Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bernie Siegel

Part of my evolution has been to learn how painful most people's childhoods are. They grow up not liking themselves, not loving themselves. Ask people if they were lovable the minute they were born, and watch them sit back and have to think about it. One lady said, 'I suppose so.' That's painful.

Bernie Siegel

There is survival behavior, and doctors need to learn from patients who do not die when they are supposed to, instead of saying, 'You're doing very well, so keep doing whatever you are doing.' They should be asking what their patient is doing and pass the information to other patients.

Davy Jones

People ask me if I ever get sick of playing 'Daydream Believer' or whatever. But I don't look at it that way. Do they ask if Tony Bennett is tired of 'I Left My Heart in San Francisco?'

Debra Messing

Ask everyone whether they're an actor or a doctor or a teacher or whatever is entitled to his or her opinion. But unfortunately, because actors are in the public eye, whether we want it or not, sometimes our opinions carry more weight or influence than they deserve.

Alan Cooper

There's a fundamental problem with how the software business does things. We're asking people who are masters of hard-edged technology to design the soft, human side of software as well. As a result, they make products that are really cool - if you happen to be a software engineer.

Ahmed Ben Bella

When someone came to ask us for help, it was sacred. We did not even think twice. We helped them, even if we had only meagre means; we offered them arms, a little bit of money, and in occasion, men.

Aimee Bender

At readings, audience members sometimes ask if I keep writing past the two hours if I'm on a roll, but I don't. I figure that if I'm on a roll, it's partially because I know I'm about to stop.

Alessandra Ambrosio

Russell James asked me to shoot underwater. He tied my feet under the water. I don't know how many feet - maybe five, six meters. He tied me underwater and I had no air. Somebody had a tube, and they were giving me some oxygen, but I couldn't really see anything. Everything was blurry. I'm waiting for the oxygen - that was the craziest thing.

Jamie Langenbrunner

We're not going to ask him to go out and score 15 goals. We're asking him to go out and do the job he's always done.

Dana White

We're not for everyone, and we don't try to be. If you don't like fighting sports, great, this is America, that's your right. All we ask is that people understand what we are.

There are over 40,000 job boards out there. We asked ourselves how we could distinguish ourselves.

The one who asks questions doesn't lose his way

We still have to practice and play, and no matter where we do, the field is still going to be 100 yards, and they're doing a good job. The kids are doing everything we ask of them.

We still have a shot, if we wrestle our tails off. The kids are wrestling hard, and that's all you can ask for. We're right in matches with tough teams, but we're just not getting the job done in getting bonus points.

We still have an outstanding debt on the casino. Until we pay that off it doesn't make good economic sense to ask for another $254 million.

Kevin Whately

I initially thought 'Lewis' was a terrible idea. The character had very much been Morse's work donkey and sounding board. But I was persuaded to do it, thinking if it was a flop, at least ITV would stop asking me. But the pilot took off, so we got back on this moving train, and we've never looked back.

Chuck D.

The question I would ask is: Would you consider listing the species today? Most rational people say no.

Lloyd Carr

The question I was asked before the season was, 'Would you be disappointed to not be in the Sugar Bowl?' ... I can tell you, I would never be disappointed to take a team to the Rose Bowl. To play in that stadium -- outdoors, on grass, in the sunshine -- how could you be disappointed?

The question I get asked most often by the channel is are we going to continue to be focused on innovation? Partners want to succeed, to grow& (and that's) something we're focused on doing with them. We're looking at expanding in Canada, going deeper into the mid-market. We will work with them more closely.

The question I get asked most often by the channel is are we going to continue to be focused on innovation? Partners want to succeed, to grow& (and that's) something we're focused on doing with them. We're looking at expanding in Canada, going deeper into the mid-market. We will work with them more closely.

The question has to be asked in Brussels.

The Queen Tamale herself cam in and asked to order some things.

Al MacInnis

The one thing what makes St. Louis what it is are the fans and the people. Not only do you hear it from hockey players, but you hear it from baseball players - it's a great place to play sports. With very sincere fans ... all they ask for is an honest effort. To give them what you've got. And you can be visible in St. Louis and people are very appreciative. All they do is wish you the best.

Bill Jones

Times have sure changed. Yesterday a bum asked me if I could spare $2.75 for a double cappuccino with no foam.

To top it off, the Bank is asking these countries to keep making non-refundable debt payments to the Bank instead of using the funds to fight poverty, HIV/AIDS, and now avian flu in Africa. We call on the US Executive Director and the World Bank's Board to do the right thing and scrap these delays when they meet on Thursday.

Fred Thompson

Trade cannot be the totality of our considerations, ... It is not too much to ask our trading partner ... to stop sending technology, raw materials, people, goods and so forth that enhances the capabilities of these rogue nations that increasingly pose a threat to this country.

Tracey was straight up with me and said she asked Ian to swim a series of 50m drills at a certain pace that was close to race speed and he wasn't able to produce the goods.

Toyota was searching for perfection and wanted the highest rating in every individual category, not just a good overall evaluation, so the company made a minor change in the wiring to some of the LS 430's airbag sensors and asked for another test.

This strike did not have to occur. We made our top issues clear months ago and simply asked Boeing to do the right thing for their work force.

This state has got to start living within its means. As soon as I talk to businesses, the first thing they ask me is about the tax structure in this state. Some of these legislators in Olympia have got to realize that taxing and spending is not going to bring prosperity.

This started small with just two families, and other kids saw it and asked their parents if they could join in and it just snowballed.

Frank White

You don't really scoreboard watch because the other teams don't put the other games on the scoreboard like we do, ... We basically want to win our game, then when our game is over you ask 'What did they do?'

Steve Rauschenberger

You don't raise $15 million by accident. I'm asking him to come forward and quit claiming he doesn't know what's going on in his own campaign. I mean, if there's one thing that's clear ... he knows more about his campaign organization than he knows about state government.