Famous Quotes & Sayings

You kind of got to get behind him and just give him a gentle push into the gate. He won't walk up willingly on his own. He kind of balks at it a little bit. Once you get behind him and give him a little shove he moves forward and goes right where he's asked to.

Sasha Cohen

You just have to stay on top of the ball, and keep calling people and asking people, and not get one opinion, but 20. It always changes. It's very important to be involved as a skater because ultimately no one cares more about how you do than yourself.

Brian Bell

When I saw that quote, I thought the same thing. I was studying Shakespeare at a university during the making of Make Believe, and it did spark some concern, and I asked Rivers about it. We never directly say, 'So, does this mean this is our last record? What does this mean?' But I know he took Shakespeare too, and maybe it struck a chord with him.

Michael Hirst

When you're making a TV drama, the showrunner is God, and so however onerous and difficult and consuming that responsibility is, you're being treated with respect, so it changes your whole outlook to the production. You're being asked about costumes, set design, music, every aspect of the show.

When you're in my position, you don't ask questions. You just take what comes. I felt a couple of times when I went down, I might never come back.

Curtis Hanson

When you're dealing with someone like Shirley, it's a little insulting to ask her to come in for a meeting. But I wanted to meet her first and talk to her about the character, because there was a very big 'if' on it for me. Shirley is such a powerful presence, personality and talent, and she has used that power effectively over a long and rich career. But I wanted to know she would be able to put a damper on all of that and go to a very quiet place to play this character who is literally hiding from life, who has put a lid on everything because of her guilt, her fear and her unresolved issues. If Shirley could go to that kind of a place, and then blossom as her character's life broadens, I thought it would be very exciting.

When you're talking about capital and financial things, which I certainly pay a lot of attention to, I base those decisions on one question that I typically ask myself, which is 'Does it help us to build a better company?'

We believe there was some evidence that was left behind from the vehicle that we will be able to take a look at to determine, for example, maybe what the color was, maybe even what type of car it was. It also happened on a residential street. So, we're certainly asking for the public's help.

We had yard sales, we asked for donations. We did a kite festival.

Bob Guiney

We had never experienced a Jersey diner before. Everything you could ever ask for is under one roof!

We had it down to the last out with the winning run at the plate and the guy you would want up. I couldn't ask for more than that. That is the game, you think you have home-field advantage, and we played great at home all, year but something happened.

We had heard the rumors all week. Even though you hear the rumors going on, it's a tough thing to really prepare for. Of course, in my opinion, I would like to have him back. I'm not exactly sure why he wasn't asked back.

We had guests and hotel owners asking us about offering a gift card. We're excited that now we can respond to that customer demand. Be it graduation or Mother's Day, a birthday or Valentine's Day, Christmas or Hanukkah--or if you're looking for a corporate incentive--we've got the perfect answer: a Choice Hotels gift card.

Mike Fontenot

We had given the spot to someone else, but he was just so much more energetic. He left and I asked why we didn't audition him in the first place.

We had a lot of parents, many unfamiliar with classical music, say that they really liked Ravel. They asked to keep it after the study, because it was helpful in putting their baby to sleep, or calming the baby at feeding time.

We had a little meeting (Wednesday) and asked the players to take stock of where they were. We challenged them to improve, and they did it.

Emma Roberts

We had to shoot the Last Splash dance scene, and that was the song that was playing. So we probably heard that song about a hundred times, and I got back to L.A. and they asked if I wanted to sing that song.

We have a list of questions that we'll ask every individual kid. We also have our position coaches sit down and talk with guys so they can get position-specific.

We have a great need for that and great land, ... If we ask the right people to help, I think well get some help.

We have a full-time political class. People who really don't want to be out in the community. People ask 'does my vote really matter?' In most of the country it doesn't. But Iowa is different. This is going to be a national battleground.

You are far enough behind Phoenix that you need to ask yourself if raw population growth is the measure of success.

Marcello Lippi

You are a d***head. You can't film me without asking first, ... If you like, we can go into the press room and you can film all you want, but you can't hide away like that.

We will retain the right to protest, and will ask the Security Council to investigate the truth ... about this factory,

We wanted to make this public as soon as we discovered the issue, ... I have asked our outside auditor and outside counsel to assist us in doing a complete review of this and any related issues.

We wanted to know how long they think US military should stay there. We did not ask them if they wanted to stay or go home we asked basically how long the US military should stay there.

We wanted to keep making features and wall-to-wall, but our distributors kept asking 'when are you going to make gonzo teens?' so we finally said, we'll do it.

We wanted to institute a mandatory spay and neutering program; however, there was a law in Sacramento pushed by advocates at some time in the past that said you cannot pass breed-specific laws, ... So we had to ask for a change in state legislation.

We've got sheriff detectives trying to bring him back into custody, we have been in contact with him, he knows he was erroneously released. The statement he gave is that he needed a few days to think about it, but we have asked him to come back into custody.

We've got points out of the last two games. I think (Thomas) has given us the opportunity to do that both games and that's all you can ask out of your goaltender.

We've had lots of e-mails -- some wishing us luck, others offering marriage proposals and quite a few asking how to get into curling and where their nearest club is.

We've had dozens of phone calls from students and parents asking if we would take students, ... There's no way to predict how many students will enroll. We couldn't open every door and that was difficult, but we made a decision to make what resources we can available to these young people, which was easy.

We've made no determination to ask for another increase in rates. I won't speculate on any possibility of that in the future.

We have certainly not been asking for top dollar in the industry, ... We've been asking to be brought up in the industry average.