Famous Quotes & Sayings

We'll have to see what happens. Some players may ask to be dealt, some may move on to junior A, but as it stands right now we have 22 cards filled with players from this season.

We'll have to go back to the federal government and ask them for a payment plan,

Mo Ibrahim

Tony Blair is paid $500,000 for one speech, and no one asks how he is going to spend it.

David Blunkett

Tony asked me to stay. It could only have damaged the Prime Minister if I had stayed on.

We also asked the congregation to write family bios and a brief message to the future congregation of 2105. Also included is a gift to that congregation, an engraved Wedgwood crystal bowl.

We already shut one bar down, and we're asking that the other bars take for granted that we are taking this stuff seriously. If you're going to sell to kids, we'll take your license as well.

We all ask ourselves that question. It's a mind-buster.

Craig Stevens

We already know that the true capacity of Yucca Mountain is significantly greater, that's why we've asked for a change in the law.

We already heard talks of it happening so we had a public computer sit out in a lobby and asked people to vote. When they sat down to vote, most of them couldn't because it said they already did.

We already have teachers asking whether there will be a follow-up.

Michelle Huneven

Writers can take offense when someone asks what's real or autobiographical in our work because, to us, that's not what counts. The bits taken from life are tiny scales on the dragon's tail - what about that whole beautiful writhing, fire-breathing dragon?

Wow, what a night. We had NCAA records, pool records. It is more than you can ask for.

Women are the ones who ask directions and men are the ones who never stop to ask directions, so they do it online as well.

Jessica Valenti

Women are brought up to believe you are going to be the better parent and you know what's best. I don't think that's necessarily true. As much as we have to ask men to step it up, we have to take a look at ourselves and be willing to give up some of that parental power.

We're struggling to survive, ... I'm asking the community to help us continue. We can't go down after 59 years.

Richard M. Nixon

Tonight-to you, the great silent majority of my fellow Americans - I ask for your support.

Tonight our defense was just fantastic. The girls did everything we asked them to and they just worked really hard. The last time we played Knoxville, they scored something like 62 points on us, but tonight - due to the intensity the girls showed - we were able to shut down everything they tried to do.

Tonight I'm asking every North Carolinian to be in a safe place, take care of your families and don't come out,

George H. W. Bush

Tonight, I ask the Congress to join me in creating a single permanent department with an overriding and urgent mission -- securing the American homeland and protecting the American people,

Stephen Harper

Tonight friends, our great country has voted for change, and Canadians have asked our party to take the lead in delivering that change.

Up until a couple of days ago, I didn't think I had a chance. It worked out good for me. I got a chance to play and that's all you can ask for.

The reason that UAL and other carriers haven't done it (seek guarantees) yet is the government is asking a fair and high price for the guarantee -- an equity stake,

The reason (recession) gets mentioned . . . is that (energy price) movements of this sort of magnitude usually would be associated with recession. So you do have to start asking the question, ... The question needs to be asked, even if we think things are different on this occasion.

The reason I got involved is because I have known Dr. Owens for the past year or so. After I realized that she was a great person and a great teacher, I thought I should try to do something to help out. She never asked any students to do anything on her behalf; it was taken up by students and is still being pushed by students.

The option to conduct a lie-detector test is open to us. We may ask the court to grant permission for the test.

Jeff Smith

The opportunity to capture market share and improve our gross margin is here today, but time is of the essence. Our customers ask us to bring these products to market, and if we don't do it, our competition will.

There is nothing that will make us more happy than to see this sensitive part of the world enjoy stability, security and prosperity ... if the United States asks us we will not hesitate to contribute to efforts to bring stability to the region,

(The recent snowfall) was better than we could ask for.

The recruitment process has been going on for a couple of months. When they called and asked if I was interested, I said yes.

The recreation community asked me (Thursday) in no uncertain terms to please not vote today.

The recovery process for such an injury is tremendous, and the family asks for the public's continued support and prayers.

We've heard stories of people breaking down from the strain, of men and women working from nine in the morning until after midnight with no meal breaks, of location shoots where eight people were required to work in hot trailers meant for four. When asked he had any time off, one plaintiff responded: 'I forget how the day off was supposed to work.' These men and women deserve the basic protections of fair labor standards.

Kevin Anderson

We will quickly ask for a reinstatement of the injunction at the district court.