Famous Quotes & Sayings

Debi Mazar

I married a Florentine. We bought a house, had a family, and after a decade in our little Hollywood nest, we said, 'Let's go to Tuscany.' Tell God you can't make him laugh, but the next thing I know, my cooking show has become a hit, and they're asking for more seasons, and they want it to be in the States.

Hoda Kotb

So I go to my first book signing, and these two girls came up and gave me a piece of paper: '10 reasons you should date our dad. He climbed Mount Kilimanjaro. He's a lawyer.' He didn't know what was going on. He didn't even know me. They called him, and he came down and asked me out that day. Now I'm dating their dad!

Alanis Morissette

When people ask me who I'd want to have dinner with, dead or alive, I always say, 'John Lennon.' I just feel that he was an artist who was, in his own way, committed to wholeness and authenticity in a not dissimilar way that I am years later.

Al Franken

To make the argument that the media has a left- or right-wing, or a liberal or a conservative bias, is like asking if the problem with Al-Qaeda is do they use too much oil in their hummus.

David J. C. MacKay

I was writing a book about sustainable energy, and a friend asked me, 'Well, how much energy do you use at home?' And I was embarrassed. I didn't actually know.

Derek Jeter

I'm very, very competitive. If my grandmother asks to race me down the street, I'm going to try to beat her. And I'll probably enjoy it!

David Christian

You go to the cosmologists and ask how they tell the history of the universe; you go to the geologists, how do they tell the story of the earth, and the biologists, and then you string them together. And it turns out that when you string them together, if you do it carefully, there's a story that is coherent, engaging, fantastically interesting.

Robin Williams

I've never been asked to appear on 'I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!,' so I guess I mustn't be on the professional skids just yet.

Barry Humphries

I have beautiful, beautiful clothes, designed by my bachelor boy son, Kenny. Kenny has a big following as it is, and even Lady Gaga has asked Kenny to design dresses for her. But Kenny isn't very keen on, well, shall we say, extreme women. He likes someone that women all over the world can identify with.

Barry Ritholtz

Google's founders have had a good eye for imagining what technologies will be significant in the near future. No one asked Google to develop self-driving cars, but it helped them with street views for Google Maps.

Alan Alda

The thing is when you're... well-enough known, you get asked to speak places, and they don't really think about whether or not you're qualified. They just want somebody that will be a drawing card for the audience. So it's up to you to decide whether or not it's foolish to get up and speak to these people.

Abbe Pierre

The question I asked Georges has now become a general one - You, who thought you were superfluous, who thought there was no place for you in society, not only are you not superfluous, you are needed and so those who were beggars become givers.

Bradley Cooper

Unfortunately, when someone asks me for a favor, I can't say no. Because of my upbringing - my Catholic guilt - if I don't do it, it plagues me.

Blake Anderson

I think that it should just be a rule of thumb that if your job asks you to cut your hair... that means that it's time to quit that job.

I realize that much will be asked of me, yet I am resolved to accept it as a great and splendid task.

Barbara Hambly

Someone asked me the other day what it feels like to see all my 'old stuff' reappearing, at long last, in digital. And I had to smile because to me it doesn't feel like 'old stuff.'

We have to charge money for that because of the seven pounds of lead and glass inside the monitor. We know people can just take their monitors to the landfill for free, but we'd ask them to bring them to us instead.

This will be paid for, there's no debt. We're not going to do have to do a levy and ask for money from anybody,

This was a life-changing event. We were asking people to put their families, their income, and even their stay here in the U.S. at risk. It's one thing to say come to my party, come to my event. But we've got to take care of these people.

The parents of the victims have asked us to continue with our investigations and say their children would be prepared to testify.

The parent just needs to provide evidence that their spouse is deployed. We do not ask for their financial status.

The only thing you can ask for in life is a chance. I had that today. I had it the last two Olympics. I got to win a silver medal in my home country. Unfortunately, I just didn't get it done for my team. It's not going to be a sad thing. It's just part of life and I certainly can deal with it.

Mick Garris

The only thing we asked for was smart and scary.

Mike Redmond

The only thing that's keeping him from winning a Gold Glove is he doesn't hit .300. Ask the pitchers how important defense is to them. Shortstop is such an important position. There's so many different plays. They're involved in everything.

This recent announcement proves that free markets work. After listening to its customers, McDonald's is taking responsible steps to provide them with the tools they've asked for to make informed choices. At the end of the day, it's personal responsibility, including educated, individual choices about food intake and physical activity, which make the difference--not government intervention or litigious arm-twisting.

Rob Andrew

The players responded magnificently. Two days after Christmas, they have given everything for the club - you cannot ask for any more than that.

The only thing I can say is this seems to be what was asked of the petitioners. You're getting rid of a horrible situation where cars are coming in and out at will.

The only thing I asked of John was try not to get trapped on the rail. Give him a place to run.

Jerry Glanville

The only thing I asked (Jones) is if I had to wear a shirt with a flower on it, ... I didn't look at last year's defense.

The phone company can also be asked to make contact with the owner,

Raul Gonzalez

The Philippines will only be dragged into the issue the moment warrants there are issued and they would ask for the extradition of the three officials,

The PFA asked the CMS to crosswalk footwear devices listed under the A-codes to similar devices listed under L-codes. That would have given the CMS more current usual and customary pricing for those devices. However, CMS was required to go back to the first fee schedule, established in 1989, for a base fee to determine pricing for 2005. That is why 2005 fees are lower than 2004 numbers.

E. B. White

There are a number of companies out there that are asking themselves, 'How do I get from where I am now to where I want to be in terms of VPP?'