Famous Quotes & Sayings

Heinz Fischer

The following generation and the one thereafter are asking questions that were never asked before - sharp questions, ... The work has not been completed.

Tony Clark

You can see pretty graphically the need for probably some updating of lines in Minnesota. It's a regional issue, so to the extent any of our companies are investing, we're going to be asked to chip in for it.

John Legend

You know, my family is very musical, I was surrounded by it. And from four years old I was the one that asked my mother could I take piano lessons.

You know Lori, there's some questions the detectives just can't answer, that only the sheriff can address. We have called repeatedly and have asked for a return call to maybe schedule a meeting and unfortunately, we haven't gotten one.

You know, I was just fooling around but I shot a 66. They asked me to come back the next day and I shot a 65. They carried on about how good it was ? I thought it was a pretty average round ? and they got really excited and wanted me to get more involved in golf.

You couldn't have asked for a better series. These were two great teams playing at their best when it counted most.

You couldn't have asked for a better game tonight. And we're just happy to walk out of here with a win, because this is the hardest place (for us) to play and get a 'W.' ... There's no doubt about it -- probably our two most competitive games all year will be (against Dow).

John O'Shea

You couldn't have asked for a better gallop going into a Group One race.

Robert McCullum

You could not have asked for a better start, but our missed opportunities on transition we couldn't convert, that was the killer." ()

Morley Safer

You could not have asked for a better opponent than Gray Davis who was right on the ropes at that time,

Clayton Moore

You could have asked anything but that. I'll tell you how old I am. I was born in 1914. I'll let you figure that out.

You can't say enough about this kid. He did everything we asked of him, and more.

Volatile. Fully prepared to defend myself. (when asked how would he describe himself)

Us being men, feminine hygiene products were something we would never consider. Once a local woman brought that up, we called up the radio station and asked them to mention it.

You gotta believe you can coach. What works is getting the kids to believe in what you're doing. My guys at Auburn, if I asked them to run through a wall, they'd certainly give it a shot. I try to tell them how good I think they are and get them to believe they can be that good.

Michelle Paver

When my father was diagnosed with terminal cancer in 1991, I asked him if he had any regrets, and he said no. I was a burnt-out litigation solicitor in my thirties, hating my life, and his cancer made me re-evaluate it all.

I sometimes question whether journalists here are being asked to take up roles that are not ours. I get calls from people complaining that their telephone is out of order or that electricity is cut, and I sometimes wonder why don't they call the telephone or electric company.

Peter Bergman

When my daughter, Clare, was 4, she told me that a school friend had told her what I did for a living. Clare asked me, 'Is it true you play Jack Rabbit?'

Prince Andrew

Her friends say she is very funny. At a family dinner, she stood to go, and the footman very properly pulled her chair away. At that moment I asked her a question and she sat down again, except there was no chair. Everyone, including the Queen, laughed and laughed.

Poppy Z. Brite

I certainly don't think I would have been asked to pose for Rage if I wasn't a known writer.

Marcus Brigstocke

I'd lie in bed in my dormitory and grab at bits of my body, wanting to tear them off... I was so large by then that, in the heat, my thighs chafed together and bled. I was very unhappy, and yet no one ever asked me how I felt.

Scott Walker

You can make tough decisions that I believe voters for years have asked us to do.

Simon McBurney

Living in France while the Falklands War was going on, I felt a profound sense of shame and betrayal, just as I did by the war in Iraq. People have asked why I don't talk about that directly in my plays. Well, politics needs to be articulated in many different ways.

The Libyan president is ready to come to Indonesia and I have been asked to orally extend the arrangement of time.

The libero is asked to take on a lot of responsibility. She always impresses me.

The kids asked me to come and play, and it was a magical moment.

The kids are tired of banging on each other and we are excited about playing Oakdale. Our kids have done all that we have asked of them.

The jury is entitled to know what type of person they're being asked to trust. If they built a case around a guy who lied about the extent of his influence, they could end up holding a wet paper bag with the bottom having fallen out.

The Iranians told us that if people really needed to cross they could cross. They asked us to help out and we said we would.

The union asked us to put the best and final offer to them on the 30th and that's what we did.

The union asked the mediator to book out, so that puts them back into a strike position.

The two were asked to stop, but they opened fire prompting troops to return fire. Their identity is being ascertained.

These are my guys. If you didn't know that this was my staff's first year here you wouldn't be able to tell. These guys have done everything we've asked so far.