuscript, ... It was all handwritten, with illustrations by Nadine. They asked if I would set it to music.

Michael Smith

In 1986, I was asked by the then-Dean of Science at the University of British Columbia, Dr. R.C. Miller, Jr., to establish a new interdisciplinary institute, the Biotechnology Laboratory. I decided that it was time for me to start paying back for the thirty years of fun that I had been able to have in research.

Andy Pettitte

I never had to ask him one time to come. It was all his, ... When I signed, Roger called me and said, 'I think I want to play, man.'

Lesley Nicol

I never imagined I'd go into acting, but I always loved drama, and when I was 16, I discovered the Library Theatre up the road. So I plucked up courage and asked if I could watch rehearsals. It was like Heaven.

The coaches just ask me to be smart and do everything I can to keep myself healthy. They've all really respected my religious beliefs.

The clubs are designed to be a supplement for school. We try to do a couple of hands-on experiments. We ask them a question, and they make observations. They learn they can find things out on their own if they ask the right questions and learn where to look.

Bill Kennedy

The City Council took the issue on when they asked for the opinion, and Dennis felt that they addressed it,

The college guys aren't always trustworthy, they tell you want you want to hear. I had to ask coach Curry and coach Brennan if I should believe them or not.

Newt Gingrich

The chair will enforce this rule of decorum with respect to references to the president, and asks and expects the cooperation of all members in maintaining a level of decorum that properly dignifies the proceedings of the House,

Ato Boldon

The first few weeks football players look at you like you are speaking a foreign language. My job is to get them to trust me, trust the system. I ask them to run in a way that makes no sense to them.

The first attention it's getting is from the new charter. No one in the middle schools even asked for our assistance until now.

The Fieldstone Inn asked us to do a holiday concert up there last year and it was a sellout. We think the hometown audience deserves to hear it too.

Jon Stewart

The field of play has become seriously unleveled as a result of the current rules. Our member schools have complained and asked that we find a way of fixing this problem.

Dusty Baker

The final words were that our guys here will pull for them and give them some love. I asked the guys who they were rooting for, and everybody is rooting for their own country.

The film is about asking questions and presenting ideas and hopefully you take some of the questions and ideas out of the cinema and think about them and discuss them with your friends.

The first day of class this fall, I broke the students into teams of five and asked them to provide me with four or five tax credits that are currently not in the Internal Revenue Code but would be excellent additions. I ask each group to not only come up with new tax credits, but explain the social, economic or political reason for why the tax credit should be enacted by Congress.

The first Jumbuck did everything we asked of it and when we needed another vehicle Proton was the logical choice.

Martha Coakley

The company got notification from the IRS that Michael McDermott had been delinquent on his taxes and in a fairly routine procedure they asked the company to assist with garnishment of his wages, taking a percentage but obviously not all to pay off his back taxes,

The company asked us to delay the ceremony and we asked, 'Does this mean delay the project?' They said, 'No, just delay the ceremony.

The company seems to be standing behind its outlook that it can grow earnings per share 20-to-25 percent for 2001. You can't ask for more in this environment.

The company's and employees' response to the disaster is heartwarming and encouraging. We're hearing from many people who want to go down and help out, but there is no housing available, so we're asking them to do what they can in their home communities.

The commission has written to the Premier League indicating the reservations we still have about their proposals, asking them to react as soon as possible so we get this sorted out.

The community expects you to take a strong stand. Just ask the court what's the fair value.

Laura Linney

Ask "why" until there is no more "why."

Lisa McMann

You're asking for trouble, Hannagan," he growls. "And you would be....?" Janie asks. She giggles. "Trouble.

Johnny Depp

I was really intrigued by them, became fascinated by them because they were asking questions that couldn't be answered almost, or were making statements that you couldn't quite understand. Like, 'I'm investigating things that begin with the letter M.' That took me through a whole stratosphere of possibilities, and doing a little research and discovered that the M is mercury.