Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dick Durbin

We need to be sure this institution is in the mainstream of American thinking. What we need to do is ask the obvious questions.

Abraham Lincoln

We must ask where we are and whither we are attending

Francois Hollande

We must ask for explanations about all stages of their detention,

Charlie Melancon

We must also be about the job of asking tough questions, my fellow Americans ? questions about the health of our infrastructure and emergency response capabilities,

Jacques Chirac

When you are in the family... you have more rights than when you are asking to join and knocking on the door.

When the government was asked to justify their demand they conceded that they needed much less.

Danny Meyer

When the economy goes sour, there are three different kinds of restaurants that do well: the smaller-scale neighborhood restaurants that don't ask much of you; those that have banked enormous goodwill by offering great value during the boom; and those with proven records of excellence, a sure thing.

Oliver Sacks

When the documentary of 'Awakenings' was made in '73, the first thing the film director asked was, 'Could we meet the music therapist? She seems to be the most important person around here,'

Tom Wilson

When we play at home or whenever our bench is on the right, I put all the right side of my equipment on first. The other night I played at Florida for the first time and I asked somebody which side our bench was on.

Rob Enderle

When we made the move from 16 to 32 bits, we were asking why we needed to make the move, ... But by mid-decade no one doubted it. We always go through this cycle.

When we looked at the other (free-agent) point guards who were available, we determined a lot of them weren't worth the money. And of the ones we were interested in, we had to ask ourselves, do we have enough money left to make a serious bid? So at that point we said, okay, let's sign Matt, who we wanted to keep anyway, and we likely will go with a minimum-salary guy to fill that spot as our third point guard.

When we looked at the harvest data from the check stations, after the first year we did not see a significant increase in the harvest. If we suddenly saw a spike in the harvest we would ask are we having an impact.

Allan Ray

When we jumped out on them early, we were all saying in our heads, 'We've got them exactly where we wanted them to be.' ... That was the best position you could have the No. 1 team in the country: 21-9 in the first half. We couldn't ask for anything more.

Henri Nouwen

When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving much advise, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a gentle and tender han

When we hire new coaches we have to ask what ideas they have for raising funds to support the program,

We will make our decision as we get closer to trial, ... We will ask the jury award a verdict of a size that clearly says to the gun industry that the public will not tolerate the kind of shoddy practice that was involved in this case.

We will certainly be asking to join that petition. We will be asking for a stay.

When I went out to skate, I didn't have any doubts. The legs are always a bit shaky when you get out there but, the second the music starts, you don't ask yourself any questions and you just go for it.

Dennis Johnson

We want Vallejo to get used to this type of entertainment, ... For $25 you get a top-notch lineup and top-notch production. What more can you ask for?

Kate Hudson

we'd contact Bob Marley and ask him to come back for one last concert.

We'd always see them running around the neighborhood with their mom. My niece is 5 years old and already asking why they passed away.

We are doing what the residents have asked us to do. It is no different than what has been done for decades, at least. The lake is used for recreation by the residents, and it is not our intention to do anything they are opposed to.

We are doing what the DPUC has asked us to do.

Cindy Sheehan

The president says he feels compassion for me, but the best way to show that compassion is by meeting with me and the other mothers and families who are here, ... Our sons made the ultimate sacrifice and we want answers. All we're asking is that he sacrifice an hour out of his five-week vacation to talk to us, before the next mother loses her son in Iraq.

The President said that it shall not be considered a solitary case and asked the National Police chief to investigate the case of forced prostitution and other related cases.

The president is free to ask Congress to change the law, but he isn't free to order officials to break the law.

Unfortunately, he just flew back home to Colorado, and to ask the kid to buy another plane ticket to come back might be tough.

Linda Chavez

Unfortunately, because of the way the stories have played over the last few days, I have decided that I am becoming a distraction, and therefore I have asked President Bush to withdraw my name for secretary of labor,

Underwriting has slipped. If you look at FICO (credit) scores, many loans today are made with sub-prime FICO (credit) scores, ... We are just asking for trouble.

Under Wisconsin law, this product does not require a safety cap and is not in any violation of our law. But these companies must ask themselves if they can do more so people won't mistake these cleaners for a soft drink.

Bill Gates

Under this lawsuit, a software developer would have to ask questions like, 'Is someone else doing something similar?' Because someone might file a lawsuit, ... This would create a chilling effect on the industry.

Robert Novak

Two senior administration officials told me his wife suggested sending Wilson to Niger to investigate the Italian report. The CIA says its counter-proliferation officials selected Wilson and asked his wife to contact him.

Two of my friends who are pros on the tour put me on the pro doubles association calendar and asked if I wanted to have a tournament, so I said yes.