Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ben Mendelsohn

The thing about acting is you have to wait to be asked to the dance.

Frank Oz

I bought a tape recorder and some stuff and went to Europe for three months when I was 18. The puppeteering was only there as a hobby. I wanted to be a journalist. When I was 19, and after I had spent about a year in college, Jim Henson asked me to come out and try puppeteering for awhile.

Christopher Lee

I'm still asked a great deal about 'The Wicker Man' because it's become one of the great cult movies of all time. That's the story of my career, really, making cult movies. And I've always said it's the best film I've ever made.

Christopher Lee

Somebody once asked me how I found Peter Jackson, and I said: 'Well, I parted his hair, and there he was.'

OFSTED has made large cuts in the paperwork which schools are asked to provide and further steps to reduce the bureaucratic burden will be introduced in September.

Jacqueline Bisset

When I am working on a movie, all I want to talk about is the movie. All I want to be with are the movie people. It's like a clan. If I'm asked to people's houses for dinner, I hate to go, because they'll talk about other things.

Hilary Benn

The deal done in Gleneagles was a deal of the G8 countries, and there are others that need to come in, and understandably they have asked questions about it,

E. O. Wilson

The day will come when all of us will be asked a question, what did you do? People were dying, people were getting sick. It didn't have to happen, what did you do?

Well, that and workers' comp reform. He did lobby me for workers' comp reform, because Paul Patton asked him to. And the gas tax. He always wanted a hike in the gas tax.

George H. W. Bush

What is the noble cause our children are being asked to die for?

Linda Blair

When I was 13 I asked my mother if it was possible for this to end - I'd had enough of it. And that was right about the time that we got a call for 'The Exorcist' interview.

Liana Liberato

When I was 9, I asked my mom if I could be on TV. She was like, 'Well, okay. You can try.'

What we've asked for is to have some input in the injunction process and we are looking for ways to comply with the language in the 9th circuit opinion.

What we're trying to do is encourage people to participate. You can not win unless you get in the game. You've got to get into the game and you've got to put your name out there. What Herman was saying is everyone that's asked should play the game.

I was like, 'Well, why not? This is what you do. This is your job.' So when I asked him for help, he sat down and helped me.

I was introduced to the president, ... He asked me what I did in life, and I explained my project.

I was in New York for a dance program, and I decided to give (volleyball) a try. My mom called the coach and asked her if I could play.

Kirby wasn't a very romantic man at times. He bent down on one knee and showed me the ring and asked me if I would spend the rest of my life with him.

Keyed Entry is an exceptionally gifted horse. He's got loads of speed, he's very willing and he's obviously done everything we've asked him to do so far.

Ron James

I wrote back and asked if she could be more specific. She e-mailed me back with exact labels and products, and the good news is that we were already planning to carry 90 percent of it.

K.B. she just took over. She put her heart and soul into it. She never came out of the game, and she never asked for a breather. She stepped up and was a leader.

Karl has truthfully told everyone who's asked him that he did not circulate Valerie Plame's name to punish her husband, Joe Wilson, Everyone is everyone.

Keith introduces most songs on guitar, ... But right before we started I asked Keith if he'd mind if I did a little cadenza up front on sax to lead into his intro. He said, 'Go ahead, man, do your thing.' I started playing, and Charlie immediately joined me. I had this short statement in mind, but then I thought, 'Charlie's playing with me; I've got to keep going.'

Josephine showed up to play today. Before the game, someone asked if she was ready, and she nodded yes. And I guess she was because she was awesome. We could use that every game.

Joel urged that I consider this, this year, ... We talked, and I asked him about the range of things that you think are important, and what the governor is going to run with. One thing led to another, and we finally concluded that this is something that makes sense.

Jody and I told them that we thought they stepped it up and competed very hard. You know, we couldn't have asked for anything more out of those girls. It's hard when you don't have your top lineup out there, but we communicated well in doubles, and had a few girls step it up in singles.

I talked with John just last week about this and asked him some questions about our values -- and he is solid. In fact on Family Research Council's scorecard he has scored a hundred for the past several years, being right on the issues.

Emmanuel Lewis

I talked to Mike and asked him, 'How do you feel about it? What do you want me to do?' And he was like, 'You don't have to do anything.'

Mike Holmgren

I talk about that a lot. I think if you asked one of my players, they'd probably tell you I kill them with that stuff. Just being careful. It's the last thing I told them Sunday night after we broke from the stadium after the game. After this incident, it gave me another opportunity because they were listening. I mean for the guys who kind of tuned me out before, now I had everybody listening and we talked about it, which, I think, is my responsibility as a coach. You know these guys are my family, and it would be like talking to your own kids, you don't want bad things to happen to them so let's try to help them a little bit.

I think it is about both. Not only does it help the financial situation, but it sends an appropriate message to employees that they're not the only ones being asked to bite the bullet.

I think it is a great thing to do and we can be flexible with what happens down the road. For instance, the Paint Crew, which is a student run organization, has asked us to facilitate a contest for its shirt.

It bothers and hurts me so much because I love those two like brothers. Those two have done what I have asked since the day I took the job. They are great kids from great families who made a really bad decision.

John Nash

I also did electrical and chemistry experiments at that time. At first, when asked in school to prepare an essay about my career, I prepared one about a career as an electrical engineer like my father. Later, when I actually entered Carnegie Tech. in Pittsburgh, I entered as a student with the major of chemical engineering.