Famous Quotes & Sayings

They approached me and said, 'We would like to do this to avoid recall.' I asked them how many members they had and they never could give me those numbers, ... I didn't do this to avoid recall. I did it because I wanted to.

The wrestling coach came up to me and asked me if I wanted to wrestle. He explained the sport to me, and I said I'd try it out.

The victim asked him a second time to slow down, and that's when he was run down. There's no question that it was intentional. This was not an accident.

These are the questions that need to be asked by an independent commission.

Elizabeth Stanton

Through the protracted and disgraceful assault on American womanhood the clergy baptized each new insult and act of injustice in the name of the Christian religion, and uniformly asked God's blessing on preceedings that would put to shame an assembly of Hottentots.

Sylvia Hatchell

We just talked in the locker room that this is great. I congratulated them and asked if this is good enough. And they said, 'No.' They want to do bigger and better things. They're special kids, they have great chemistry and they have fun.

We just had to put it in the hands of the Lord. We knew Stan was doing what he wanted to do, so we just prayed a lot and asked the Lord to take care of him.

We just gave them a few basic instructions and they didn't really do what I asked them to do. I asked them at halftime, they play a very compact game and they like to start everything in the middle and work their way out, so I asked our guys at halftime to start playing the ball wider and over the top of their last offender and they just didn't do it as much as they should have.

We weren't sure if he'd be able to play today. We had so many kids banged up this week, we asked if our team bus could get a handicapped sticker.

We were performing in Puerto Rico one time. I'd had surgery and couldn't perform the dance routines. The crowd was calling out, 'La colora!' He couldn't figure out what that meant, though he spoke fluent Spanish. Finally, someone said, 'The redhead!' They wanted me to dance. He tried to explain why I couldn't, saying I'd had surgery. 'Want to know where she had it?' he asked the crowd. 'In Las Vegas!'

What that means, ... is when we are asked to provide intelligence on a particular topic, we do so without shading or shaping the information in any way. It is not a question of partisan support.

What's very disturbing to me, is that there were administrators who were around who heard everything that happened in the hallway and they were not asked to give statements. Then this young lady disappeared for an hour and a half and returned to school. The police were called and she was not found. When the police left, she turned up. I'm very disturbed by that.

What's the single biggest thing the audience wants to know about? The most often asked question I get is not about the plays or the actors. It's about the seats.

Mitch Albom

when all this started, I asked myself, 'Am I going to withdraw from the world, like most people do, or am I going to live?' I decided I am going to live-or at least try to live-the way I want, with dignity, with courage, with humor, with composure.

Drew Brees

We went into a couple of sports equipment stores and asked if they had heard of Darren Bennett, ... They all said he's great; he made it to America.

We went around house to house and asked the people if they liked the idea.

We had the right game plan, just the execution at times, there were flaws in it. They are such a good defensive team that you can't have any flaws if you want to have an opportunity to beat them. Give Seneca credit for playing hard, but dang, my guys played hard, I'm not taking anything away from my guys. (Jensen and Brown) did everything I asked them to do tonight; they represented Plano High School very well.

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.