Famous Quotes & Sayings

Nancy Gibbs

Teaching sometimes seems like not one profession, but every profession. We ask them to be doctor and diplomat, calf-herder, map-maker, wizard and watchman, electricians of the mind.

Nancy Farmer

I never hand in a book until it's completed. Richard Jackson then reads it and asks me to clarify murky points. We work very well together. He knows how hard to push, and I know how hard to push back. He's the only person who can criticize my work without me throwing a hissy fit.

Nancy Pelosi

What the Republicans have said is rather than touch one hair on the heads of the wealthiest people in our country, people who make over $1 million a year, they're saying, 'Seniors should pay $6,000 more dollars a year. But please don't let us ask the wealthiest to do their fair share.'

When I was 14, I decided that I really wanted to pursue polo more, so I asked my parents if it would be okay for me to go live on a farm outside the city so I could play.

When there's a criminal investigation going on, we can't go in like a bull in a china shop, asking questions.

Zalmay Khalilzad

When there have been differences between the various forces with regard to a particular issue, and they've asked for my help, I have proposed to them options for bridging the differences between them. Failure is not an option, and if they need my help, I have told them I'm available at any time.

When the police officers asked management about this, they were told that the 30 people in the restaurant were employees of the place, which didn't make any sense.

We want to ask them what are they thinking when they initiate these conversations. It's going backward.

We want to ask the kids what they want. There is a coolness factor that you want there.

Joe Nation

We want to ask the departments of corrections and finance to explain their rationale in continuing to push for a project that continues to break the bank and doesn't make any fiscal sense,

Patricia Hewitt

We want to ask people how services can more effectively promote good health, as well as treat disease, and how we can empower people to have more say in the care they receive in the community and their homes.

We want to ask him what he saw or knows. Did he see a trailer going by dragging anything? Any suspicious people? He might not know anything at all.

We want to ask boat captains to stay at the helm, don't leave the helm and keep the attention on the helm.

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.

Cal Ripken, Jr.

You don't project yourself in the Hall of Fame as a player. It's only during that five-year period where people start asking about it, and it doesn't seem real until it happens.

Catherine Hardwicke

You don't pay the same price for a Ferrari as you do for a Honda Accord. But for some reason, for movie tickets, you're asked to pay the same price for 'Avatar' as you are for some $2 million movie, which is kind of a weird thing when you think about it.

Today we asked for a permanent Chinese presence, including naming a permanent envoy to the peace process,

Saad Hariri

Today, we are not asking for revenge. We are asking for justice. And justice will take its course, its full course, God willing.

UPA chairperson asked the government to write to the Danish government way back in October last year, expressing the deep sense of anguish, asking for an apology.

Jay Leno

U.N. weapons inspectors found empty chemical warheads in Iraq. So, the question everyone is asking now is how did Sean Penn miss this?

Olivier Megaton

People who watch 'Transporter' are maybe asking a little less about reality, being serious, and so on.

Gbenga Akinnagbe

If the project has good writing and is something I get excited about, then I'll do the role. And if it's for TV, I'll ask myself, 'Is it a show that I'd watch?' If it's a play or movie, I'll want to know if there's a good director attached.

Greg Iles

Like my best friend, I asked for drums for Christmas, and got them. But when he moved on to guitar, I realized two things: (1) guitar is a much more expressive instrument, (2) way more girls pay attention to guitar players than to drummers.

My mother asked me what I wanted for my birthday, so I said I wanted to read poetry with her.

Gary Vaynerchuk

The first thing I ever invested in was Twitter. Blaine Cook, former CTO, was leaving the company and asked me if I wanted to buy his stock.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

I stand in the way of no one's ambition. I only ask that no one stand in the way of the people's well being and the nation's progress.

George Galloway

If you are asking did I support the Soviet Union, yes I did. Yes, I did support the Soviet Union, and I think the disappearance of the Soviet Union is the biggest catastrophe of my life.

Tom Colicchio

I'm not a fan of grilling meat, since that tends to dry it out, and I find grill marks leave a bitter taste. A good steak house will offer different options for preparation, and I would ask them to broil or pan-roast the steak and finish it with butter. It ends up a dark chocolate color and stays very juicy.

Sylvia Earle

Hold up a mirror and ask yourself what you are capable of doing, and what you really care about. Then take the initiative - don't wait for someone else to ask you to act.

Terence

For you to ask advice on the rules of love is no better than to ask advice on the rules of madness.