Famous Quotes & Sayings

We will not pay for an interview for Real Sports . Some former teammates and old-timers have been asked to do a lot of these and ask for payment. But we just don't do it. Once you start, where does it end?

Jay Feaster

When I talked to (St. Louis in August), he asked me what we were going to do with Andy,

When I talked to her before the game, she asked whether or not we could get two games in. I said that we did not come here to play two; we just came to play one.

When I spoke to him he wasn't respectful. He just chewed on a straw when I asked him to take it out of his mouth.

Jim Cooper

We got rattled in there, but the kids came back especially when we got behind in the third period. That was huge. They showed great character. They gave me everything I asked for all year long except for one more goal.

Dave Stephens

We got quality minutes from everybody. I'm really proud of the team effort, and what's even more important is that all the guys executed the way we asked them to.

The seniors really played hard tonight. They did everything I asked and they just didn't get it done tonight.

The seniors have played a lot of minutes. We have asked a lot of them and it is time to let them rest.

Arlen Specter

The Senate has not asked for anything falling under executive privilege,

The secretary general has asked the Iranian government to exercise patience and refrain from steps which may lead to increased tension in this matter.

The subject had his hands in his pockets. The officer asked him for officer safety reasons to remove his hands.

The students have been great. They've been diligent in doing what we've asked of them. They've been doing a good job covering up their cuts. ... I think they've realized how important this can be if they don't take the precautions.

The students could get questions about anything. They may get asked about a current event that happened as little as a week ago.

The significant concern I have is the fact that the council asked the management team and city (staff) to scale back. Everyone else in the city will be looking at a 2.75 percent raise in the next year. I don't like the fact that (he receives) built-in increases and I don't like the fact that they're not tied to performance.

The teams actually requested Whistler as the place for their season opener. They had such a great time last year so they asked us first.

Ryan Newman

The team loves qualifying at Atlanta. And we get asked a lot why we can't turn the poles into wins. I always say it's a lot easier to perfect a single lap than it is to perfect about 300 of them.

The taxpayers of Sonoma County should not be asked to build a Nordstrom's.

The supervisors and FROST had requested a private meeting at the end of the review process to discuss what was going to be in the permit. We were doing what we were asked to do. If we had known the trouble this would cause, we wouldn't have done it that way.

The superintendent asked RAMAC - on the consultant's behalf - to create a committee of community members to study options for grade configuration.

The Speaker asked Chairman Nussle to begin work on this. We hope to get a bill to the president's desk that will make a sizable impact on the price tag of the recovery effort.

The thing that sticks out is in her first three years, she played as a small forward. We asked her to switch to a power forward for us in her senior year. To switch shows what kind of a dynamic player she is.

The thing about all these back-end connections is that there are so many of them. If you asked anybody, there are too many connections, too many options, and too many wires. People are looking for a solution that's more all-encompassing, that makes it easier to plug all that stuff in.

Nate McMillan

The thing is you have a job to do. And when you're asked to go into a game, you've got to go, regardless of the situation, the score.

I've never been impressed with bureaucratic tradition. I don't like it when the parties come to me and say, 'This is the way that it's always done, judge.' I never found anything in the oath I took or the statutes I was asked to look at that said, 'Judge, stop thinking, because this is the way it was done before.'

I've never been hurt there before. I asked some guys who had Tommy John surgery if that's how it starts and they said it was similar. But only the doctor can tell me for sure. Bottom line is I didn't complete my job. Obviously something is wrong and we'll get it checked. Best case scenario is it's just a tweak, worst case is something serious.

Peter Capaldi

I've lost count of the times I've been asked to 'be' Malcolm Tucker: to go on a political program on television, presumably in order to be the character and give opinions as him.

I've been asked whether we can justify trying to protect wildlife when there's so much human suffering on the planet but the two are actually not exclusive.

John Saxon

I've been asked to write an autobiography, and I've started it a couple of times, on different angles, and maybe one day I will, but you know what? There's time for that because I'd like to have the whole story.

Elvis Costello

I've been asked to sing and that's what I do. People come (to this event) for all the right reasons.

Dave Barry

I've been asked to make an announcement, ... There is a non-luxury car in the parking lot. We've been asked to remove it from the Sun Valley area.

Cal Ripken, Jr.

I've been asked to interview for many managing jobs, and I never said yes because I was never serious about it, and I thought it would be wrong to go through that process.

I've been asked to co-sponsor a bill by another legislator, and he'll actually introduce the bill. We can only put in five pieces of legislation this session . . . I don't feel like you can go into a job and just start introducing legislation that leaves a bad taste in everyone's mouth.

Mark Gottfried

I've been asked that question a lot. But I think things work out the way they're supposed to work out.