Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jenny Shipley

I do remember when I first went into politics, one of my competitors asked me, 'Well, Jenny Shipley, who's looking after your children?' I don't think many of my male colleagues have faced a similar question.

I don't think we could have asked for more from them or our defense.

Matthew Hoggard

I don't think we could have asked for a better day.

He's never once asked me how many points he had, never once asked me about any individual records. He really doesn't care about that.

Pete Carroll

He's never been asked to be a coach for an NFL job before. It came out of nowhere.

He sold Dr. Simons one of his dove mirrors that he had made for his office and gave me a hug. Later that day he called me back and asked me for a date, and I said yes.

Paul Posluszny

He's obviously handling it as well as he could. He's taking his punishment like a man. He's doing everything the coaches have asked him to do.

Mark E. Smith

He's got a fastball, curve and change. He throws a heavy ball. That means he gets plenty of grounders. He's done everything we have asked of him so far.

However, I'm not the one that asked for the opinion. That would be the person who needs to withdraw it. I don't know what we'll gain if we continue, but maybe it's something that needs to continue so it doesn't happen in the future.

He simply told me that they had decided to give the sponsorship to another company. I asked him (who it was) and he said I would find out later.

I cannot tell you that, ... I kind of questioned their effort. I asked them why they wanted to play football, and the guys really responded good, so I'm proud of them.

I contacted the people over the festival and asked them if they would like me to organize an authentic group of dancers.

Annika Sorenstam

I could not have asked for a better start to 2006 and I hope we'll be able to come back and defend our title next year.

I called the French coach on Wednesday and I asked him not to put Eric on his list as I don't want him to play in this match.

James Garner

I called the chief and asked if I need to be concerned about this,

W. S. Gilbert

I came out and saw the girl stumbling out of the car. I asked her if she was OK. She said yeah. She was worried that it was her mother's car.

Susan Smith

I came in one day and asked the owner if she wanted to sell her business.

Jaret Wright

I don't look at it like a bad situation. I look at it as, this is my job; this is what I'm asked to do. Somebody's got to be in that position. I've got no problem doing that.

I do not believe that Enron's fall would have been avoided had the board asked more questions.

Matt Giteau

I do get asked a lot, but no one believes me I think.

Ian Mckellen

I'd never read 'Lord of the Rings' until I was asked to play Gandalf, so I didn't really know it was a frightfully famous book.

Michelle Mone

I'd never of thought that coming from where I did and leaving school at 15 with nothing I'd be asked to speak at Leaders in London. I laugh sometimes!,

Bernard Hopkins

Come Sunday morning, somebody's going to be asked questions (like) 'What happened?' ... And guess what? I don't want to be that person. So I'm going to do my best, by any means legally and clean, to let Howard Eastman know (what went wrong).

Mohamed ElBaradei

I am making very clear that the Security Council is not asked at this stage to take any action.

Before the game, I asked the kids to play intelligent, and they didn't. I guess they were a little too hyper. At halftime, I asked them to put together a good half, and they didn't. Once the fourth quarter came, I was just hoping it would finally click in.

Rosamund Pike

Before the first audition, when they asked me to come in and meet her, I thought 'I can't play Jane to Keira Knightley's Lizzie' but I went and I met her, and thought she was so fabulous, and thought 'if they're prepared to take a risk with her, then I'll go with it.' We became really close.

Eric Morecambe

Before the end of 1960 we were asked to do a series. We did not want to rush things, so we waited until we felt fairly sure of the scripts.

Before Sept. 11, (2001), we were receiving about 5,500 combat boots a month for the troops. There's been a huge surge since the war and we've upped that demand to 85,000 a month. We've asked our suppliers to ramp up production. If they can make just one more, we'll take it.

Because of our belief that the facts will ultimately support a position of coverage for Ethel Adams, and because the Washington Department of Insurance has asked us to take action, we will on this occasion act based on our own circumstantial information and in the belief that the facts, once released to us, will also support coverage for Adams. We are confident in this case that the police report and surveillance tape will substantiate the circumstantial evidence we have. We look forward to getting this information.

But you know what? Who cares? I'm sure if I asked Jeanna Schraeder if she would like to puke her guts out for a week and play at the Olympic Games, she'd take it.

Mike Sherman

Hopefully by next week I'll be ready. He played in the last (preseason) game. I asked him how he was before he left (and) he said he was fine. That's all the knowledge I had on him.

Kofi Annan

Honestly I wish we had never been given that program, and I wish the U.N. will never be asked to undertake that kind of program again. There were failures; there were inadequacies; there were situations that we couldn't deal with,

Honestly, if you had asked me if this was possible at the start of the season, I would have said yes. We have talented guys and it's just a matter of us playing together, so I'm not surprised.