Famous Quotes & Sayings

Brian Baird

When I was first elected I was puzzled why they were holding events in my honor as a mere freshman. I asked myself, why is a federal entity so involved in political activity?

Bert Blyleven

My dad introduced me to baseball. Then one of my friends asked if I could play on a team; my dad said I could, and I just fell in love with the game.

Betsy Brandt

In high school, a teacher's friend in the police department asked me to go into a bar and flash a fake ID saying I was 21 even though I wasn't. They were assuming the bar wasn't carding people. Anyway, she forgot to ask for it back. I used it all freshman year in college.

The Cause of God is not a theatrical display that is presented every hour, of which some new diversion may be asked for every day. If it were thus, the Cause of God would become mere child's play.

John Shelby Spong

When I'm asked to define God, I'm almost wordless.

Sarah Hall

You are often asked to explain your work, as if the reader isn't able to work it out. And people always try and label you by your work.

Lilly Singh

You are not any different. You can do anything you want. So many times, I've been asked what I think of women stand-ups. If you actually look around, there are so many female comedians starring in the biggest TV shows.

We were drawn in and were asked to intervene in the matter.

Cheryl Hines

While visiting Costa Rica, I was inspired to hear that someone had donated a playground to a local school. So when I returned to L.A., one day I just called the principal of a nearby elementary school and asked what I could do. Five years later, I've helped make over nine schools, repainting, renovating, and fixing up playgrounds.

Tom Ridge

While there are no indications that terrorists are planning similar attacks in the United States in the near term, we have asked train and rail operators in the country to be on a heightened state of alert,

You asked what you can do for us. Expand the office here and hire about 15 more people,

Herbie Hancock

You asked me before about being an innovator and I mentioned that I've always been some kind of leader.

William Taylor

You asked about the 24 Apache helicopters, the 2,000 servicemen, Bradley fighting vehicles going in with them, what does it mean? It means ground power.

Steve Albini

Shellac was asked to do a recreation of our first album, but we've always been a band that improvised our sets. That's critical to the way that we function on stage. Whatever the mood takes us on stage can vary from night to night with what you feel like playing.

James Wallace

Six years in (from the last upgrade) and the state asked for another upgrade,

Jesse Helms

As you may know, I've just completed my memoir for Random House. Many of the questions you've asked are discussed at length in there.

Rich Hill

As you know, we can use all the RPI help we can get out here in the West. It's insane, man. I just asked Eric Valenzuela the other day, who scheduled this thing? It looks great on the schedule card and the Internet, but when you get out and play these teams, it's not easy.

That's an issue we have asked ourselves in hindsight - to what degree did we need to have more oversight and be involved in the governance and decision making,

Julia Smith

That's completely unrealistic in our society; like there is so much pressure on teenage girls to look a certain way. If our campaign asked girls to stop wearing makeup, it would have a lot less support.

Examination efforts will focus on collieries that had been asked to shut and those that were required to enhance health and safety measures.

Every week that he's played, he's done everything he's been asked to do. I don't know if he's getting better or if he's just good.

The kids played very hard. They did everything we asked them to do and they left it all on the floor. We just came up short on the scoreboard.

The kids played hard and did what we asked them to do. We just came up short. We flat out got out-rebounded. That's disappointing. They got a lot of second-chance opportunities and we didn't.

Rachel Miller

The lady gave us permission to use the car. She asked us to watch her baby while the baby was sleeping in the back.

The judge has remanded the permit back to the TCEQ and asked them to provide further documentation that backs up their decision when they granted the water pollution abatement permit to KBDJ.

The judge asked president Saddam Hussein about his family's statement that his legal team had been fired and he confirmed it.

The judge asked everyone if they could sing something more upbeat, more poppy. I don't think she liked country.

The military has done everything that was asked of them. It is time to bring the troops home.

The military commanders will continue to take every precaution to hit the targets accurately. No government has asked NATO to change its current strategy, including its targeting policy.

Their enthusiasm and energy is unbelievable. They want to come out and work hard and everything they've been asked to do, they've done it.

Dennis Farina

Their football is not like our football, and I was asking Vinnie to explain cricket to me and he asked me to explain American football to him.

The family said they do not want any information released. They've asked us to honor their request for privacy.

Drew Barrymore

The family making this claim were constantly taking pictures of me. And I politely asked them to stop, so that the people I was with would not be bothered.