Famous Quotes & Sayings

There are some things they've asked us to do as part of the new cardiac specialty care that we can't do because we don't have the equipment.

Robin Day

The only request to the schools was to utilize the money for something other than enrichment, ... We asked the schools to purchase something tangible that the school budget would not cover.

The only time the Department of Justice asks for a stay is because it is going down the road of returning an indictment.

There are four or five teams selling and about 20 buying. The price for what's being offered is awful high right now. Whether teams get it or not, I don't know, but they're asking a lot.

There are disruptions in Durban. We are providing about 53 buses, but that can never be enough, so we are asking commuters to consider other forms of transport.

I bring it up, and the kids are so relieved and the parents are so relieved. But they would probably go without asking the question otherwise, which is really dumb.

Stella Young

I am repeatedly asked in interviews exactly 'what's wrong' with me, and I always give them the same answer; I don't identify the name of my condition in an interview unless it's relevant to the context of the story.

Keira Knightley

(I am) really proud to have been asked to work with such an iconic house as Chanel, and thrilled to follow the extraordinary women who have been associated with it before.

I am so confident, in fact that I have asked the Compensation Committee of our board to pay my cash incentive bonus in GE performance shares for 2005.

I am proud to represent the people of my senate district and I want them to be proud of me. I ask for your support and prayers as I battle this disease.

Katherine Mansfield

I am treating you as my friend asking you share my present minuses in the hope I can ask you to share my future pluses.

I am sorry for the hurt that has been caused by my cowardly actions. I truly am, ... I ask the court for leniency so that I can get back to my family as soon as possible.

I am so proud of these kids that we got this far. They've proven a lot to me and I think everyone else that they know how to play. They give it everything they've got and that's all I can ask for as a coach.

Mohsin Hamid

I am sometimes asked to name my favourite books. The list changes, depending on my mood, the year, tricks played by memory. I might mention novels by Nabokov and Calvino and Tolkien on one occasion, by Fitzgerald and Baldwin and E.B. White on another. Camus often features, as do Tolstoy, Borges, Morrison and Manto.

Annie Golden

I am the flower child who will not wilt. You couldn't have asked for anything more.

Champ Bailey

I always want to go. If you don't go, I don't know, maybe they quit asking you. I love it. Any time I'm voted in, I don't care if it's the 20th in a row, I'm coming; I'll be right here and I'll play like I want to be here.

Stephen Jackson

Carmelo is a big-time player and he hit a big-time shot. We had a slow start and got back into it. We gave ourselves a chance to win, which is all you can ask for. ... But it came down to a big shot at the end and he hit it.

Carlos did everything we asked him to do over the off-season - and more,

Joshua Slocum

Caring for your dead is legal in Texas. Most people don't know their rights. They don't know what they can ask for.

Certainly, if you ask me, I'd rather be 8-4 than 4-8, but we've played a great schedule. We've played some real good clubs both historically and currently; teams that have played in Omaha and that consistently play in the postseason.

But they're not - no pun intended, given the fish on Friday - entirely off the hook. If you do choose to eat meat, you're asked to perform another sacrificial act, such as refraining from eating meat on another day, or doing some service to others, or making a donation to the poor.

But that's obviously history. I'm very pleased with how he's handled the situation. He's been very mature. He's a tough guy. He's been working hard, and doing all the things that we ask him to do. He's made good progress.

Business as usual is out the window at IU. We ask all of you to join with us as we build a new future for Indiana University.

Burhan Qureshi's fat ass was noticed by Beyonce...and she could not resist but to ask him to join her in the dance off.

Scott Stapp

But do you know I was never asked in 10 years if I was a Christian personally? We were only asked if Creed was a Christian band.

Leo Beenhakker

But, at least what we did to Guatemala shows that it can work-they are both great players. We have to ask some other players around them and those playing in the back to be aware of more getting the ball back,

Lance Armstrong

Based on the translation I read of the press release, I'm pleased that the UCI seems to be asking many of the right questions.

Based on the research Nucleus made, that was their finding. We didn't ask them to do that report.

Based on the level and openness of communication, we have been able to create a good rapport (with the South Kingstown School Committee). When the council makes budget decisions, we ask the School Committee for a list of programs that would be impacted and specifically where they will have to cut back.

Basically, we're asking for monetary contributions right now.

Basically we have a newborn here. We feel very strongly that these two individuals are very dangerous and we don't know what their intentions are. We are asking the public to keep eyes open for their vehicle; have info, call 911.

Ed Belfour

Basically, Pat decides or he comes to me and he'll ask me how I'm feeling,

Mike Jones

Basically I've been struggling all year, so I just wanted to get the bat on the ball and get a base hit. Coach asked before the game if we remembered the end of the football season. It was a good game for us.