Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ken Thompson

You can train yourself to notice this kind of wildlife. Next time you have some weeding or a bit of pruning to do, start looking at plants and ask yourself: 'What made that hole in that leaf?' or 'What's living in that hole?' You start to look at your garden in a completely different way.

You can see he has his father's bloodlines. He understands the game well, his mechanics are there and he's a quick learner. But he's only a freshman and we've told him that we're not asking him to put every game on his shoulders. It's not all on one guy.

Scott Johnson

You can only pick on form and he has to play well. It is a big ask after so long out but some kids can do it. He is a class player and he may surprise everyone.

You can only ask your goalkeeper to make that first save. She did and then we had three girls all watching the ball trickle back to the one player who could touch it. That was a shame. But I'm not going to take away from the improvement the kids made from Monday. We just had a lapse at a really bad time.

Dick Vermeil

You can't ask guys to play harder than they did today.

Grady Little

You can't ask for too much tougher conditions. The sun was right in his face and the wind was blowing. And he handled all the plays he was supposed to.

You can't ask for much more than that.

You can't ask for better free throw shooting than that. We actually had a decent free throw game for once.

Carlos Lee

You can't ask for anything more than this. We're not going to win them all, but if we keep playing the way we're playing, we're going to win a lot of them.

Eddie Guardado

You can't ask for anything more. I got treated fair this year.

Frank Robinson

You can't ask for anything more. He should have been out of the first inning with 16 pitches and a zero up on the board.

You can't ask for anything better than that. After coming off a fairly long break, I wanted to get everything right and it all happened in a hurry. I didn't have much bowling coming into this game.

Bob Costas

You can't ask for a better setting. It will be a glorious Olympic setting.

Lou Lamoriello

You can't ask for a better game than what Tommy gave us. He's a true veteran. I could see he got his legs under him.

Gary Thomas

You can't ask for a better coach than that. I believe if the whole community of Tampa could show up at his son's funeral, we would.

You can't ask for 100 percent seamless transition, but this was as close as you get.

You can't ask a group of players to play any harder than they have for two days and, especially tonight, take the kind of at-bats that we took all night long.

Warren Farrell

You can't ask a company to subsidize you being at home with children and still expect to work for a company that will be tops in its field for 20 to 30 years, ... Why Men Earn More.

You can't always see things for what it is if you just stare at it, sometimes you have to step back, look at things from a different perspective and ask questions.

Maurice Ravel

I do not ask for my music to be interpreted, but only for it to be played.

The corps has always asked for money to complete it, and you have members of Congress who know the need,

The council, to their credit, are approaching this issue with care and asking good questions. We can't see all, we can't do all and we can't know all, but a human relations committee can help improve a community.

The consumers of that oil are now asking whether you intend to use your emergency power to protect families facing soaring heating oil prices in the Northeast,

The consumer psyche has been indexed to getting those big deals, ... If the consumers come back and ask for the big rebates they got before, there's going to be a sort of reverse sticker shock with people saying, 'Where is the big rebate?'

Craig Conroy

The consumer has to ask for the deals. It's not the chain stores that are going to cut you a price break last minute, but the smaller independently run store owners who realize that if their products are still sitting on the shelf after the big day it won't do them any good.

The cost will go to the ratepayers. I ask very strongly if you want us to sign a 35-year contract, put money on the table, what are we getting into?

The correct strategy for Americans negotiating with Japanese or other foreign clients is a Japanese strategy: ask questions. When you think you understand, ask more questions. Carefully feel for pressure points. If an impasse is reached, don't pressure. Suggest a recess or another meeting.

The Cambridgeshire will be his next run. He has a 7lb penalty and it's going to be a big ask for him but he's a horse in form so let's hope we get some rain.

Abbey Lee Kershaw

The chi of a room is important to me. If I walk into a hotel room and it doesn't feel right, I ask to change.

The cell phone companies will have the power to renegotiate contracts and ask for more favorable terms.

I'm in favor of moving our remaining high schools to Metro service ... and I am also asking you to join me in working to make sure we treat students fairly whether they come from low-, middle- or upper-income backgrounds.

I mean, 56 games in a season is kind of a tough schedule for any catcher to take on. If asked upon, I think both of them would do it but it takes its toll. It's good to have two. At this point, things have worked out.

I'm not sure if it was deliberate or accidental, but I have been asked to put in a report.