Famous Quotes & Sayings

He kind of fell into our lap. He moved down here and started calling the school asking if there was an opening, and we had one. It's good for us because you don't get lacrosse people falling in your lap.

He kept working and working but for some reason things just didn't fall into place for him. But he continued to do what we were asking for.

He just had a last-minute complication. It's a 12-hour drive round-trip and that was asking a great deal. He was hoping to be able to do it, but another situation necessitated other circumstances.

Harvard Medical School is famous for asking interviewees to open a window that is nailed shut.

Thomas Piketty

The United States could transform its property tax system into a progressive tax on net worth without asking permission to the rest of the world.

Nadezhda Tolokonnikova

We are the rebels asking for the storm, and believing that truth is only to be found in an endless search. If the 'World Spirit' touches you, do not expect that it will be painless.

When you are in church, it's always good to carry a pen and notepad to jot down the scripture text, reference scriptures, and sermon notes. When you come prepared with notepad and pen, you are able to feed off the scriptures from the sermon throughout the week, while asking God to open up your understanding for a deeper illumination of the word.

To combat heart disease, the No.1 killer in New York City, we are asking restaurants to voluntarily make an oil change,

What we've got to do is educate the union. Right now, what they're asking is just totally unrealistic. They need to get realistic about debt revenue and not gross revenue. That's where the big disconnect is.

Larry Kramer

He's a combination of a good reporter and the host of a talk show. The concept is for him to really moderate a debate. . . . That requires asking the right questions and being persistent.

Her name is Katrina, just like the hurricane. Same spelling and everything. Everybody's always joking with her, asking why she brought it there.

Going to the tournament and talking to him about the decisions he made and asking him how he put it together gave me a sense of his abilities. I talked to him (about the Wild management job) before this year's tournament and he said he couldn't talk about it until after the tournament.

He's a special kid for us. You've got two Division I basketball players. You've got E.J. Jones getting all the attention in football and Joe is already getting the attention. Then there's Mark doing his job every day, coming in and just putting in the hard work just like everybody else and not really asking anything in return.

He's asking you to say that what he did is all right. It's a crime. What he did is a murder.

He's asking good questions, and when he makes a mistake, he realizes it immediately. When something went wrong last year, he'd get a look on his face that said, What am I supposed to be doing?

He's asking for approvals before we see the whole thing. That's not the way it's usually done.

Steve Yzerman

He's asking a lot of questions, picking everybody's brain, trying to get a feel for everyone, ... He's very serious, very attentive to the details of each drill we did, stressing a high tempo and skating, and I assume that's something that's going to be stressed throughout training camp and the season.

Matt Birk

He's as good as there is. Just from the little bit I know about him from some Pro Bowls and around the league, he's a quality guy, too. When people were asking me about the deal he signed, I said if anybody's worth that kind of money, he is. In my opinion, he's that good.

Historically, the highest-end chips of this year become the mid-range chips of next year. That's always been the case. Two years ago, people were asking why they needed a 200 MHz Pentium processor. Now, most people wouldn't be caught without at least that.

I thought we were told when the students move into the new building there would not be a need for as many principals. I hope district residents will not see this as an issue when you're asking for money in May.

It is a game that somebody ought to put a stop to -- trying to get dirt on jurors. We shouldn't be asking about 40-year-old arrests. Why do we need it? So these lawyers can play all of these strategic games?

I think the publicly traded companies will be very careful making acquisitions in the future and concentrate on operations versus being the largest. Currently, asking prices are too high relative to what publicly-traded companies are willing to pay.

I think you can see it in the game. She gets that one goal, and then she's asking for the ball the rest of the game. One of our goals as a coaching staff and as teammates now is to get her the ball a little early on so that we can get her more involved in the attack.

I think the delay will make many people nervous. They are asking what is going on.

I think the biggest impact, were there a delay, would be on the consumer sector, but given that the Department of Justice is not asking to block the launch, it doesn't look like there'll be much of an impact.

This was not something I sought out. My family came to me twice asking me to come into business with them.

Today, many circuit simulation users are required to invest significant portions of their budgets for 3D EM tools that aren't part of their design flow. At the same time, our installed base of customers is asking us to invest in a 3D EM simulator that is tightly integrated within their current circuit simulation design flow, which is exactly what we have decided to do. I believe that we can offer our customers powerful technology at a price that completely redefines this market.

Today is our window of opportunity and we are asking everyone to leave.

The people in my building, they understand. They think what we are asking for is fair.

Roy Williams

The people here in town do a great job with the tournament, everybody around it, the workers, the ushers. They've done it well enough that people keep asking them to do it again.

Lakhdar Brahimi

The people we have met are at least asking themselves questions, at the very, very least. I think they are looking for a consensus.

The people voted for choice in the poll, and we're asking cable companies and Congress to listen to the people.

Jamie Dixon

We've been under the radar, maybe locally, but definitely not nationally. But we don't really care about that. If you're asking me, 'Would I trade the attention for the Steelers winning the Super Bowl? Was it worth it for the Steelers winning the Super Bowl?' Yeah, it was definitely worth it.