Famous Quotes & Sayings

Fidel Castro

I was asked by many citizens whether I was going to respond, ... We are all going to respond!

I was asked a stupid question, ... And they got me.

Steve Waugh

I was asked about my interest in politics but I'm not a politician,

Stephen Hadley

It is planned as an opportunity for him to watch and learn a little bit about it. But, you know, who knows what he'll do? I have not asked him.

It is something Chris has been thinking about for a long time. I think part of it did come from the flow of conversation. Chris is a person who says what he believes. When asked a question, he is not going to lie, not going to beat around the bush.

I thought we had a good season. If we would ever have gotten that extra scorer, we'd have been tough to beat . . . It was our offense that let us down. My kids really did everything I asked them to do. They always worked hard, and I really thought we had a chance to win it.

I thought the preparation for the autumn was spot-on. We are asking Martin (Corry) and the team to play at their very best, and we want to give them every opportunity to do that.

I thought that the object of a business was to be noncompetitive. I told my father I wanted a change. He said to me I would inherit the company, but I replied that I didn't ask for it.

I thought we broke well and created some great chances. As a coach, you can't ask for more.

Joe Torre

I thought today was very significant for him. This the most pressure you could be asked to pitch under when everybody expects you to win, you get one run and pitch up to those standards.

I think were asking a little too much to think about it having that kind of impact. But it's not going to do any damage whatsoever. It would be nice to see some effect from it. It's going to be a pretty important final month for Matt.

I think we're getting better each game and tonight we closed the game better than we've been doing. This is the focus that we want to generate on a team with this much depth and I ask them to come to practice with the same attitude, to improve.

I think we're doing exactly what the City Council has asked us to do.

David Paul

I think we'll have to be prudent about not asking for too much but enough for the district to continue improving.

I think we have a very, very generous program here, The students are being asked to bear all of the misery. ... The university employees are not bearing any of the misery.

I think, Wednesday, you can expect people to come on out. We've just asked for an extended lunch hour for office workers.

I think we did good overall. We just need to fix those little things to be that great team. We hit the ball, we scored runs. We can't ask for much more.

I think we'd be hard-pressed to find many people with the generosity of Curt Gowdy. He did whatever we asked and more.

Scott Aukerman

I think that 'Mr. Show' was a huge influence on me. It was literally the reason I started doing comedy, because I was asked to do a bit at The Comedy Store, and B.J. Porter and I went to see Bob and David - who I'd never heard of - do a live show, which was one of the shows that got them the 'Mr. Show' show.

Frank Robinson

I thought overall it was a very good year. We had a good first half and a terrible second half. In spring training, if you asked people what would you be happy with, I think they would have said they would be happy with a .500 record.

I thought our offensive line played pretty well tonight, and I think they're getting better. I think (Ridley) is starting to understand what we're asking of him. Stevan has a lot of talent, and he's starting to understand he has to do the things Coach (Matt) Mason and I want him to do. He's done that the last two weeks, and it's showed on both sides of the ball.

Terry Hoeppner

I think we won a bunch of our games (over the years) for him on his birthday, so this one was for him, ... All he ever asked for was a win, and that's what we were able to do.

I think we should teach a lot about evolution. In fact, I think we should teach more than the evolutionary science teachers want the students to know. The problem is what we're getting is a philosophy that's claimed to be scientific fact, a lot of distortion in the textbooks, and all the difficult problems left out, because they don't want people to ask tough questions.

Liz Ellis

I think we should be earning what footballers earn, but I'm also very aware that we can't ask for money that we don't yet generate.

Howard Dean

I think Wes Clark would be a fine running mate, but I have not asked him to be my running mate.

I think what this does is create more issues as the SEC goes up the Hill and asks for funding, ... I think this really did politicize the commission and it will take a long time to get past that.

I think that as I've asked the stock exchange several months ago, they're taking a good, hard look at the way their board is organized, I hope the way the compensation structure is organized, ... We'll see what they come up with.

I think that for the most part, people in the community understood the reasons why . . . we asked them to go to work and go to school. Rest assured, if we don't have a bill we can live with, we will have a general strike and a general boycott.

I think a lot of people want to know if they're with somebody who has a kid somewhere and owes 10 years of back child support, or filed for bankruptcy years back and just neglected to tell you. A lot of people don't know how to ask those questions. That's what I do.

Jill Abramson

I think a lot about something: Abe Rosenthal was once asked what he wanted on his headstone, and he said he wanted it just to say, 'He kept the paper straight.' And I think about that a lot.

Joe Gibbs

I think all you can ask for is to have a chance at the end of the year. A lot of great cars still have a chance and we've got to earn it every week.

I think all the rule changes that they made this year was to give a better show for the fans, and I love the changes, I think most of them have worked. But the touch icing is one rule I'd like to see changed. It's just asking for an injury.

I think both contractors are making every effort to comply with what is being asked of them.