Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kamisese Mara

He said there is 80 of us, ready to come down and the next thing I knew is that Jo Brown dashed in and said your family has already moved and you have to move, the boat is ready to take you out. I didn't have time to ask, even ask a question.

Juan Pablo Galavis

If you ask me, 'Are you for or against gay parents?' for example, having kids - it's hard for me to say, 'Yes.'

Julie Walters

Oh all the time when Victoria Wood and I did our series. There were people asking 'Can women be funny?' People still ask that. It's like asking: 'Can women breathe in and out?'

We want to go to the state and ask if we can expand it. We think they'd be pretty amenable to letting us grow the long-term home health program.

We want the culvert covers removed. We asked for a specific design, but the city decided to use their standard design, and now our high ground is flooding.

We are not aware of the hearing, and neither did any of the officials ask for the President's consent to attend. They must be busy with official work.

Omar Bongo

We are not asking the rich countries for charity, but for understanding and justice.

We are not asking the car companies to invent one thing.

We are not asking for jail time, just probation and some community service is what I would expect . . .,

We are not asking for a pardon but for a reduction in the sentence. He was really in the wrong place at the wrong time.

We are not asking for anything (other than) a U.S. passport, ... We feel like we are at the end of the road.

Reuven Rivlin

We are here to ask for your forgiveness,

We developed some uniform guidelines for filling the Schultueten. Parents were asked to fill them with healthy treats.

John McCarthy

Asking a critic to name his favorite book is like asking a butcher to name his favorite pig.

Jennifer Grant

In my father's later years he asked several times that I remember him the way I knew him. He said that after his death, people would talk. They would say 'things' about him and he wouldn't be there to defend himself.

Kristin Armstrong

If your husband asks what you think, tell him. If you have a preference, voice it. If you have a question, ask it. If you want to cry, bawl. If you need help, raise your hand and jump up and down.

Kourtney Kardashian

We always say we are a brand for our fans because through social media we're so lucky to see what people are asking us for, what they're looking for, and so we really design what we like but also take our fans in mind.

Jared Diamond

I've always been interested in a lot of things, and a lot of things at the same time, and I always tried to explain them to myself. I ask a lot of questions.

Lisa Loeb

The Lisa Loeb Eyewear line was created to satisfy all of those people who always stop me and ask me where I get my glasses because they want some just like mine!

Lois Lowry

Kids have no sense of appropriateness. They can ask me whatever they want. You do develop a sense of intimacy with readers, and they tell you things about themselves. During a school year, I'll get e-mails asking about the books. I'll give them information, but I won't do their homework for them.

Howard Dean

What we're going to do is reach out to 2 million Americans and ask them for $100 each, because I think there are at lease 2 million who would give us or even borrow $100 so they could send George Bush back to Crawford, Texas,

What we're envisioning now is developing a set of services that students, faculty and staff are asking for and that we can deliver efficiently. Bell Tower will serve as a blueprint for how to develop an infrastructure at Duke to support growth in emerging digital data, audio and video applications in new and existing buildings on campus.

Matt Barnes

What we're being asked to do is not really to score. It's just to go in there and play defense and rebound and bring energy, and I think we do a good job of doing that.

What we're asking for is a financial report on how much this would cost.

Kathy Baker

What we?re asking for are reasonable explanations for proposals.

What we need are financial institutions to finance the project, not a group of contractors that eventually ask for funds from other institutions.

What we know at this point, we could not have asked for a better outcome.

Lord Chesterfield

There is a sort of veteran woman of condition, who, having lived always in the grand monde, and having possibly had some gallantries, together with the experience of five and twenty or thirty years, form a young fellow better than all the rules that can be given him. Wherever you go, make some of those women your friends; which a very little matter will do. Ask their advice, tell them your doubts or difficulties as to your behavior; but take great care not to drop one word of their experience; for experience implies age, and the suspicion of age, no woman, let her be ever so old, ever forgives.

There is a predisposition to sell first and ask questions later.

There are plenty of trusted Internet brand names, but if you're new to the Web you may not know them. Ask friends where they go and who they buy from. When you use a search engine, you'll see some mom and pop shops that may be totally trustworthy, but you don't know. If you don't have the luxury of a recommendation, stick with a brand name that you're familiar with outside of the Web.

There are no foolish questions and no one becomes a fool until they have stopped asking questions.

There are no expectations for this group. It's not fair to ask this group to win a state championship. They have exceeded expectations. It's not the most talented group, but they've hustled, they have a lot of heart and they are competitors.

There are some tough questions that need to be asked here.